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CanStar's Data Insights team has rated breakfast staples across multiple categories to help shoppers find the best value during rising cost-of-living pressures. Coles Bakery won for white bread and wholemeal, Aldi topped the multigrain category, and Weet-Bix was named the best cereal for 2025, scoring highly on taste, value for money and texture. Generic brand alternatives like Hillcrest wheat biscuits and Woolworths Crispy Rice Pops offer savings of up to 50% compared to name brands, while buying in bulk or waiting for specials can also reduce costs significantly.

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Retirement planning expert Bec Wilson outlines strategies for achieving early retirement, including maximising superannuation contributions through concessional and non-concessional options, eliminating debt before retirement, and planning concrete goals for what could be 25 to 35 years of post-work life. Wilson addresses common retirement fears such as running out of money, spending savings accumulated over decades, and loss of purpose, emphasising the importance of understanding the age pension system and viewing retirement as an exciting period of flexibility rather than decline.

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Home and Away stars Ada Nicodemou and James Stewart are engaged after James proposed on Valentine's Day at a location significant to their relationship. The romantic proposal, which took place near the spot where they first held hands, was captured on camera by James's daughter and included a table covered in roses. The couple, who play married characters on the Seven Network soap opera, designed the engagement ring together and celebrated with a seafood dinner.

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New South Wales, the ACT, and Western Australia will observe a public holiday on the Monday of the 2024 Anzac Day weekend when the day falls on a Saturday. The NSW Premier announced the change with support from the state's RSL, noting that South Australia and Queensland already automatically grant a Monday public holiday when Anzac Day falls on a Sunday. The RSL President emphasises that the Monday public holiday is separate from Anzac Day itself, providing an opportunity for serving defence personnel, cadets, and reservists to spend time with family after working on Anzac Day.

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Angus Taylor and Jane Hume have assumed leadership of the Australian Liberal Party, promising lower taxes, stronger economic management and major migration reform. The party faces record low polling support and significant voter losses, including 7,000 voters daily, whilst One Nation surges in popularity among conservative voters. The new leadership team acknowledges past mistakes and pledges to restore Australian living standards, address housing affordability, and implement stricter migration policies requiring acceptance of Australian democratic values.

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The Australian government faces pressure to reform its skilled migration points system, which a recent review found outdated and failing to target the most qualified applicants. Labour pledged reforms three years ago but has only conducted consultations, whilst maintaining a permanent migration cap of 185,000 annually, with net migration dropping 40% since taking office. Debate centres on balancing skilled worker needs for projects like AUKUS and construction with housing capacity, social harmony concerns, and the distribution of medical professionals to regional areas.

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The FBI has discovered a glove near the home of missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie that matches those worn by a suspect captured on doorbell CCTV footage. The glove contains unknown DNA that reportedly matches DNA found inside Nancy's home. Investigators are awaiting further lab testing before entering the DNA into the CODIS database system, with hopes of identifying the suspect through direct matches or familial DNA techniques similar to those used in the Brian Kohlberger case.

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Lunar New Year celebrations are launching in Point Cook, Melbourne, running from tomorrow until 27th February, marking the Year of the Horse. Golden House Noodle House demonstrates traditional Chinese noodle stretching techniques, a customary practice for the important last dinner before Lunar New Year. Point Cook's multicultural community of 86 represented countries gathers to celebrate this significant cultural festival.

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The Seven News True Crime podcast 'Kiss and Kill' examines the murder of Brisbane mother Alison Baden-Clay by her husband Gerard Baden-Clay, exploring how coercive control and narcissistic behaviour patterns led to her death. The case, which shocked Australia, demonstrates the eight-stage homicide timeline identified in intimate partner violence research, challenging the initial court finding that the murder was not premeditated. The investigation highlights how one woman is killed every eight days by an intimate partner in Australia, with controlling behaviour being the primary predictor of fatal domestic violence.

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Australian actors Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi made a surprise appearance at a Wuthering Heights premiere in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. The Queensland natives greeted fans at the cinema, with Robbie handing out roses to audience members for Valentine's Day. The film is receiving rave reviews and is expected to reach $80 million at the box office.

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