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Vincent Lacoste and Benjamin Voisin in Lost Illusions. Picture: Palace Cinema

An irreverent, playful tone is one of this film's many pleasures.

Period piece steeped in modernity

Woody Harrelson and Kevin Hart in The Man From Toronto. Picture: Netflix

Kevin Hart is back after being cancelled by the internet, headlining a big-budget Netflix film.

A harmless way to kill an evening

Adam Sandler and Maria Botto in Hustle. Picture: Netflix

That mumbling patter that Sandler made his comedic schtick is still here, but toned right down and underneath a huge bushy beard.

Adam Sandler shines in rags-to-riches basketball drama Hustle

UNLIKELY LADS: Matt Mason, Tommy O'Dell and Johnny Took, of DMA'S, will release their fourth album later this year.

"It's funny when people go, 'you're changing'."

DMA'S getting back to where they once belonged

Man Vs Bee showcases the best in Rowan Atkinson, confirming he can deliver as brilliantly as he did with Mr Bean. Picture: Netflix

Man Vs Bee showcases the best in Atkinson, confirming he can deliver as brilliantly as he did with Mr Bean, and is still at the top of his game.

Man Vs Bee showcases the best in Atkinson

Wing general manager Simon Rossi says battery powered drones are a green, faster and more affordable way to make deliveries. Photo: Supplied

Wing isn't in the business of delivering coffee and banh mi, it's in the business of developing drone technology and infrastructure.

Drone delivery is about more than just flying takeout

I even have my own Hellfire Club t-shirt as worn here by characters, Mike and Dustin. Picture: Netflix

If you often find yourself looking back fondly on the shows of your youth, then this one is for you.

There are 'Stranger Things' to be obsessed with

Neil Kerley (third from left) in action for West Adelaide against Port Adelaide. Photo: SANFL.

A state funeral will be planned for football legend Donald Neil Kerley AM.

State funeral for football icon

A survey of the nation's leading economists shows a forecast rise in interest rates and inflation. Picture: Shutterstock

The Conversation's 2022-23 forecasting survey predicts an increase in the Reserve Bank's cash rate.

Sky-high mortgages, 7.1% inflation, and a 20% chance of recession. How the Conversation's panel sees the year ahead

WEEK OF DISRUPTIONS: There will be a wave of industrial action this week by train drivers, teachers, nurses and midwives. Picture: AAP

It's been a long week of protests and strikes across the state.

Teachers, nurses, transport workers strike across NSW in week of heavy industrial action

UNIVERSAL: Spacey Jane expanded their reach on their second album Here Comes Everybody. Picture: Sam Hendel

Spacey Jane mine the anxiety of the times on album two

Spacey Jane are writing songs for Everybody

BACK AND BIGGER THAN EVER: Illustration of an influenza virus particle. Picture: Kateryna Kon / Science Photo Library / Getty Images.

The 2022 season has only just begun and already it's tracking toward a five year record. So what makes this year's flu so bad?

Is this year's flu worse than previous years?

Expect more sailing shenanigans in season 7 of Below Deck Mediterranean. Picture: Bravo/Binge

Like fashion or film, organic farming or journalism, the 'yachting industry' is a lot less glamourous than it sounds.

Below Deck is really just the seven sins on the seven seas

New track: Alfie Arcuri has just dropped his latest single, Overtime, about his experiences with anxiety. Picture: Supplied

"Anxiety is something that I've had to deal with for most of my life."

The Voice star Alfie Arcuri shines light on anxiety

BACK AND BIGGER THAN EVER: This year's flu season is on track to beating a five-year case record as vaccination numbers remain low. Picture: Shutterstock

This year's season is a stark difference to the 2021 winter sickness period, which saw very few cases recorded nationwide.

Flu season on track to hitting five year record as vaccination remains low

Abortion rights protesters chant on the steps of the Alabama state capitol building during a rally and march on the capitol in Montgomery on Sunday, June 26. Photo: Mickey Welsh-USA TODAY NETWORK/Sipa USA /AAP Image

Australians have joined in the fight for women's rights with protests set for the major metropolitan cities.

People show solidarity and protest for women's rights

BACK IN THE DAY: Nurses attend to a patient in an iron lung in the United Kingdom, 1949. Picture: Getty Images

The virus has been nearly eradicated worldwide, but traces have been found in London's wastewater, prompting a "national incident" to be declared.

Polio has been detected in the UK: Here's everything you need to know

Varroa mite was detected in beehives around the Port of Newcastle on June 24

Natural beekeepers urge Australia to learn from the mistakes made overseas where bees have become dependent on pharmaceuticals while trying to control varroa mite.

Let them bee: Natural beekeeping teacher says miticides not the answer to varroa parasite

Each year more than 200,000 hives are required for the pollination of the Australian almond crop alone. Photo: File

The news that varroa destructor is on our shores is alarming.

There's more than honey at stake

PAWS THE GAME: Chilean goalkeeper, Christine Elder, called a stop to play when the pup ran onto the field for a tummy rub. 

Chilean goalkeeper, Christine Elder, called a pause - or a paws - to the game while giving the pup a tummy rub.

Dog runs onto international soccer field, demands pats from players

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Communications Minister Michelle Rowland. Picture: Sylvia Liber

The federal government will seek to provide regional media grants in the coming weeks to ease cost pressures.

Regional newspapers get financial lifeline

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese travelled to the outskirts of Kyiv on a visit to Ukraine.

Albanese walks among Ukraine destruction

NSW residents are being urged to avoid non-essential travel with flood risk and rain set to worsen.

Rain floods NSW as residents evacuate

Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

A new report has urged for greater funding for Australia to become a low emissions exporting powerhouse.

Ramp up investment to become low emission export power: Grattan

Premier Jeremy Rockliff said the review would examine the hospital's handling of serious misconduct.

Tas to review hospital handling of abuser

RISK: Honey production is at risk after the varroa mite was found in eastern states beehives.

Threat to SA's 'clean, green' image as producer of honey and other food

Fears of bee pest entering South Australia through Port Pirie

CAREER: Former North Whyalla player and State football legend Neil Kerley, second row back, fourth from left, was captain-coach of the Whyalla combined team in 1954.

The late 'Knuckles' Kerley is remembered by friends who supplied information about him

Friends rally after 'Knuckles' death to tell his SA football story

THANKS: Hannah Ewings, centre, thanked her Whyalla-based parents Jeff and Tash for their support as she developed her Australian rules football career.

'I am pretty fierce when it comes to football' - former Whyalla player

Power's 'fierce' No.1 AFLW draft pick Hannah thanks Whyalla parents

LEADER: The late Neil Kerley is pictured holding the football as captain-coach of the Whyalla combined football team in 1955. 

The late Neil Kerley was once captain-coach of Whyalla's combined football team

Former Whyalla and state football legend Neil Kerley dies at 88

Smaller centres as well as mobile clinics will replace the larger SA Health vaccination clinics as operations begin to wind down to manage a lesser load.

SA Health to scale down vax clinics

'RACE': Former Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold-medal winner Steve Moneghetti, right, and Bill Fletcher, of Port Pirie, stage a mock run start at the Sportsman Tavern.

Ambassador Steve Moneghetti pays tribute to organisers of the Pichi Richi Marathon

Marathon runner Steve Moneghetti fires starter's gun at Port Augusta

MAYOR: Port Pirie Regional Council has a male mayor, Cr Leon Stephens, and colleague Cr Kendall Jackson thinks he is doing a good job.

Almost three times as many men as women are sitting in local government

Women leaders needed to tackle gender imbalance in South Australia

Take Your Dog to Work Day, on Friday, June 24, means you can have your loving pooch with you the entire day.

It's bring your dog to work day, Friday June 24

LEADERS: Naracoorte Mayor and Local Government Association board member Erika Vickery, right, and Australian Local Government Women's Association South Australian branch secretary Cr Kristina Barnett encourage women to stand as councillors.


Women urged to stand for councils in country areas around South Australia

Do women make better councillors? Call for more representatives

LONG GONE: Two of the former outhouses located in 'Dunny Lane' at Fisherman Bay.

'Dunny lane' is no more as Fisherman Bay gets a new sewerage scheme

History's door shutting on the long-drop dunnies at Fisherman Bay

Carolyn Jeffrey mingled with members of the Women in Business Regional Network at a previous event. Picture: Supplied 

A beloved women's network that originated in the Fleurieu Peninsula is scaling back operations.

Women in Business Regional Network changes the way it operates

GROUND-BREAKING: Key identities in the $20 million Fisherman Bay project toss soil from golden shovels in a ground-breaking ceremony.

Colourful language at the ground-breaking ceremony for Fisherman Bay project.

'Pushing sh-- uphill' from Fisherman Bay in $20 million project

RSPCA volunteers check on a possum box and replenish one of the remote wildlife feeding stations on Kangaroo Island back after the fires in 2020. Picture: Barb Seidel 

Money used to investigate incidences of animal cruelty or animal welfare concern.

$1million funding boost to RSPCA SA to fight animal cruelty

HANDSHAKE: Then Deputy Mayor and businesswoman Barbara Derham greets Queen Elizabeth at the lunch provided by Mrs Derham's team during the royal visit. Also pictured are the Duke of Edinburgh and, back to the camera, then Mayor Aileen Ekblom.

How do you make the bathroom perfect for the royal derriere?

Queen Elizabeth and the pink, fluffy toilet seat cover in Whyalla

COLOUR SPLASH: Spencer the Cuttlefish steps out with Mayor Clare McLaughlin and Jacob, Isabella and Sammy from the Whyalla Surf Life Saving Club.

Spencer the Cuttlefish gives a taste of the beauty beneath Whyalla waves

Spencer the Cuttlefish stepping out and about to promote Whyalla

AROUND THE WORLD: Brian Condon knew people around the world, partly thanks to his involvement in amateur radio broadcasts. Hundreds of international tributes have been received by his family. This photo is from about 1955 as he used his callsign, VK-5C0.

There was plenty of 'fizz' in life of former soft-drink king Brian Condon

Life of Brian: 'Giant' of business and legend of skies and Rotary

LEADING CITIZEN: Teresa Nowak has received the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the multicultural community.

Former migrant honoured for her work with multiculturalism and ethic affairs.

Whyalla veteran of Govt House to accept Queen's birthday honour

THANKS: Queen Elizabeth accepts a posy from five-year-old Kathryn Green during the royal visit to Whyalla that took place 36 years ago.

"I am sure the Queen smiled at me': Kathryn Perry remembers.

'The day I handed a posy to Queen Elizabeth in Whyalla in 1986'

Acclaimed British theatre and film director Peter Brook has died at the age of 97.

British director Peter Brook dies aged 97

A damaged residential building in the town of Serhiivka, southwest of Odesa in Ukraine.

Blasts kill three in Russian border city

Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot during unrest in in Jenin.

Israel to test bullet that killed reporter

The July 4 holiday weekend is jamming US airports with the biggest crowds since the pandemic began.

US airport traffic hits pandemic high

China's top diplomat Wang Yi has arrived on his first visit to Myanmar since the military took over.

China's top diplomat visits Myanmar

The flame-damaged Pan-African flag flies outside the headquarters of the Uhuru Movement in Florida.

Flamethrower attack on Pan-African flag

Court rulings are making it difficult for women in many US states to access abortion services.

Texas clinics halt abortions after ruling

Ukraine has launched missile attacks on Belarusian territory, President Alexander Lukashenko says.

Belarus threatens to target Western cities

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken many of his children to have a private audience with Pope Francis.

Musk uses Twitter to announce Pope meeting

Israel shoots down three Hezbollah drones that were heading towards an Israeli gas rig in the Med.