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This film used to make Austria cringe. Now it brings in $1.8b

This film used to make Austria cringe. Now it brings in $1.8b

Residents used to wince when tourists asked directions to movie locations. Sixty years later, the city is embracing hordes of TikTokers channelling...

08.06.2025 9

WA Today

Rob Harris

This film used to make Austria cringe. Now it brings in $1.8b

This film used to make Austria cringe. Now it brings in $1.8b

Residents used to wince when tourists asked directions to movie locations. Sixty years later, the city is embracing hordes of TikTokers channelling...

08.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

How a cringing Austria came to embrace ‘The Sound of Music’

How a cringing Austria came to embrace ‘The Sound of Music’

Residents used to wince when tourists asked directions to movie locations. Sixty years later, the city is embracing hordes of TikTokers channelling...

08.06.2025 30

The Age

Rob Harris

This film used to make Austria cringe. Now it brings in $1.8b

This film used to make Austria cringe. Now it brings in $1.8b

Residents used to wince when tourists asked directions to movie locations. Sixty years later, the city is embracing hordes of TikTokers channelling...

08.06.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

David Beckham’s knighthood: a symbol of reinvention and quiet service

David Beckham’s knighthood: a symbol of reinvention and quiet service

The British football icon’s public journey has always followed a particular arc: early acclaim, a fall from grace, and then redemption through...

06.06.2025 9

WA Today

Rob Harris

David Beckham’s knighthood: a symbol of reinvention and quiet service

David Beckham’s knighthood: a symbol of reinvention and quiet service

The British football icon’s public journey has always followed a particular arc: early acclaim, a fall from grace, and then redemption through...

06.06.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

David Beckham’s knighthood: a symbol of reinvention and quiet service

David Beckham’s knighthood: a symbol of reinvention and quiet service

The British football icon’s public journey has always followed a particular arc: early acclaim, a fall from grace, and then redemption through...

06.06.2025 9

The Age

Rob Harris

David Beckham’s knighthood: a symbol of reinvention and quiet service

David Beckham’s knighthood: a symbol of reinvention and quiet service

The British football icon’s public journey has always followed a particular arc: early acclaim, a fall from grace, and then redemption through...

06.06.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

A new Stalin sculpture was just unveiled in Moscow. And we’re asking if Putin wants peace?

As missiles rain down on Ukraine and Donald Trump scratches his head over it all, a new public artwork shows the Russian president is done whispering...

27.05.2025 10

WA Today

Rob Harris

A new Stalin sculpture was just unveiled in Moscow. And we’re asking if Putin wants peace?

As missiles rain down on Ukraine and the US President scratches his head over it all, a new public artwork shows the Russian President is done...

27.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

A new Stalin sculpture was just unveiled in Moscow. And we’re asking if Putin wants peace?

As missiles rain down on Ukraine and Donald Trump scratches his head over it all, a new public artwork shows the Russian president is done whispering...

27.05.2025 10

The Age

Rob Harris

A new Stalin sculpture was just unveiled in Moscow. And we’re asking if Putin wants peace?

As missiles rain down on Ukraine and Donald Trump scratches his head over it all, a new public artwork shows the Russian president is done whispering...

27.05.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

Loss of tiny island with key defence post plunges British Empire into darkness

A Union Jack once always caught the sun somewhere around the globe. But now that will no longer be the case, after a court ruling about an island that...

25.05.2025 10

WA Today

Rob Harris

Loss of tiny island with key defence post plunges British Empire into darkness

A Union Jack once always caught the sun somewhere around the globe. But now that will no longer be the case, after a court ruling about an island that...

25.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Loss of tiny island with key defence post plunges British Empire into darkness

A Union Jack once always caught the sun somewhere around the globe. But now that will no longer be the case, after a court ruling about an island that...

25.05.2025 10

The Age

Rob Harris

Loss of tiny island with key defence post plunges British Empire into darkness

A Union Jack once always caught the sun somewhere around the globe. But now that will no longer be the case, after a court ruling about an island that...

25.05.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

A golden boy of British soccer finds his future in doubt after outrage over Instagram post

He’s the face of football whose political forays have won him admiration and anger. But with a second scandal in as many years, even his star power...

18.05.2025 9

WA Today

Rob Harris

A golden boy of British soccer finds his future in doubt after outrage over Instagram post

He’s the face of football whose political forays have won him admiration and anger. But with a second scandal in as many years, even his star power...

18.05.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

A golden boy of British soccer finds his future in doubt after outrage over Instagram post

He’s the face of football whose political forays have won him admiration and anger. But with a second scandal in as many years, even his star power...

18.05.2025 10

The Age

Rob Harris

A golden boy of British soccer finds his future in doubt after outrage over Instagram post

He’s the face of football whose political forays have won him admiration and anger. But with a second scandal in as many years, even his star power...

18.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

Starmer’s sharp pivot on borders isn’t just about policy – it’s about political survival

Will the British PM’s immigration gambit work, or is he simply playing catch-up to the far-right’s anti-immigration agenda?

13.05.2025 5

WA Today

Rob Harris

Starmer’s sharp pivot on borders isn’t just about policy – it’s about political survival

Will the British PM’s immigration gambit work, or is he simply playing catch-up to the far-right’s anti-immigration agenda?

13.05.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Starmer’s sharp pivot on borders isn’t just about policy – it’s about political survival

Will the British PM’s immigration gambit work, or is he simply playing catch-up to the far-right’s anti-immigration agenda?

13.05.2025 4

The Age

Rob Harris

Starmer’s sharp pivot on borders isn’t just about policy – it’s about political survival

Will the British PM’s immigration gambit work, or is he simply playing catch-up to the far-right’s anti-immigration agenda?

13.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

Kremlin’s ‘cocaine’ chaos: How Macron’s tissue was twisted into a propaganda attack

France has hit back at its enemies, accusing them of spreading fake news that European leaders had taken drugs on a train to Ukraine. Here’s what...

13.05.2025 10

WA Today

Rob Harris

Kremlin’s ‘cocaine’ chaos: How Macron’s tissue was twisted into a propaganda attack

France has hit back at its enemies, accusing them of spreading fake news that European leaders had taken drugs on a train to Ukraine. Here’s what...

13.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Kremlin’s ‘cocaine’ chaos: How Macron’s tissue was twisted into a propaganda attack

France has hit back at its enemies, accusing them of spreading fake news that European leaders had taken drugs on a train to Ukraine. Here’s what...

13.05.2025 20

The Age

Rob Harris

Kremlin’s ‘cocaine’ chaos: How Macron’s tissue was twisted into a propaganda attack

France has hit back at its enemies, accusing them of spreading fake news that European leaders had taken drugs on a train to Ukraine. Here’s what...

13.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

As I cover the world’s biggest stories, my mind always returns to that Australian classroom

So often during my time in Europe, I have been struck by deja vu – only to realise that Ms Needham had brought me here once before, through the...

09.05.2025 7

WA Today

Rob Harris

As I cover the world’s biggest stories, my mind always returns to that Australian classroom

So often during my time in Europe, I have been struck by deja vu – only to realise that Ms Needham had brought me here once before, through the...

09.05.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

As I cover the world’s biggest stories, my mind always returns to that Australian classroom

So often during my time in Europe, I have been struck by deja vu – only to realise that Ms Needham had brought me here once before, through the...

09.05.2025 5

The Age

Rob Harris

As I cover the world’s biggest stories, my mind always returns to that Australian classroom

So often during my time in Europe, I have been struck by deja vu – only to realise that Ms Needham had brought me here once before, through the...

09.05.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

This spiritual son of Francis could be the bridge a broken world needs

It began not with thunder, but with a curl of white smoke against a bright blue Roman sky. For a brief moment, all sound in St Peter’s Square seemed...

09.05.2025 9

WA Today

Rob Harris

This spiritual son of Francis could be the bridge a broken world needs

It began not with thunder, but with a curl of white smoke against a bright blue Roman sky. For a brief moment, all sound in St Peter’s Square seemed...

09.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

This spiritual son of Francis could be the bridge a broken world needs

It began not with thunder, but with a curl of white smoke against a bright blue Roman sky. For a brief moment, all sound in St Peter’s Square seemed...

09.05.2025 30

The Age

Rob Harris

This spiritual son of Francis could be the bridge a broken world needs

It began not with thunder, but with a curl of white smoke against a bright blue Roman sky. For a brief moment, all sound in St Peter’s Square seemed...

09.05.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

As war again rages in Europe, VE Day reminds us all what’s at stake

Eighty years on, the story of Australia’s Stanley Bruce, Winston Churchill and Victory in Europe Day remains strikingly relevant.

06.05.2025 7

WA Today

Rob Harris

As war again rages in Europe, VE Day reminds us all what’s at stake

Eighty years on, the story of Australia’s Stanley Bruce, Winston Churchill and Victory in Europe Day remains strikingly relevant.

06.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

As war again rages in Europe, VE Day reminds us all what’s at stake

Eighty years on, the story of Australia’s Stanley Bruce, Winston Churchill and Victory in Europe Day remains strikingly relevant.

06.05.2025 9

The Age

Rob Harris

As war again rages in Europe, VE Day reminds us all what’s at stake

Eighty years on, the story of Australia’s Stanley Bruce, Winston Churchill and Victory in Europe Day remains strikingly relevant.

06.05.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

‘We’ve had Labour for lunch’: Farage’s Reform UK party delivers political earthquake

Nigel Farage is no longer the clown lobbing bricks from outside the circus tent. He’s now got a foot inside — and he’s brought the cannon.

03.05.2025 10

WA Today

Rob Harris

‘We’ve had Labour for lunch’: Farage’s Reform UK party delivers political earthquake

Nigel Farage is no longer the clown lobbing bricks from outside the circus tent. He’s now got a foot inside — and he’s brought the cannon.

03.05.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

‘We’ve had Labour for lunch’: Farage’s Reform UK party delivers political earthquake

Nigel Farage is no longer the clown lobbing bricks from outside the circus tent. He’s now got a foot inside — and he’s brought the cannon.

03.05.2025 40

The Age

Rob Harris

‘We’ve had Labour for lunch’: Farage’s Reform UK party delivers political earthquake

Nigel Farage is no longer the clown lobbing bricks from outside the circus tent. He’s now got a foot inside — and he’s brought the cannon.

03.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

A political tide is turning across Europe, and at its centre is a hard truth

A plan to ban hybrid cars has been quietly delayed and a third runway at Heathrow is back on the table as easy green promises crumble under the weight...

30.04.2025 3

WA Today

Rob Harris

A political tide is turning across Europe, and at its centre is a hard truth

A plan to ban hybrid cars has been quietly delayed and a third runway at Heathrow is back on the table as easy green promises crumble under the weight...

30.04.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

A political tide is turning across Europe, and at its centre is a hard truth

A plan to ban hybrid cars has been quietly delayed and a third runway at Heathrow is back on the table as easy green promises crumble under the weight...

30.04.2025 7

The Age

Rob Harris

A political tide is turning across Europe, and at its centre is a hard truth

A plan to ban hybrid cars has been quietly delayed and a third runway at Heathrow is back on the table as easy green promises crumble under the weight...

30.04.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

They came to bury a pope, but ended up negotiating to end a war

Fifteen minutes. No aides. No flags, no formalities – just two men locked in a contest over Ukraine’s future, in the most unlikely of arenas.

27.04.2025 10

WA Today

Rob Harris

They came to bury a pope, but ended up negotiating to end a war

Fifteen minutes. No aides. No flags, no formalities – just two men locked in a contest over Ukraine’s future, in the most unlikely of arenas.

27.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris