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Parents interested in enriching their childrenâs lives could learn a thing or two from a pair of playful cartoon dogs â namely Bandit and Chilli, the father and mother from the hit ABC series
Bluey. Child development experts say the show, starring the little blue heeler pup, Bluey, 6, and her sister, Bingo, 4, has a lot to teach us about the importance of play.
âWe donât properly understand what play affords us,â says Marc de Rosnay, professor of child development at the University of Wollongong. âItâs an opportunity to suspend reality and really take on a different way of thinking and experiencing the world. Those are the same skills you need when you start studying classics and understanding the ancient world in history.â
In this episode of
Good Weekend Talks, we take a look at how one woman managed to rip off family and friends to the tune of $30 million, and how this fraudulent financial scheme ultimately brought her unstuck. Itâs a tale expertly told by
Sydney Morning Herald investigative journalist Kate McClymont in our cover story this week: âVanishing act â the mysterious case of Melissa Caddick, her disappearance and the missing millionsâ.
In conversation with
Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland, McClymont examines the seeds of Caddickâs undoing, the mechanics of a classic Ponzi scheme and the wreckage left behind. Among those who lost their life savings were many long-term friends and family members of Caddick.
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In this weekâs episode of
Good Weekend Talks, we discuss the mercurial, talented actor Sharon Stone, perhaps Hollywoodâs most famous femme fatale.
Good Weekend writer Jane Cadzow was given a rare interview with Stone, who claims director Paul Verhoeven tricked her into removing her white knickers in that notorious up-the-skirt scene from
Basic Instinct, by complaining they reflected the light.
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âI can be quite imperious,â Stone admits to Cadzow, who discusses the actorâs tell-all memoir,
The Beauty of Living
Twice, with
Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland. There was the time during the shooting of a film that Stone was supposed to be handed a gun with a quarter load of wadded paper in it. Someone had instead switched it to a full load, making it ricochet off the plexiglass she was shooting at and singe her eyebrow. Her response? âI grabbed the producer by the lapels, picked him up and went to punch him in the face. I said, âY
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