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The 5 most viral recipes on TikTok.

The 5 most viral recipes on TikTok.

My doom scrolls have inspired a lot of viral content on my TikTok, and several recipes have gone viral. My favorite – and most popular – recipe of all time has amassed over 5 million views.

And the views and comments don’t lie; These recipes have gained a loyal following from the TikTok community.

Rosé pasta with pancetta and mushrooms

Difficulty level: Easy

Serves: 3-4

@intothesauce Reply to @annaellies My most viral recipe also happens to be my favorite! ❤️‍🔥 #foodtok #pasta ♬ original sound – <3

With over 5 million views on TikTok, this is my number one recipe on both TikTok and Instagram. I get it. It’s my favorite too. I make it all the time and it’s really my idea of ​​the perfect pasta. Creamy tomato sauce, broccolini (healthy?), buttery mushrooms, salty pancetta and a punch of chilli.

Like I said, perfect.

Ingredients:

  • 100g unsmoked pancetta (or bacon), thinly sliced ​​into 1.5cm pieces
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp chilli flakes
  • 2 shallots, finely diced
  • 4 garlic cloves, finely sliced, chopped or grated
  • 200g Swiss brown mushrooms, sliced
  • 80g double concentrated tomato paste
  • ¾ cup cream
  • 300g short pasta, such as fusilli, orechiette or rigatoni
  • 1 bunch broccolini, sliced ​​in 2cm pieces
  • 1 bunch chives, finely chopped
  • Parmesan, to serve

Method:

  1. Prepare a pot of salted, boiling water for your pasta.

  2. Heat a large fry pan over medium heat for the sauce.

  3. Fry pancetta (or bacon) in the pan until golden and crispy, then use a slotted spoon or spatula to remove into a bowl (leave the rendered pancetta fat in the pan).

  4. Add olive oil and unsalted butter to pan.

  5. Once butter has melted, add chilli flakes, shallots and garlic (with a big pinch of salt) and sauté until translucent.

  6. Add mushrooms and sauté until brown and softened.

  7. Add tomato paste and cook, stirring, until color has deepened (about 2 mins).

  8. Add cream and stir until combined.

  9. Add pancetta and chives to sauce, and continue to simmer on very low.

  10. Meanwhile, cook pasta until al dente. In the last two minutes of cooking, add broccolini. Reserve 1 cup of pasta water.

  11. Strain pasta and broccolini, add to the sauce and stir to combine.

  12. Loosen the sauce up with some reserved pasta water.

  13. Taste and season.

  14. Serve with Parmesan and go to heaven.

Pumpkin, burnt butter and sage lasagna

Difficulty level: Intermediate

Serves: 4-6

@intothesauce Burnt butter, sage and pumpkin lasagne is autumn in a dish 🍂 #foodtok #pasta #vegetarian ♬ Viral Transition.Oh My Slow Jamz JPONTHABEAT – JP

This is autumn and winter in a dish. With the nutty addition of burnt butter, this vegetarian lasagne is the ultimate warming food. Just last night I saw a story tag about this with the caption ‘death row meal’ which speaks for itself!

Ingredients:

  • 1.5g kent pumpkin
  • 100g butter
  • 1 bunch sage, leaves picked (20 leaves)
  • 500g ricotta
  • 200ml creme fraiche
  • 200g parmesan, grated (Grana Padano or Parmigiano Reggiano)
  • 120g baby spinach, roughly chopped
  • 30g olive oil
  • 3 shallots, finely diced
  • 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped, sliced ​​or grated
  • 6 sprigs thyme, leaves picked
  • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 375g pack instant lasagne sheets
  • 400g fresh mozzarella, sliced

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C.

  2. Slice the pumpkin into large wedges and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

  3. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper, then bake for 30-45 minutes, until golden and tender.

  4. Cook butter and sage over medium heat for a few minutes, until the butter is foamy and milk solids have browned.

  5. Transfer to a large bowl, and stir through ricotta, creme fraiche, 150g parmesan and baby spinach. Season to taste and set aside.

  6. In your burnt butter pan, heat olive oil over medium heat and saute shallots, garlic and thyme until softened.

  7. In a large bowl, mash the cooked pumpkin flesh (scoop out of its skin) until smooth, but still with a little texture remaining, then stir through ¼ cup of water, shallot mix and apple cider vinegar and season to taste.

  8. Rub oil on the base of a large oven dish (approx 25x40cm).

  9. Assemble your lasagne in the following order of layers: pasta sheets, pumpkin mix, ricotta mix. Repeat until all the sauce and filling has been used. I did 5 layers of pasta, meaning ¼ of the pumpkin and ricotta mix used on each layer. Make sure it fully submerged the pasta sheets in sauce or they won’t cook properly.

  10. Top the final layer of pasta sheets with sliced ​​mozzarella followed by remaining 50g Parmesan.

  11. Cover with foil and bake at 180°C for 50 minutes, until pasta is cooked through and lasagne is bubbling at the sides. If the baking dish is quite full and you think it might bubble over, put a foil lined tray underneath it in the oven to catch any drippings.

  12. To finish, remove the foil and change the oven to the grill setting on high heat.

  13. Grill for 5-10 minutes, until the top is your perfect level of golden brown. Make sure you don’t walk away from the grill (or if you do set timers for 30 seconds-1 minute) as it can burn quickly.

  14. Remove from oven and let it settle for at least 10 mins (20 minutes is ideal), then serve!

Chilli prawn rosé pasta

Difficulty level: Easy

Serves: 3-4

@intothesauce Attention rose pasta lovers: this is the chilli prawn edition ❤️‍🔥 #foodtok #pasta ♬ original sound – Michal

We know everyone loves a rosé pasta sauce. Make it really simple to cook and throw some king prawns into the equation and it’s bound to be a favourite. I make this all the time for my husband and friends and it never, ever fails.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 large shallots, diced
  • 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
  • 2 red chilli, seeds removed, halved lengthways and sliced ​​(I go for bird’s-eye cos I like it hot)
  • 350ml tomato paste
  • 150ml creme fraiche
  • 300g pasta (I recommend fettuccine, linguine, spaghetti or spirals)
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 200g peeled and deveined King prawn meat, cut into 2cm pieces
  • 2 tbsp minced parsley

Method:

  1. Prepare a pot of salted, boiling water for your pasta.

  2. Melt butter over medium heat and sauté shallots, garlic and chilli until shallots are softened and translucent.

  3. Add tomato passata and simmer on low until half the liquid remains (5-10 minutes).

  4. Meanwhile, cook pasta until al dente, reserving one cup of pasta water.

  5. In another fry pan, heat olive oil over medium heat, add prawns and sizzle until just cooked (1-2 minutes).

  6. Add prawns and creme fraiche to tomato sauce, stir until combined, taste and season.

  7. Drain pasta directly into the sauce, adding reserved pasta water, bit by bit, to loosen the sauce until it’s silky and smooth.

  8. Toss through parsley and serve topped with more fresh parsley.

buttery tomato paste

Difficulty level: Easy

Serves: 3-4

@intothesauce Less a recipe than a life hack 🍝❤️‍🔥 #foodtok #sauce ♬ Two Weeks – Grizzly Bear

I think the reason this buttery tomato pasta has been so popular is that it includes shallots and garlic but neither requires chopping (the most hated part of cooking). They go in whole or halved, simmer in the sauce, and then the sauce is blended until it’s silky smooth. It’s a very beautiful pasta inspired by the famous Marcella Hazan recipe.

Ingredients:

  • 2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes
  • 100g butter
  • 1 parmesan rind
  • 2 shallots, peeled and halved
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 sprig basil, leaves picked
  • 350g dried paste
  • 2 x 125g balls of fresh mozzarella, to serve

Method:

  1. For the tomato sauce, add tomatoes, butter, parmesan rind, shallots, and garlic to a saucepan.

  2. Simmer on very low with the lid slightly ajar for 45 mins – 1 hour, until sauce has thickened slightly and is glossy and flavourful.

  3. Remove parmesan rind and use an immersion blender to blend until very smooth. Taste and season.

  4. Meanwhile, cook pasta until al dente in plenty of salted boiling water.

  5. Add pasta and basil leaves to sauce, stir to incorporate.

  6. Serve topped with fresh mozzarella or parmesan.

Caramelised white chocolate, oat and spelled shortbread cookies

Difficulty level: Intermediate

Serves: 4-6 (or 1 if you are me)

@intothesauce Reply to @kateistheantspants ♬ original sound – thekardashiansdaily

These biscuits are absolutely stunning. I don’t know if I’ll ever write another cookie recipe because I don’t think any could top them. The spell makes them nutty, the white chocolate caramelises in the oven, and the best part about them is you can make a double batch and keep half in the freezer to bake in the oven on a rainy day, or just before you have guests coming over.

Ingredients:

  • 250g salted butter, softened (or 250g unsalted butter + ½ tsp kosher salt)
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 50g light brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 120g plain flour
  • 120g spelled or rye flour
  • 110g rolled oats
  • 120g roughly chopped white chocolate

Method:

  1. In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment (or using an electric hand beater), cream butter, sugars and vanilla extract until very pale and fluffy.

  2. Add flours and beat on low until just combined.

  3. Add rolled oats and white chocolate and beat on low until just combined.

  4. Remove bowl and fold through any remaining dry bits using a large spatula.

  5. Cut two large pieces of gladwrap (or baking paper).

  6. Divide dough in half and place each half on individual gladwrap pieces.

  7. With your hands, gently shape dough into a log, wash your hands, then fold over plastic.

  8. Use your hands to roll out the dough inside the plastic wrap until it becomes a cylinder log. Press in the top and bottom to flatten the ends.

  9. Freeze or refrigerate for at least 45 minutes until firm.

  10. Using a sharp knife, slice logs into 1cm pieces and place on a lined baking tray, 3cm apart. If the rounds fall apart while slicing, just gently press the pieces back together – they will come out fine.

  11. To bake, preheat oven to 150°c.

  12. Bake for 10-15 minutes (mine typically take 13) until golden brown around the edges.

Feature Image: Instagram @intothesauce.

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Manchester United thrashed by Brentford, bottom of the ladder for first time in 30 years, crisis

Manchester United thrashed by Brentford, bottom of the ladder for first time in 30 years, crisis

Erik ten Hag’s bad start as Manchester United manager descended into an embarrassment as a 4-0 thrashing by Brentford on Saturday left the Red Devils bottom of the Premier League.

The former Ajax boss’ reign began with Brighton’s first ever win at Old Trafford last weekend, but much worse was to come as the Bees punished a series of errors to score four times in the first 35 minutes.

Josh Dasilva’s strike slipped through David de Gea’s grasp to open the floodgates before Mathias Jensen pounced on United’s attempt to play out from the back to make it 2-0 inside 18 minutes.

Ben Mee then exposed the visitors’ frailty from set-pieces for his first Brentford goal and Bryan Mbuemo rounded off a stunning counter-attack 10 minutes before halftime to sink United to the bottom of the table for the first time in 30 years.

The jubilant home support taunted Ten Hag with chants of “you’re getting sacked in the morning.”

But the Dutch coach has inherited a rabble rather than being the root cause as United lost a seventh consecutive away league match for the first time since 1936.

“We all have seen the game. I think Brentford were more hungry and we conceded goals to individual mistakes,” Ten Hag said.

“You can have a good plan but that puts the plan in the bin.”

United have now conceded four goals or more seven times in the Premier League since the start of last season.

The arrival of £57 million ($A97 million) centre-back Lisandro Martinez from Ajax has done little to shore up United’s leaky defense and questions will be asked of why Ten Hag has left Raphael Varane on the bench in favor of the Argentine and the out-of-sorts Harry Maguire.

Ten Hag did recall Cristiano Ronaldo to the starting line-up, but the wantaway five-time Ballon d’Or winner played a part in the opening goal.

Ronaldo went to ground too easily seeking a foul as he was surrounded by Brentford bodies. Dasilva’s shot should still have been a comfortable save for De Gea, but the ball squirmed underneath the Spaniard.

“It was a horrible day,” De Gea said. “I feel like I cost the team.”

De Gea compounded that mistake eight minutes later with an attempted pass to Christian Eriksen, who was outmuscled by his former teammate Jensen, and the Dane coolly slotted home to double Brentford’s lead.

Martinez’s 1.8m frame was raised as a red flag for his ability to adapt to the physicality of the Premier League.

And the Argentine was beaten at the back post by Mee for the third goal after Ivan Toney headed a corner across goal.

Credit to Brentford in just their second season in the English top-flight for 75 years may get swept away in the waves of criticism coming United’s way.

But Thomas Frank’s men produced a stunning move to tear United open again for their fourth goal.

Toney was released down the left wing and picked out Mbuemo with a precise first-time pass for the Frenchman to race in behind Luke Shaw and finish low past De Gea.

“These players keep giving me and the fans memories for life,” Frank said. Ten Hag made his feelings clear at the break with a triple substitution with Shaw, Martinez and Fred the scapegoats.

United did at least stop the bleeding after the break and should have had at least one consolation as Ronaldo looped a header over before Eriksen’s effort lacked the power to beat David Raya.

The damage, though, was long since done for Ten Hag and worse could still be to come.

United host Liverpool, who beat their historic rivals 5-0 and 4-0 last season, in their next game on August 22.

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Cost of living: Product ‘shrinkflation’ tipped to continue as shoppers warned to ‘get used to’ higher costs

Cost of living: Product 'shrinkflation' tipped to continue as shoppers warned to 'get used to' higher costs

We’ve all been hearing a lot about inflation but it’s shrinkflation that shoppers really need to worry about.

Shrinkflation is where manufacturers charge the same or even more for smaller servings, betting on most consumers not noticing the difference.

And with rate rises and cost-of-living pressures hitting many hard households, these reductions are offering less and less value for money

Consumer group Choice has been getting tip-offs from peeved Aussies about products that have been downsizing, recently verifying Smith’s crinkle cut potato chips had been trimmed by 5g — or about three chips — to 170g per pack.

Shrinkflation is where manufacturers charge the same or even more for smaller servings, betting on most consumers not noticing the difference.
Camera IconShrinkflation is where manufacturers charge the same or even more for smaller servings, betting on most consumers not noticing the difference. Credit: The West Australian

There has also been a 20g drop in large packs of Red Rock Deli potato chips to 165g and boxes of Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes have shed 30g.

And sweet-toothed shoppers have been left with a sour taste with Cadbury family-sized chocolate blocks going from the once-standard 250g to 180g.

The latest to drop weight is Maltesers, with a spokeswoman for manufacturer Mars Wrigley saying it was “facing unprecedented cost pressures” like many Australian businesses.

“From time to time, external factors make it necessary for product changes so that we can continue to ensure the availability of our products to all Australians,” she said.

Choice spokesman Liam Kennedy said shrinkflation was a global trend that was expected to continue.

“Most of the examples that we see, a lot of the tips we receive, are in that snack area, cereals,” Mr Kennedy told The West Australian.

But it has hit pet food too, with bags of Purina One cat food contracting by 100g to 1.4kg but costing more.

Choice says 'shrinkflation' is a global trend expected to continue.
Camera IconChoice says ‘shrinkflation’ is a global trend expected to continue. Credit: Rebecca Le May/The West Australian

Owner Nestle blamed that on recipe changes and higher costs for raw materials, packaging and transport, Mr Kennedy said.

“A lot of business are feeling that right now,” he added.

Elizabeth Jackson, a food supply chain systems expert at Curtin University, warned shoppers to expect ongoing pain at the checkout, mainly due to high transport costs, saying the current inflation spike was reminiscent of that seen in the oil crisis of 1973.

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Looking for a wireless gaming mouse? This offer is for you

Looking for a wireless gaming mouse? This offer is for you

The EVGA X20 is one of those gaming accessories that will make us enjoy our games more from the first moment. Not only because of its attractive and different design, but also because of the quality it offers when playing. If you don’t know it, keep reading, it will surely interest you.

Games to another level with this wireless mouse

We are talking about a wireless mouse especially suitable for gaming. is able to offer personalization, precision and accuracy since it has a triple sensor. We are able to achieve faster reading speeds by using its dual LOD sensors, combined with a Pixart 3335 optical sensor and the most advanced 3D matrix technology and get the best performance.

The mouse has RGB lights that we will be able to customize in all directions. We can also load up to five custom profiles to make configurations on the fly. Its quick-response mechanism uses mechanical torque and 10 grams of preloaded weight, allowing both left and right clicks to be more responsive.

It has a high-precision sensor that reaches 16000dpi with a personalized fit and a highly ergonomic design. Dispose of 3 connection modes so that we can use it properly in any situation. Whether it’s with its 2.4 GHz wireless connection with a speed of 1 ms, Bluetooth or USB connection, we can use it to get the most out of it. In addition, it has 10 configurable buttons with a life cycle of 60 million clicks. And its battery can reach 60 hours of use.

EVGA X20

Its measures are 122.7 x 70.3 x 44.5mm (length, width, height) for a total weight of 123 grams, so it is ideal if we like large and heavy mice. In addition, on both sides it has a rubberized grip area so that sweat does not slip when playing.

Take the EVGA X20 with a huge discount

As we have been able to verify, the EVGA X20 is a wireless mouse that has everything necessary to ensure that we enjoy all our games. And best of all is at the price that we will be able to buy it for a limited time on Amazon. And it is that although this amounts to €97, now we are going to be able to get it for only €29, which means a discount of more than 67%, a real bargain!

This wireless mouse for gamers is sold and shipped directly by Amazon, so we will enjoy free shipping and the guarantee of the e-commerce giant worldwide in case of any problem.

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Kate Middleton has worn $83,000 worth of clothes in 100 days

Kate Middleton has worn $83,000 worth of clothes in 100 days

There are always defining moments in every Queen’s career, say when Elizabeth I stood before her troops at Tilbury in 1588 and gave one of British history’s most famously rousing speeches or in 1947 when the future Elizabeth II delivered her famous radio address from South Africa promising to dedicate her life to her job.

But for Kate, currently the Duchess of Cambridge and the future Queen Catherine, one of the most defining moments came on April 30 2011, the day after her wedding to Prince William, and her first full days as a bona fide member of the royal family.

Crossing the lawn at Buckingham Palace as the newlyweds made their way to a helicopter to whisk them off to start married, just what did Kate choose to wear? An $85 Zara dress.

The symbolism was clear: Kate might have snagged the prince, gotten herself a title and was now calling a palace home but she was the same woman as she had been 48 hours earlier. With one outfit she was making it clear to the world that she would do things her way of her and that despite her elevation to royal ranks, she remained firmly tethered to normal life.

It was a powerful and very canny move and a style strategy we have seen her wheel out again and again in the year since then.

So, what in the name of her extensive collection of tepid coat dresses has been going on of late?

According to my calculations, in the last 100 days Kate has worn more than $83,851 worth of readily identifiable clothes, shoes and jewellery, not including the number of bespoke designer pieces she has showcased, items that I could not find prices for or the value of. the royal jewelery she has worn. (If we added that all in we would easily be well into the six-figures, I reckon. Keep in mind too that members of the royal family cannot accept freebies either.)

What is clear if you pore over photos and details of the last three and a bit months is that over the course of the last 100 days there has been a very discernible shift in her wardrobe towards the much more costly.

Gone, by and large, are her high-street favourites, affordable pieces from mainstream British chains and in their place is an ever-growing roster of four-figure frocks and diamond earrings.

No look came with a higher price tag in this time period than her very chic, pared back ensemble for the Top Gun premiere with Kate opting for a $5,115 Roland Mouret dress, Prada heels, a $4,418 Alexander McQueen clutch and new $18,133 diamond earrings from Robinson Pelham.

While Kate did re-wear a number of pieces, most notably the white Alexander McQueen suit she first debuted during her and husband Prince William, Duke of Cambridge’s disastrous Caribbean tour and a striking Catherine Walker coat she first donned last year, these are all pieces that cost into the thousands. (There are no prices listed on the Catherine Walker website and you know what they say about having to ask how much something is…)

This is a sartorial tendency that extends to her in her off-duty hours too. Back in 2019 Kate was last photographed at the polo wearing a $740 LK Bennett dress. In July, the 40-year-old was back at watching her husband de ella working up a sweat playing a few chukkas but this time she chose a ladylike Emilia Wickstead number from the designer’s 2019 collection. Currently, a white sleeveless dress that is similar is selling for just under $2000.

Since early May, Kate has worn Alessandra Rich on multiple occasions (whose dresses start at about $2,511 and go up to more than $4,000), plenty of Emilia Wickstead, again costing in the thousands, and a variety of pairs of Emmy heels ($690 to pop) or Gianvitto Rossi pumps which come in at $1022 a pair.

The genius of Kate’s style for so long was her ability to seamlessly pair bargain items, such as the $3.95 earrings she chose for her first official event this year, with high end pieces, a perfect blend of the accessible and the aspirational.

What was so delightful about this was not just the demonstration of her fashion nous but the implication it carried; just because ella she could afford all the designer loot she could cart home from Bond Street did not mean ella she wanted to.

It all felt refreshing and just real and over the years the duchess’ regular choice of budget looks interspersed with the luxe carried with it the message that royal life had not fundamentally changed her as a person.

Which is why this emergence of this recent Kate who seems increasingly wedded to top tier labels only is a bit disquieting. To some degree I feel a certain sense of disappointment that one of the most meaningful ways she has, for more than a decade, set herself apart from the royal status quo seems to have disappeared.

(The only notable exception to this trend came on June 3 during a St Paul’s service during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations when she accessorized her bespoke Emilia Wickstead yellow stunner, which would have set Kate back thousands, and her $2000-plus Philip Treacey hat with … at $34 clutch from homegrown Australian brand Forever New.)

Maybe what I really liked about the Zara-era Kate was that every time she got out of her official car for an engagement clad in a $27 dress it carried with it a certain wonderful sense of defiance and refusal to suddenly change who she was. The takeaway: she She might have a title but she was still Kate.

One way to explain the change in her wardrobe direction might be that it reflects the repositioning we have seen of William and Kate’s image in the last year, from plucky young ‘uns to future king and queen. The runway from where they are now, as working foot soldiers of the royal family, to their coronation inside Westminster Abbey is being very clearly laid out by the Palace, driving home a message of monarchical continuity as the Queen looks shakier and shakier.

Perhaps the argument has been made that it’s fine for a workday duchess to slip into a few pounds worth of polyester but not for a queen-in-waiting. Or perhaps Kate has just grown up a bit and like women the world over is now focusing more on better quality pieces she can wear more often.

But to some degree the ‘why’ does not matter here; what does is what flow-on effect this shift might have.

On a purely functional level, Kate’s deployment of modest clothes over the years went a very long way to making her seem uniquely relatable in a way no royal WAG has before. Now, the more she chooses out-for-reach for everyone but the super-rich labels, the more she risks eroding those gains and making herself into more of a remote figure.

For William and Kate to truly ensure that the royal family remains a thriving concern, they need to seem approachable.

The danger there is obvious – central to the brand the Cambridges’ have assiduously been trying to build is that they are the congenial, normal royals, the hardworking duo happily transforming The Firm from fusty, frosty and all-too grand into a powerhouse of do -goodery.

At a time when the UK is in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis, seeing the woman who has been sold as the refreshingly normal duchess-next-door gadding about the better part of a $100,000 worth of designer duds is a potentially dangerous and certainly ill-conceived move.

Closes might maketh the man but Zara could help maketh a queen.

Daniela Elser is a royal expert and a writer with more than 15 years’ experience working with a number of Australia’s leading media titles.

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Nearly 25 years ago, the NT almost became a state. Now many believe it won’t happen in our lifetime

Nearly 25 years ago, the NT almost became a state. Now many believe it won't happen in our lifetime

Nearly 25 years ago, the Northern Territory narrowly missed out on its “ultimate constitutional objective” of becoming Australia’s seventh state.

A poster with 'VOTE NO' as the largest words, surrounded by text laying out the referendum question.
A 1998 advert urging people to vote against statehood.(Supplied: Library & Archives NT)

The 1998 statehood referendum was the culmination of years upon years of workshopping and parliamentary reports, and only failed by 4,000 votes.

But ask any Territorian today and they’ll tell you it’s an issue well down their list of priorities.

So how did this happen? And was it ever feasible for a vast landmass so sparsely populated to be able to govern as a state?

With the Territory Rights Bill passing the lower house earlier this month, a former politician bizarrely calling for it to return to South Australia, and concerns about a lack of representation in federal parliament, we answer your questions about whether the Northern Territory could ever become a state, and what it would change if it did.

How did the statehood movement start?

From Federation until 1911, the Northern Territory was part of South Australia.

After that, it became a territory, controlled directly by the federal government.

However, the statehood movement only really got going after the NT was granted self-government on July 1, 1978.

The Northern Territory Parliament's first ministry of the Everingham Government, the first Governmen
After the NT was granted self-government in 1978, statehood was quickly embraced by the Everingham government (above).(NT Archives Service)

By 1986, the territory’s third chief minister Stephen Hatton was describing statehood as the “ultimate constitutional objective”.

“The Territory has long been preparing to take its place as an equal partner in the Australian Federation; the time has now arrived for it to do so,” Mr Hatton told parliament.

Mr Hatton argued that statehood would give the territory “the same degree of self-determination” as everyone else.

What makes a territory different from a state?

Unlike states, federal parliament can override laws in both territories.

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Investing, tax, super, property: Money mistakes 40-somethings make

Investing, tax, super, property: Money mistakes 40-somethings make

Your 40s is an exciting time when it comes to wealth building, as this is the time most people reach the tipping point on their journey to financial independence.

But you have to get it right. If you don’t, you’ll be playing catch-up in future years and likely will need to make sacrifices.

In this piece, I cover the key money areas you should be focused on in your 40s to drive success.

Automate your saving success

Your 40s will be close to your peak earning years, and will likely be your peak borrowing years, so being on top of your savings and cashflow is important.

From a savings perspective, when you’re earning bigger dollars the difference between doing OK and doing great is huge. If you don’t already have a good savings system in place, now is the time to make it happen.

You should be looking to automate your money management, have all your bills and commitments provided for and paid without you having to think about them, and to have your savings building automatically.

Having a good savings system is important so you’re crystal clear on how much money you have available to direct wealth building strategies. Particularly given your 40s are likely to be your peak potential borrowing years, having total clarity on your “free cash” number will give you the confidence to take full advantage of your ability to grow wealth through borrowing.

investment

By the time you get to your 40s, you should already have some good experience with investing and have a foundation of quality investments in place. If not, this should be your first priority.

There are a lot of different opinions (and ways to be right) on the best way to invest, but the statistics show us that passive index funds perform best 95 per cent of the time. My view is that passive investments are an extremely effective way to build wealth while minimizing risk.

If you’re really drawn to interesting investments (read: crypto, start-ups, etc), with higher potential returns and higher risk, it’s important in your 40s you have clear boundaries for how much of your portfolio you want to hold in these sort of riskier investments.

My view is that you probably don’t want to hold more than 10 per cent of your investments in this bucket, and skipping them altogether to focus on the more boring but highly effective investments like index funds will serve you well.

Property

Your 40s are going to be your peak borrowing years, with higher incomes and a long time until retirement age (as defined by the banks and lenders).

Risk management is critical, but in my opinion leverage is a highly effective way to build wealth relatively quickly – and something you should look to go “all in” on in your 40s.

I’m not saying you need to rush out and buy 20 properties, but having a good quality investment property, or properties, behind you in your 40s will do some magic in future years.

It’s important when you’re borrowing at higher levels that your plan around this is rock solid – you don’t want to be caught out by higher interest rates, rental vacancies, or unexpected expenses that can throw a spanner in the works.

If you’re going down this path, take the time to map out your game plan and consider investing in some good quality financial advice so you know all your bases are covered and that you can execute and drive the results you want with confidence.

tax

In your 40s tax planning can mean the difference between success and mediocrity. Your income (and marginal tax rate) will be higher, and you’ll have more investments behind you generating taxable income that needs to be dealt with.

Having a smart tax strategy will pay big dividends.

You’ll want to look at where and how you’re holding your investments, if you’re part of a couple, who should own which investments, how to leverage the concessional tax rates in super, and whether you’ll benefit from using tax structures like trusts and investment companies.

You should also be looking at tax strategies like debt recycling, super contributions, and harnessing the power of franked dividends to cut your tax bill and boost your after-tax investing return.

Every dollar of tax you save is an extra dollar you can direct back to your wealth building, ultimately helping you get ahead faster and easier.

Super

The effort you put into super in your 40s will be a big driver of your success in future years.

With a higher income and (relatively) limited time to retirement, you should be looking to maximize the tax deductible “concessional” contributions to super every year. The current limit for these contributions is $27,500 including money contributed by your employer.

If you haven’t been maximizing your super contributions in previous years, you can also “catch up” on up to five years worth of contributions, generating some serious tax deductions and getting a heap of money into the low tax super environment.

Maximizing your super contributions through your 40s will ensure you go into your 50s with a solid amount of investments behind you that can grow well over the decades to come.

Insurance

In your 40s your income and financial commitments will likely be at their highest levels, and because you still have some time to reach the typical retirement age, it’s likely you’re still heavily reliant on your income to get you to where you want to be .

I get that most people don’t like and often don’t trust insurance, but in my opinion this is something everyone should have until they’ve reached complete financial security.

Income replacement insurance premiums are tax deductible, and having this cover in place will give you peace of mind that the unexpected isn’t going to sabotage your money success.

Be aware that not all insurance is made the same, and cheapest is definitely not best when it comes to protecting your wealth. Insurance is incredibly complicated and can be confusing, so if you’re considering putting insurance cover into place you’ll benefit from getting some good advice.

The wrap

Your financial potential is still yet to be unleashed in your 40s, and the work you put in here will dictate how far you can go in future years. But it won’t just happen on its own – you need to be firmly in the driver’s seat here.

You should go into your 40s with a solid plan, revisit it regularly, and keep your focus as you move forward achieving your money milestones.

Ben Nash is a finance expert commentator, podcaster, financial adviser and founder of Pivot Wealth www.pivotwealth.com.au, and Author of the Amazon best-selling book ‘Get Unstuck: Your guide to creating a life not limited by money’.

Ben has just launched a series of free online money education events to help you get on the front financial foot. You can check out all the details and book your place here.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this article is general in nature and does not take into account your personal objectives, financial situation or needs. Therefore, you should consider whether the information is appropriate to your

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Technology

Apple Remains Silent About Plans to Detect Known CSAM Stored in iCloud Photos

Apple Remains Silent About Plans to Detect Known CSAM Stored in iCloud Photos

It has now been over a year since Apple announced plans for three new child safety features, including a system to detect known Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) images stored in iCloud Photos, an option to blur sexually explicit photos in the Messages app, and child exploitation resources for Siri. The latter two features are now available, but Apple remains silent about its plans for the CSAM detection feature.

iCloud General Feature
Apple initially said CSAM detection would be implemented in an update to iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 by the end of 2021, but the company ultimately postponed the feature based on “feedback from customers, advocacy groups, researchers, and others.”

In September 2021, Apple posted the following update to its Child Safety page:

Previously we announced plans for features intended to help protect children from predators who use communication tools to recruit and exploit them and to help limit the spread of Child Sexual Abuse Material. Based on feedback from customers, advocacy groups, researchers, and others, we have decided to take additional time over the coming months to collect input and make improvements before releasing these critically important child safety features.

In December 2021, Apple removed the above update and all references to its CSAM detection plans from its Child Safety page, but an Apple spokesperson informed The Verge that Apple’s plans for the feature had not changed. To the best of our knowledge, however, Apple has not publicly commented on the plans since that time.

We’ve reached out to Apple to ask if the feature is still planned. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Apple did move forward with implementing its child safety features for the Messages app and Siri with the release of iOS 15.2 and other software updates in December 2021, and it expanded the Messages app feature to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK with iOS 15.5 and other software releases in May 2022.

Apple said its CSAM detection system was “designed with user privacy in mind.” The system would perform “on-device matching using a database of known CSAM image hashes” from child safety organizations, which Apple would transform into an “unreadable set of hashes that is securely stored on users’ devices.”

Apple planned to report iCloud accounts with known CSAM images to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), a non-profit organization that works in collaboration with US law enforcement agencies. Apple said there would be a “threshold” that would ensure “less than a one in one trillion chance per year” of an account being incorrectly flagged by the system, plus a manual review of flagged accounts by a human.

Apple’s plans were criticized by a wide range of individuals and organizations, including security researchers, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), politicians, policy groups, university researchers, and even some Apple employees.

Some critics argued that Apple’s child safety features could create a “backdoor” into devices, which governments or law enforcement agencies could use to survey users. Another concern was false positives, including the possibility of someone intentionally adding CSAM imagery to another person’s iCloud account to get their account flagged.

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Entertainment

Elsa Pataky reveals she’s set to star in the Interceptor sequel

Elsa Pataky announces she's set to star in the Interceptor sequel - despite fans slamming the Matthew Reilly Netflix thriller. Pictured: Elsa on the red carpet for Thor: Love And Thunder premiere in Sydney, in June

Elsa Pataky reveals she’s set to star in the Interceptor sequel – despite fans slamming the Netflix thriller

By A. James For Daily Mail Australia

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Elsa Pataky’s Netflix thriller Interceptor underwhelmed fans when it debuted in June.

But that’s not enough to stop the star from signing on once more in a proposed sequel.

The 46-year-old beauty is even trying to influence the storyline for the next film.

Elsa Pataky announces she's set to star in the Interceptor sequel - despite fans slamming the Matthew Reilly Netflix thriller. Pictured: Elsa on the red carpet for Thor: Love And Thunder premiere in Sydney, in June

Elsa Pataky announces she’s set to star in the Interceptor sequel – despite fans slamming the Matthew Reilly Netflix thriller. Pictured: Elsa on the red carpet for Thor: Love And Thunder premiere in Sydney, in June

According to The Daily Telegraph, Elsa, who is a horse lover, has urged Interceptor creator Matthew Reilly to write in ‘riding scenes’ for the sequel.

The Spanish actress, 45, is the wife of Chris Hemsworth and played the part of an Army officer in Interceptor.

In the highly physical role, her character fought off a group of terrorists who attempted to over-run a facility designed to shoot down missiles in the event of a nuclear strike.

Elsa, who lives in Byron Bay and shares three children with the Thor star, said the Interceptor sequel needs ‘scenes with horses’.

The Spanish actress, 45, is the wife of Chris Hemsworth and played the part of an Army officer in Interceptor. According to The Daily Telegraph, Elsa, who is a horse lover, has urged Interceptor creator Matthew Reilly to write in 'riding scenes' for the sequel

The Spanish actress, 45, is the wife of Chris Hemsworth and played the part of an Army officer in Interceptor. According to The Daily Telegraph, Elsa, who is a horse lover, has urged Interceptor creator Matthew Reilly to write in ‘riding scenes’ for the sequel

‘We have to do that,’ she told the publication, ‘It will be amazing.’

Elsa is getting plenty of opportunity to indulge her love of horse riding.

The star is currently filming in secret a movie involving horses, which Elsa describes as ‘amazing’.

In the highly physical lead role in Interceptor, Elsa's character fought off a group of terrorists who attempt to over-run a facility designed to shoot down missiles in the event of a nuclear strike (pictured)

In the highly physical lead role in Interceptor, Elsa’s character fought off a group of terrorists who attempt to over-run a facility designed to shoot down missiles in the event of a nuclear strike (pictured)

In January, she will act as a show jumping ambassador at the Magic Millions race day and carnival on the Gold Coast.

Despite the hammering from arm-chair critics, Interceptor was a huge hit for Netflix.

According to the streamer, the film, directed by best-selling author Matthew Reilly clocked up over 35 million viewing hours across dozens of countries, only days after it was released.

But many viewers were left unimpressed, with one fan tweeting, ‘If you haven’t watched it yet. No. That’s the review.’

Elsa and husband Chris Hemsworth

Elsa and husband Chris Hemsworth

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Sports

Wests Tigers vs Cronulla Sharks, result, Brent Naden no try, video, Brett Kimmorley, press conference

Brett Kimmorley wasn't happy about Brent Naden's try being disallowed.

Interim Tigers coach Brett Kimmorley did not miss when criticizing the decision to disallow Brent Naden’s try in Saturday’s 36-12 loss to the Sharks.

The Tigers had a chance to make the scoreline a little less grim when Sharks forward Teig Wilton was sin-binned for a late shot on Daine Laurie.

It looked as though they had capitalized off the penalty and one-man advantage when Naden ran through several Sharks players to score under the posts with just over 10 minutes to go.

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However on-field referee Ben Cummins sent it up to the bunker to check for an obstruction.

Bunker official Gerard Sutton ruled that Tigers prop Zane Musgrove had obstructed Cronulla’s Royce Hunt.

“The Tigers player is in front of the ball, Royce Hunt has to then push around him to try to defend. The Tigers player is not entitled to be in front of the ball and in the line,” Sutton said.

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Fox League commentator Dan Ginnane wasn’t too pleased, saying “oh goodness,” while Steve Roach added: “they had a free grab on him.”

Kimmorley acknowledged in his post-game press conference that the Sharks simply wanted the win more and their ruck speed “was the difference” in the game.

However he also took aim at the obstruction call, without being prompted, saying he was a “bit curious” to know what Musgrove was meant to do given he had ran through the line as part of a shape the Tigers were running.

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“I’m not too sure where a front-rower is meant to go when we run some shape and he goes through the line and then gets back because the ball is behind him to get ready for the next play-the-ball,” Kimmorley said.

“Bit curious to know how he’s got to disappear from a game of football when he’s actually gone through and not ran into a defender as the first phase of the play… and then we go out the back and the ball goes backwards.

“We ask these players to get in shape for the next play-the-ball, which means he’s got to run backwards and all of a sudden you have to disappear.

“So I don’t know how that decision is awarded or adjudicated but I’d love to know how a player can disappear when he’s trying to get back on side to be a part of the next play-the-ball.

“Because if they’re not in shape I’m going to be criticizing them over why they’re not in shape.”

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