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From farm gate to stage door, theatre is a release from life on the land
Putting their livestock, tractors and drought feeding aside for a night, these farmers are taking to the stage. Source link
Meet the women turning bicycle tyres and timber offcuts into furniture
These artists are carving out a niche in a traditionally male space, using recycled materials and offcuts to create beautiful furniture, and even making music to accompany the work. Source link
Albany's hidden WWII fuel tanks transformed into global street art gallery
Tucked away in bushland on Western Australia’s south coast, a hidden World War II site has become a sprawling canvas for street artists from all over the world. Source link
Tony Albert's form of optimism is a lesson for us all
Girramay, Yidinji and Kuku-Yalanji artist Tony Albert hopes to “take every item of ‘Aboriginalia’ in Australia out of circulation”. Source link
Suzie Miller took the risky path away from a safe job as a judge, with no regrets
In 2009, Suzie Miller had a choice between becoming a magistrate in Australia or a residency at the National Theatre in London. Source link
'Live-streamed genocide': Palestinian poet writes from Gaza's frontline
The month he turned 30, Mosab Abu Toha was blindfolded, beaten and detained by the Israel Defense Forces. The essay he wrote about it won a Pulitzer Prize. Source link
Drone shows return to Vivid Sydney after crowd-crush fears
Dazzling drone shows will return to Sydney’s largest art and culture festival for the first time since 2024. Source link
The Mushroom Tapes, Mad Mabel and Memorial Days triumph at book awards
In May 2025, Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein, three literary true-crime writers, headed to Erin Patterson’s trial. The resulting book just won an Australian Book Industry Award. Source link
After losing four relatives to dementia, woman shares family's story
Gwen Knox, from Western Australia, has written a play inspired by her family that she hopes starts important conversations about dementia and truth-telling. Source link
Kylie Minogue reveals 'secret' cancer and IVF struggles in Netflix doco
“Our Kylie” gets candid in the three-part Netflix docuseries, grieving over IVF struggles, Michael Hutchence, and revealing she was diagnosed with cancer a second time in 2021. Source link