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History

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire

Joel O'Connor -
Indulging in our Australian tall-poppy syndrome, we pour scorn on toadies who try to get a leg up by “blowing smoke up someone’s arse.” Few of us know...
Art

Putting artists first: Diane Larter’s Rogue Pop Up Gallery

Andrew Brinsmead -
An uncommon feeling in a gallery is the feeling that it’s a down-to-earth artist space but this is the experience of walking into Rogue Pop-Up Gallery at 130...

NEWS

Music

“I’m your weird aunty”: Ella Hooper finds her ground on ‘Overnight Success’

John T Bottom -
Ella Hooper opened tonight’s Petersham Bowling Club show with Growing Up Is Hard to Do, a song that felt less like a warm-up and...
Theatre

Islander

Catherine Skipper -
A stunning presentation by the Australian Theatre for Young People of a Scottish a cappella musical reimagined in Pasifika and featuring remarkable vocal performances by two young performers.
Films

Digger

Lindsay Cohen -
Digger Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Starring: Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman Genre: Triump Digger is all or nothing depending upon your political and environmental perspective and your...
Sponsored

New stick insect species revealed in Australia’s backyards and rainforests

Mark Scott -
Insect ‘detectives’ have discovered two new types of large stick insects, showing scientists are still uncovering new species in some of Australia’s most well-studied...
Health

In talking about death, we get closer to health justice

Chloe Fragos -
Talking about death isn’t a conversation most people want to have. For a lot of people, it is a conversation that is outright avoided,...
Festivals

Author Kathryn Heyman at Sydney Writers’ Festival Homegrown program

Karina Kreminski -
Luminous. That’s the word being used to describe author Kathryn Heyman’s new novel, Circle of Wonders. When I ask her about why this might...
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Cartoons

In the worlds we can only see through comic books…

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Sport

Tony Mundine remembered for his lasting legacy in Redfern

Joe McLean -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are...
Sport

Kings make a statement

Big T -
Fans arriving at Afterpay Arena on Sunday...
Featured

Keeping your cool in hotter summers

Geoff Turnbull -
Summer is coming and we all need...
Theatre

The Unburdening

Yvonne Hocothee -
A courageous and entertaining semi-autobiographical play exploring the situation of an chronically ill soon making a bid for independence from his caring father.

OPINION

In the worlds we can only see through comic books…

Cartoons norrie mAy-welby -

A sacramental view of the world

Religion & Ethics Andrew Collis -
Ask the Rev. Fr Alasdair MacKinnon-Love to describe his spirituality in one word and his answer comes quickly: “Sacramental.” Alasdair is an Anglican priest on...

Now that’s a scam!

Opinion norrie mAy-welby -

FIRST PEOPLES

First Nations Fashion Design reclaims the runway

First Peoples Sophia Poole -
In a fashion system historically built on the exclusion of First Nations representation, Reclamation, staged on the eve of Australian Fashion Week (11–15 May),...

Always was and always will be Aboriginal land

First Peoples South Sydney Herald -
On Anzac Day, hundreds gathered in Redfern for the 19th annual Coloured Diggers March, honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander veterans and their enduring...

The push to eliminate cervical cancer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

First Peoples Sophia Poole -
The World Health Organization has a global goal to eliminate cervical cancer, requiring all countries to reach fewer than 4 cases per 100,000 women.  While...

CULTURE

Author Kathryn Heyman at Sydney Writers’ Festival Homegrown program

Festivals Karina Kreminski -
Luminous. That’s the word being used to describe author Kathryn Heyman’s new novel, Circle of Wonders. When I ask her about why this might...

The Unburdening

Theatre Yvonne Hocothee -
A courageous and entertaining semi-autobiographical play exploring the situation of an chronically ill soon making a bid for independence from his caring father.

Resident Evil

Films Lindsay Cohen -
Resident Evil (2026) is pretty amusing and worth watching even if you know nothing about...
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