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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 be, she replies, “It...
Locals

OUT & ABOUT – October 2026

Pat Clarke -
There are so many interesting things to do this October and I apologise that Out & About this month is mainly art related.  Sculpture by The Sea 16 October...

NEWS

Health

Mental Health Month: Dolly Kadek Pops on learning to live with bipolar disorder

Kristen Phillips and Stephen Webb -
Kings Cross live music venue owner Dolly Kadek Pops on diagnosis, addiction, love and the long road from survival to understanding. Opening a live music...
Cartoons

In the worlds we can only see through comic books…

norrie mAy-welby -
Sport

Tony Mundine remembered for his lasting legacy in Redfern

Joe McLean -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name of a person who has died.  Beside a boxing ring in...
Sport

Kings make a statement

Big T -
Fans arriving at Afterpay Arena on Sunday 27 September were greeted by the roar of the NRL games next door, the cheering so loud...
Featured

Keeping your cool in hotter summers

Geoff Turnbull -
Summer is coming and we all need to think about our plan for that hot day, or run of hot days, when our homes...
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.
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Environment

Australia braces for sea lion mortalities amid bird flu outbreak

Emmanuelle Botté -
Since June, Australia has experienced its first outbreak of bird flu. The current H5 variant has now spread to a unique and iconic endangered...
Music

Ride Lonesome – The magic of the ocean swell put to music

John T Bottom -
Beck’s Ride Lonesome arrives not as a...
Sport

Kings begin title defence with a bang

Big T -
There are season openers, and then there...
Religion & Ethics

A sacramental view of the world

Andrew Collis -
Ask the Rev. Fr Alasdair MacKinnon-Love to...
Music

Jan Gunnar Hoff brings Nordic jazz to Sydney

Stephen Webb -
Acclaimed Norwegian jazz pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff...

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

Ride Lonesome – The magic of the ocean swell put to music

Music John T Bottom -
Beck’s Ride Lonesome arrives not as a reinvention but as a refinement: a quietly devastating return to the chamber‑folk terrain of Sea Change and...

Jan Gunnar Hoff brings Nordic jazz to Sydney

Music Stephen Webb -
Acclaimed Norwegian jazz pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff will make his Australian debut in October with two Sydney concerts in collaboration with Sydney-based Scandinavian-inspired ensemble...

The End of Oak Street

Films Lindsay Cohen -
As a bit of a nerd, it’s very frustrating to me when something happens in a film without...
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