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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 more like a thesis...
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.

NEWS

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...
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...
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...
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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...
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.
Films

Resident Evil

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

Dixon and Daughters

Yvonne Hocothee -
A powerful piece of familial drama, disturbing and memorable, exploring the lives of women damaged by an abusive patriarch.

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

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...

Dixon and Daughters

Theatre Yvonne Hocothee -
A powerful piece of familial drama, disturbing and memorable, exploring the lives of women damaged by an abusive patriarch.
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