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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 landscapes. Researchers at the University...
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, but what if this...

NEWS

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...
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 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...
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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.
Environment

Australia braces for sea lion mortalities amid bird flu outbreak

Emmanuelle Botté -
Since June, Australia has experienced its first...
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...

OPINION

In the worlds we can only see through comic books…

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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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