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October 1, 2018A golden age of popular Indigenous storytelling
Against the blinding whiteness on Australian stage and screens
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September 13, 2017Moral Panic 101
Equality, acceptance and the Safe Schools scandal – a ‘Quarterly Essay’ extract
Culture
July 4, 2017The big escape
On Cory Taylor and her classic novel
Culture
October 1, 2015Lee Lin’s double life
Lee Lin Chin’s rise from SBS newsreader to queen of satire
Culture
May 1, 2015The king and I
How the television adaptation of ‘Wolf Hall’ transcends the usual Tudor tale
Culture
March 1, 2015When Asians attack
Behind the scenes of ‘Maximum Choppage’, a new kung-fu comedy
Art
February 1, 2015A light touch
‘James Turrell: A Retrospective’ at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
essay
October 1, 2013Eddie Perfect unleashes the beast
Pigging out with the star of stage and screen
October 4, 2012
Boy Girl Roadie
Have play, will travel
Olympics
July 5, 2012Redemption Lane
Nick D’Arcy
May 3, 2012
Hurtling Stone
Meeting theatre director Simon Stone
Human rights
March 2, 2012Same-sex Union
Sydney’s Champion Gay Rugby Team
Homosexuality
February 2, 2012’Outland’ by Kevin Carlin
On paper, the premise of the new ABC1 sitcom Outland seems too self-consciously quirky for its own good. Homosexuals and sci-fi nerds? While we’re at it, why not make a series about, say, Indigenous lesbians with physical disabilities? …
Society
August 1, 2011Gourmet gore
Our animal instincts for eating meat
Society
November 4, 2010Dancing in the dark
From the outside, the Snoezelen Room at the Gold Coast’s Mudgeeraba Special School (MSS) doesn’t look like much. The room’s padlocked entrance is almost creepy, resembling a fire exit that’s been bolted up. As she fiddles with the large master …