Forklifters and leaners
Morrison’s ludicrous suggestion that children be used to fill workforce shortages is his most desperate yet
Oliver Twist’s ‘Jali’
With quiet charisma and gentle humour, the Rwandan-Australian performer weaves together vivid autobiographical stories in this one-person show
Marshall law
Premier Steven Marshall claimed South Australia was “COVID-ready” when the state opened borders just as Omicron was emerging, but it now faces the same issues as the eastern states
‘Girl from the North Country’
Weaving Bob Dylan songs into a story of Depression-era hardship, Conor McPherson’s musical speaks to the broken America of today
Oh, carols!
The music of Christmas, from the manger to the chimney
Final sentence: Gerald Murnane’s ‘Last Letter to a Reader’
The essay anthology that will be the final book from one of Australia’s most idiosyncratic authors
New kid on the block: The Kid Laroi
How Australia has overlooked its biggest global music star, an Indigenous hip-hop prodigy
The Bond market: ‘Dune’ and ‘No Time To Die’
Blockbuster season begins with a middling 007 and a must-see sci-fi epic
Oliver Twist’s ‘Jali’
With quiet charisma and gentle humour, the Rwandan-Australian performer weaves together vivid autobiographical stories in this one-person showMarshall law
Premier Steven Marshall claimed South Australia was “COVID-ready” when the state opened borders just as Omicron was emerging, but it now faces the same issues as the eastern states‘Girl from the North Country’
Weaving Bob Dylan songs into a story of Depression-era hardship, Conor McPherson’s musical speaks to the broken America of today
‘The Worst Person in the World’
Renate Reinsve is exceptional in Joachim Trier’s satisfying Nordic rom-com
