Culture
When entertainment takes on the darker issues
Adelaide’s annual Fringe Festival is second only to Edinburgh’s even though there are now almost 300 such Festivals around the......
New disability skills exchange program empowering volunteers
A team of five Australians with disabilities travelled to Fiji in June this year as part of a new skills......
Fijian born artist explores race, class and gender
Salote Tawale’s art is all about identity and her personal experience of race, class and ethnicity as an Indigenous Fijian woman......
Controversial government funding props up Hollywood blockbuster
Screen Queensland is under scrutiny for giving money to international film companies to convince them to film their blockbusters in......
‘Real’ fake news: how can you tell?
Following the US election, mainstream media has started paying attention to fake news: stories which are deceptive and wacky enough......
Nothing to see here: why the language we use to talk about refugees matters
Seeking asylum is not illegal so why do we refer to refugees as ‘illegals’? According to the United Nations there......
The Seven Sisters Dreamtime story – a global tale
Indigenous playwright, author and artist Cathy Craigie has been awarded the prestigious New South Wales Aboriginal Arts fellowship for 2016. ......
Graffiti war on the streets of Sydney
The New South Wales government has had a Graffiti Removal Day over the weekend. 2,000 volunteers from organisations such as the Girl Guides,......
Arts sector puzzled by vocational course cuts
A range of visual and performing arts diplomas will no longer be funded after the government cracked down on the......
Australia’s lost histories
Australia’s history tends to be told in terms of exploration and Anzacs, or more recently Stolen Generations and massacres. Historian......