Liz Hobday
Bluesfest changes its tune on Sticky Fingers
Byron Bay Bluesfest has changed its tune on Sticky Fingers, announcing the controversial band is out of its line-up. Controversy has surrounded...
Writers and sponsors boycott Adelaide writers’ festival over speakers’ ‘genocide cheering’
Louise Adler was hoping for a civil conversation in a garden about books. Instead, the director of Adelaide Writers’ Week is dealing...
Neighbours, A Country Practice TV legend dies
Actor Joan Sydney, best known for her roles on Australian soaps A Country Practice and Neighbours, has died aged 83. Fellow actor...
Apology for Archie Roach at state memorial
The Victorian government has formally apologised to songman and storyteller Archie Roach at his state memorial service in Melbourne. The Gunditjmara-Bundjalung elder...
Report calls for new laws to stop fake art
The Productivity Commission is calling for new laws to stop the misappropriation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and culture following...
The Angels keep no secrets in new documentary
A new documentary about hell-raising rock band The Angels has some unflattering character assessments of guitarist John Brewster, but he loves the...
Baker Boy sweeps ARIAs with five awards, including album of year
Rapper Baker Boy has won five ARIA Awards, including album of the year, for the critically acclaimed Gela. Baker Boy, otherwise known...
Bondi becomes nude beach for Tunick shoot
Part of Sydney’s Bondi Beach will be temporarily declared a nude beach, to facilitate a photo shoot by acclaimed photographer Spencer Tunick....
Minister talks Indigenous artistic control
A new government body could help Indigenous artists maintain control of their work, Arts Minister Tony Burke has flagged. The concept would...
Dance and song farewells Uncle Jack Charles
A crowd waving Aboriginal flags has lined St Kilda Road in Melbourne to send off Indigenous elder and storyteller Uncle Jack Charles...