25 h. ago From queer woodchopping to Samoan satire, meet the performers pushing boundaries

This year’s Liveworks Festival is a broad showcase of alternative arts, including dance, digital, theatre, talks and photographic works.

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25 h. ago From queer woodchopping to Samoan satire, this festival is pure joy

This year’s Liveworks Festival is a broad showcase of alternative arts, including dance, digital, theatre, talks and photographic works.

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48 h. ago ‘Don’t kiss the Muppets’: Life lessons from Broadway great Bernadette Peters

Peters performs the work of Stephen Sondheim and other classic show tunes in her one-off performance during Brisbane’s queer culture festival, Melt.

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4 d. ago In a rare solo performance, he saved his confession until the end of the show

The 2025 Melbourne International Jazz festival is in full swing and runs until Sunday.

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5 d. ago Dangerous drug alert issued after second Queensland death in a week

As Schoolies and festival season approach, experts fear the proliferation of synthetic opioids will claim more lives.

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6 d. ago As a queer Australian, this is the ‘hidden tax’ I have to pay

While LGBTQ+ visibility, social acceptance and reproductive technology are better than ever, there’s more to equality than rights and representation.

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6 d. ago This thrilling hike up a Japanese volcano is pure exhilaration

Yakedake – literally “burning mountain” – is 250 kilometres west of Tokyo, in Honshu’s Hida mountain range.

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7 d. ago Childhood friends were kidnapped together, separated and reunited

For part of their captivity, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar David were together after they were kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival, they were then separated and reunited on their release.

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7 d. ago Joy, tears and pain: Hostages reunite with families after two years of suffering

Emotional scenes unfolded in videos released showing the 20 living Israeli hostages reuniting with relatives and partners, many of whom had feared they would never see their loved ones again.

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7 d. ago Video captures moment couple are reunited after being wrenched from each other at music festival

Gaza hostages have at last embraced their relatives and partners, many of whom had feared they would never see their loved ones again.

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8 d. ago Seeing delight: recapturing the joy of early childhood education

A team of researchers is on a mission to rediscover the joy in the Australia’s embattled childcare sector.

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8 d. ago ‘Festival vibe’ for Flemington with turf turning into dance party after last race

Chief executive Kylie Rogers wants to enhance the party atmosphere at Flemington for the Melbourne Cup carnival and intends to turn the hallowed turf into a dance floor after the last race on Champions Stakes Day.

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8 d. ago Ross thought his Melbourne Marathon dream had vanished, but his sons had a different idea

A record number of runners stormed to the MCG on Sunday as part of the Melbourne Marathon Festival. Check back for the winners and the major moments.

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9 d. ago Melbourne Marathon 2025 results: Jack Rayner takes out marathon; Caitlin Adams takes out win on debut

A record number of runners stormed to the MCG on Sunday as part of the Melbourne Marathon Festival. Check back for the winners and the major moments.

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9 d. ago Melbourne Marathon 2025 live results: Rayner takes out marathon; Adams takes out win on debut

A record number of runners are expected to cross the line at the MCG on Sunday as part of the Melbourne Marathon Festival. Follow all the action live. 

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9 d. ago Melbourne Marathon 2025 live updates: Olympians, celebrities take to city’s streets for major running event

A record number of runners are expected to cross the line at the MCG on Sunday as part of the Melbourne Marathon Festival. Follow all the action live. 

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9 d. ago Nova festival survivor takes own life two years after October 7 attacks

The news of his death comes as Israel prepares to welcome home the final 20 living hostages still held captive by Hamas, followed by the bodies of 28 others.

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1 week ago ASX Runners of the Week: Infini, Xstate, Pure Foods & Battery Age

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is Infini Resources after it nailed eye-popping uranium visuals and XRF hits at its Canadian drill blitz at Portland Creek.

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1 week ago Blasphemy, eavesdropping and secret bunkers: This Fringe Festival has it all

From awe-inspiring acrobatics to a show that is exceedingly weird yet somehow sharply relatable, here are our latest reviews of the Fringe.

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1 week ago It’s art, but not as you know it: Teens lead strangers in night

When night falls, tour the unexpected in Werribee in this Melbourne Fringe Festival event created by teenagers.

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