5 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.

Politics

27 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.

Politics

32 h. ago ‘I want him in the ground’: Why family will name ‘Cheryl’s killer’

Five decades after a toddler vanished from a beach south of Sydney, her family vows to unmask the man who once allegedly confessed to her murder.

Events

60 h. ago Rare discovery in Kosciuszko National Park as NSW rejects Barilaro

Ecologists found a critically endangered creature in footage from a camera set up to monitor feral cats. It is found only in one other location in NSW.

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60 h. ago A $200 million redevelopment transformed this office block into homes. Could others follow suit?

This office-to-home conversion gets a big tick of approval from apartment owners and design professionals. Adaptive reuse saves embodied carbon compared to a full demolish and rebuild, but it comes at a cost.

Economics

3 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.

Politics

3 d. ago King Charles meets Indigenous leaders to mark 40th anniversary of Uluru handover

The King arrived at Australia House in London to see a traditional performance by Anangu people who flew to the UK for the gathering.

Politics

4 d. ago Late Australian lobbying saves Rugby Championship from the chop

Plans to pack away the Rugby Championship for a major part of the next five years have been abandoned after a successful tournament in 2026.

Sport

4 d. ago Eclipse set to expand rare earths bounty with Greenland drilling

Eclipse Metals has launched drilling at its 100%-owned Gronnedal rare earths project in southwest Greenland to extend its already huge 89Mt rare earths resource.

Politics

4 d. ago Rise of the Terminator: Arnie’s 10 greatest feats in the pool

Ariarne Titmus has produced some of the greatest moments in Australian sport. Here are some of her finest performances.

Politics

4 d. ago Dark themes lost beneath the surface in expertly performed cabaret

Meow Meow’s The Red Shoes includes glorious singing, but this theatrical version of chaos theory needs another layer.

Politics

4 d. ago ‘China v the world’: US calls on Australia in rare earths fight with Beijing

As he arrives in Washington, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will be asked to join a US-led fight against China’s latest attempts to control global supplies of critical minerals.

Politics

5 d. ago Eclipse eyes NASDAQ dual listing to underpin US rare earths push

Eclipse Metals is planning a NASDAQ dual listing to tap North American investors and funding for its Greenland rare earths project as US demand for critical minerals ramps up.

Politics

5 d. ago Save Rosehill campaigner kicked off The Everest barrier draw boat

Racing officials and wealthy slot holders for the world’s richest race on turf gathered for the glitzy function but one would-be guest was not welcome.

Politics

5 d. ago ‘Chilling effect’: Concerns raised over Racing NSW conduct at Rosehill inquiry

The state’s privileges committee has raised “serious concerns” about the organisation’s conduct but found insufficient proof that it interfered with witnesses. 

Politics

5 d. ago Inspired by unrequited love, this rarely performed show is ingenious and daring

A new staging of Katya Kabanova tells the story of a young wife who endures a bullying mother-in-law and a weak husband under the thumb of his mother.

Politics

5 d. ago Coroner’s extraordinary public letter after shock number of deaths

The state’s top coroner has issued a rare statement after NSW reached a “profoundly distressing milestone”.

Events

5 d. ago Macron’s latest budget fiasco leaves France adrift and heading for the rocks

French workers can still retire at 62, after plans to increase the pension age were shelved by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu in a desperate bid to save his job.

Politics

5 d. ago French PM bows to pressure with extraordinary move to save his job

Plans to increase the pension age have been shelved by an increasingly desperate Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, amid the worst political crisis in decades.

Politics

6 d. ago We loved this show in the ’90s. The reboot is a sad reflection of TV in 2025

Chrissie Swan is cheerful and chatty, but not even she can save this new version of Healthy, Wealthy & Wise.

Politics