An award-winning Albany novelist has adapted his usual capacity for lengthy fiction to short prose as a contender in the Best Australian Yarn competition with his brooding surf entry Flutter.
Melissa Sheil
Australia’s biggest musicians have revealed which songs and artists they’ve had on repeat as the industry celebrates the 2024 ARIA Awards.
Clareese Packer
From a whiskey afternoon to a kids’ puppet show, here’s your guide to the week ahead in the Great Southern.
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Troye Sivan has made an explicit slip up at the 2024 ARIA Awards while calling himself the ‘chief vibes officer’ as Australia’s biggest night in music kicks off.
Clareese Packer and Aisling Brennan
Perth-raised Troye Sivan steered clear from any glitz and glamour for this year’s ARIAs, opting for a rather plain outfit.
Kellie Balaam
Actress Riley Keough doesn't think there's a "curse" on her famous family despite the early deaths of her mother Lisa Marie Presley and her grandfather Elvis.
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Cher has confirmed she is going to start work on her 28th studio album, saying "So, for as long as I can work, I will".
Australian writer Richard Flanagan has won Britain's leading nonfiction book prize, for for his genre-bending memoir Question 7.
Jill Lawless
Five weeks after former One Direction singer Liam Payne died in a fall from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, details of his funeral have emerged before he is laid to rest in England.
Ben Affleck believes AI technology can replicate the "more laborious" aspects of filmmaking, but he insists he isn't worried about it taking over Hollywood.
Five weeks after former One Direction singer Liam Payne died in a fall from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, he will be laid to rest in England.
Defying gravity is a neat trick but the real magic of Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba is living up to the ridiculously high expectations of millions of Wicked tragics.
Ben O'Shea
The latest crop of fine art graduates from RMIT University has much to say. But in a cost-of-living crisis they don't expect to make a living from art.
Liz Hobday
First-time author Coral Emerson will be in Manjimup this month to talk about her book Open The Door To A New You — 4 Keys To Unlock Your Life, published last year.
Anjelica Smilovitis
A two-day changemaker workshop is part of the Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought Initiative sponsored by the Federal Government’s Future Drought Fund.
Pemberton artist Anna Czerkasow is exhibiting a retrospective display of works in Manjimup from life in Northcliffe, her Ukraine roots, back to the present moment.
The Kid Laroi shied away from cameras after he touched down in Perth ahead of his concert on Wednesday night.
Star siblings Angus and Julia Stone have suffered a loss in a NSW court, which ruled their claims should be heard in London instead.
Jack Gramenz
American actor Kaitlyn Dever is playing Belle Gibson, in one of the few instances of an international star not butchering our notoriously difficult accent.
Wenlei Ma
Police have laid two additional charges against veteran broadcaster Alan Jones, after he was arrested following historical assault allegations.
Blair Jackson
‘It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing of our dear friend.’
Matt Shrivell
‘It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing of our dear friend Colin ‘Smiley’ Petersen.’
She was suspended from the Liberal party room in March last year, before being expelled in May.
Emma Kirk
