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Rhoda Roberts. artist, activist, optimist.

‘A champion for Indigenous artists’: Pioneer Rhoda Roberts leaves a huge mark

She brought us a key part of the Olympics opening ceremony and the Welcome to Country. Journalist, actor, theatre maker and activist Rhoda Roberts made a mark.

  • Karl Quinn

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Margot Robbie in a scene from Neighbours in 2009. 

Margot Robbie and I started out with ‘bogan’ accents. I’ve still got mine

I’ve been taunted about my ocker twang ever since Pauline Hanson emerged, but I’m getting the last laugh.

  • Amy Fallon
Despite being booked through to Brisbane, our suitcases turned up on the luggage carousel.

An experience at a Paris airport showed me what it really means to be Australian

A strong sense of patriotism doesn’t come naturally to many of us, but there’s nothing like being in a foreign country to realise how you have been shaped by your own.

  • Zoya Patel
Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst.

‘Ferocious and relentless’ Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst was band’s power and passion

The late rock legend penned some of Midnight Oil’s most successful songs from Power and the Passion to Beds are Burning and Dead Heart.

  • Glenn A. Baker
“I’ve never seen myself as anything but Aussie” … Gurmesh Singh, the new leader of the NSW Nationals.

What does ‘Australian’ look like? Our identity crisis is hiding in plain sight

What truly defines “Australian”? Appearance or values? 

  • Jasmine Batra
Gray was said to be “one of the contemporary masters of poetry in English”.

‘A great humanist’: One of Australia’s greatest poets dead at 80

Friend of 56 years and fellow poet Geoffrey Lehmann pays tribute to Robert Gray’s unrivalled talent.

  • Geoffrey Lehmann
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The Age, Spectrum Lunch with Anna Schwartz. at Gimlet with Stephen Brook. Pic Simon Schluter 16 September 2025

‘You’re turning me into a liar’: art dealer Anna Schwartz unveils major life change

The gallerist is one of the biggest names in Australian contemporary art. And now she’s reinventing herself.

  • Stephen Brook
Meanjin will soon be no more.

Hardly anyone reads Meanjin any more. So why does its end even matter?

The axing of the 85-year-old literary journal “on purely financial grounds” is symptomatic of a broader malaise in Australia. 

  • Karl Quinn
Tony Yeldham in his Double Bay shop in 1998.

Elton, Jagger, Sinatra: raconteur’s luxury shop was the destination for the stars

One of the first to stock designer European labels, Tony Yeldham’s Double Bay menswear store became the sartorial and social hot spot for the “it” crowd.

  • Andrew Hornery
Ryan Corr, Maddy MacRae and Tai Hara star in the latest Australian audio drama.

‘Primal memories’: How radio plays are making an unlikely comeback

Shows without visuals might seem old-fashioned, but they’ve never been more timely. Here’s how audio drama is being reinvented.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo