Australian TV
This Aussie teen works with major film stars. Now she’s swimming with whale sharks
Alyla Browne hasn’t even started her final year of school, but she’s doing her own underwater stunts.
- Bridget McManus
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Heartbreak High has been a global hit. Does its final season make the grade?
School’s out in this third and final season of the phenomenally successful reboot of the ’90s classic.
- Kylie Northover
‘We’ll be back Friday’: ABC staff strike hits TV, radio as news channel diverts to BBC
What can you expect to see while staff are taking industrial action? In short, a lot of news from the BBC and plenty of reruns.
- Meg Watson, Kayla Olaya and Elizabeth Flux
‘Facts are being challenged and undermined’: Hamish Macdonald on the biggest threat of our times
When the ABC journalist made headlines for quitting social media in 2021, he was, in many ways, ahead of the game.
- Louise Rugendyke
Married At First Sight expert Mel Schilling dies from cancer
The psychologist’s husband revealed the news of her death on Tuesday night. “She was our wee Melsie: an incredible mum, role model, and soulmate.”
- Nell Geraets and Louise Rugendyke
It’s taken 40 years, but this comedian finally got her shot at the festival big time
Denise Scott has been doing comedy a long time. And finally, she got to host the Melbourne International Comedy Festival gala. She’s also launched the festival’s 40th year.
- Karl Quinn
‘A love letter to the parent’: The role that reduced Claudia Karvan to tears
The actor has won hearts playing complex, loving mothers, but it was the role of an empty-nester that hit the hardest.
- Bridget McManus
‘That’s definitely a dig at Chris’: Luke Hemsworth finally plays the funny guy
He’s best known for his work in sci-fi, but the eldest Hemsworth brother always dreamt of being in a comedy.
- Meg Watson
‘Let’s throw everything at it’: Why Deadloch’s second season may be its last
Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney wanted to get their smash-hit crime-comedy just right – because they’re not sure they’ll go there again.
- Karl Quinn
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Deadloch was already the most ambitious show on Australian TV. Its new season is even wilder
The Emmy-nominated crime comedy swaps Tasmania for the Top End as it tackles racial politics, with bonus crocodiles.
- Meg Watson