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'Dystopian scenario' of AI music over human tunes

'Dystopian scenario' of AI music over human tunes

AI technology is moving so quickly that its algorithms could soon drive listeners to AI-made music, over songs written by human artists.

Country music singer awaits her transplant 'miracle'

Country music singer awaits her transplant 'miracle'

Country music singer awaits her transplant 'miracle'

Country music singer awaits her transplant 'miracle'

Seleen McAlister was 11 when her mother received a liver transplant. Decades later, the Australian country music singer is waiting for her own life-saving gift.

Inside the tube of classic surf film Crystal Voyager

Inside the tube of classic surf film Crystal Voyager

Inside the tube of classic surf film Crystal Voyager

Inside the tube of classic surf film Crystal Voyager

A digital remaster of 1973 surf classic Crystal Voyager will screen at the Sydney Opera House, 50 years after it premiered at the newly-built venue.

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Corporate watchdog clears indigenous art centre

Corporate watchdog clears indigenous art centre

The ACCC has found no breaches of consumer law at the APY Art Centre Collective, but another regulator has told it to clean up its books.

New dance show Plagiary moves to the AI beat

New dance show Plagiary moves to the AI beat

Performers respond to AI-generated instructions in a new dance show - no judgment allowed, unless you're trying to work out what it means.

Colonials mess with Shakespeare and get a global hit

Colonials mess with Shakespeare and get a global hit

Making Shakespeare's longest play into a successful opera is no easy feat, but an adaptation by "a bunch of colonials" is premiering at the Sydney Opera House.

Streetcar is a modern take but keeps to original script

Streetcar is a modern take but keeps to original script

The actors involved in MTC's A Streetcar Named Desire know they have enormous shoes to fill and have risen to the challenge while being sensitive to the theme.

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'Picassos' hanging in Tasmania's MONA were 'created'

'Picassos' hanging in Tasmania's MONA were 'created'

'Picassos' hanging in Tasmania's MONA were 'created'

'Picassos' hanging in Tasmania's MONA were 'created'

Artist and curator Kirsha Kaechele has revealed two paintings hung in Tasmania's MONA are not Picassos and were, in fact, painted by her.

Music legend Herbie Hancock, 84, to tour Australia

Music legend Herbie Hancock, 84, to tour Australia

Music legend Herbie Hancock, 84, to tour Australia

Music legend Herbie Hancock, 84, to tour Australia

Genre-defying musician Herbie Hancock is embarking on an Australian tour and will headline the Melbourne International Jazz Festival.

Milestone play a personal win for actor with disability

Milestone play a personal win for actor with disability

Milestone play a personal win for actor with disability

Milestone play a personal win for actor with disability

A prize-winning play brings performers with disability to centre stage in Australian theatre and it's been a long time coming, actor Kate Hood says.

Face the music and back proven festivals, inquiry told

Face the music and back proven festivals, inquiry told

Face the music and back proven festivals, inquiry told

Face the music and back proven festivals, inquiry told

Supporting grassroots music festivals with long track records rather than one-off events will help Australia's live music industry, a hearing has been told.

Who's afraid of a 1000-seat theatre? Not Virginia Woolf

Who's afraid of a 1000-seat theatre? Not Virginia Woolf

Who's afraid of a 1000-seat theatre? Not Virginia Woolf

Who's afraid of a 1000-seat theatre? Not Virginia Woolf

Melbourne's Red Stitch Theatre is taking Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? from an 80-seat venue to the 1000-seat Comedy Theatre.

What the world needs just now: a portrait of Bob Katter

What the world needs just now: a portrait of Bob Katter

What the world needs just now: a portrait of Bob Katter

What the world needs just now: a portrait of Bob Katter

Little-known committee meets to discuss commissioning a portrait of "colourful" MP Bob Katter

Miles Franklin Literary Award finalists announced

Miles Franklin Literary Award finalists announced

Miles Franklin Literary Award finalists announced

Miles Franklin Literary Award finalists announced

The Miles Franklin judges say they are "awed by the ambitious sweep and range of the novels" competing for the prestigious $60,000 literary award.

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Exploring a mysterious art forest by a sewage plant

Intrepid explorers will be able to wander through a mysterious piece of world-renowned land art at a sewage plant as part of a major Australian design program.

Nine to cull 200 jobs in latest mass media lay-offs

The publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age plans to trim its staff by about four per cent after Meta declined to renew a lucrative content deal.

More areas seeking 'cool' post-pandemic nightlife boost

After the success of an inner-Sydney entertainment district, a string of other councils want to roll out areas with later opening hours and looser noise limits.

Foreign states spread New Caledonia 'misinformation'

Experts say some foreign states have used misinformation to exploit the recent unrest in neighbouring New Caledonia.

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Audio, eBook creators to be paid in a funding first

Those who help bring books to life will receive millions in government support to compensate for losses incurred when their works are borrowed from libraries.

'Unwilling participant' helps secure major arts prize

An "unwilling participant" captured hanging out with horses and an accomplished author bathed in moonlight are featured in two award-winning portraits.

'Don't overthink it': thousands take nippy solstice dip

A record 3000 people have taken a naked plunge in Hobart's River Derwent to mark the winter solstice.

Australians among the most worried about misinformation

The voice referendum and wars abroad have helped spur a steep rise in concern among Australians about online misinformation well above the global average.

Neighbours became such good friends, the grief was real

Neighbours superfans found the axing of their TV show as traumatic as grieving the end of real-life relationships, new Australian research has found.

Why Estebana abandoned science to become a blacksmith

"Estebana" abandoned his career to become a blacksmith. Years later, artist studios have dropped off around him, making him fear for the "soul" of his city.

MONA queen's forest foray has aura of ambiguity

It's been six months since Kirsha Kaechele held a bizarre congress to get loggers and forest defenders talking. In typical MONA fashion it's been polarising.

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