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Documentary unearths wonders of Australia's fungi

Documentary unearths wonders of Australia's fungi

Fungi enthusiasts Stephen Axford and Catherine Marciniak discovered a new species while making their latest documentary.

Birdsong to soar over Australia's country music capital

Birdsong to soar over Australia's country music capital

Birdsong to soar over Australia's country music capital

Birdsong to soar over Australia's country music capital

Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham found solace in song, in a creative and personal partnership that has earned them six Golden Guitar Award nominations.

Hopes new elite dance series will kick off comeback

Hopes new elite dance series will kick off comeback

Hopes new elite dance series will kick off comeback

Hopes new elite dance series will kick off comeback

A documentary following the elite dance students at Sydney's Brent Street school shows just how tough it is to become a professional dancer.

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Great Scot, it's Elvis: thousands turn out for the king

Great Scot, it's Elvis: thousands turn out for the king

Builder Ross Cummings leaves his Sydney life behind to transform into Scottish Elvis at the Parkes Elvis Festival every year.

Meg Washington makes waves with summer orchestral tour

Meg Washington makes waves with summer orchestral tour

Meg Washington is playing songs from her new album on a five-date tour visiting the Tasmanian, Melbourne and Sydney symphony orchestras.

Fast as a snake, Elvis acts use their animal instinct

Fast as a snake, Elvis acts use their animal instinct

US Elvis tribute artists get all shook up as they're warned to look out for a deadly eastern brown snake named Frank at the Parkes Elvis Festival in rural NSW.

Parkes is jumpin' as the town begins to swing for Elvis

Parkes is jumpin' as the town begins to swing for Elvis

The Parkes Elvis Festival is off to a hot and sweaty start, as thousands of fans spend a summer weekend in rural NSW to celebrate the king.

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Fans can't help falling in love at Elvis extravaganza

Fans can't help falling in love at Elvis extravaganza

Fans can't help falling in love at Elvis extravaganza

Fans can't help falling in love at Elvis extravaganza

It's now or never for thousands of Elvis fans as they show off their collective burning love at Australia's biggest celebration of the king of rock 'n' roll.

Minister slams Dutton over calls for Woolworths boycott

Minister slams Dutton over calls for Woolworths boycott

Minister slams Dutton over calls for Woolworths boycott

Minister slams Dutton over calls for Woolworths boycott

The federal opposition has been condemned for "fighting a culture war" after supermarket giant Woolworths pulled Australia Day paraphernalia from shelves.

Musician in exile visits Aust with a murder mystery

Musician in exile visits Aust with a murder mystery

Musician in exile visits Aust with a murder mystery

Musician in exile visits Aust with a murder mystery

Musician King Raam is visiting Australia to perform concerts and a multimedia theatre piece which explores the murder of an Iranian dissident and pop icon.

Picture-free film screening an insight into blindness

Picture-free film screening an insight into blindness

Picture-free film screening an insight into blindness

Picture-free film screening an insight into blindness

Offspring actor Ben Phillips has helped direct a feature film without pictures, to create a cinema experience that includes blind and low-vision people.

Oppenheimer triumphs at Golden Globes, Barbie eclipsed

Oppenheimer triumphs at Golden Globes, Barbie eclipsed

Oppenheimer triumphs at Golden Globes, Barbie eclipsed

Oppenheimer triumphs at Golden Globes, Barbie eclipsed

Oppenheimer has won the Golden Globe for best movie drama as Christopher Nolan’s epic dominated the awards, while Poor Things took out best comedy or musical.

Margot Robbie goes full Barbie in Golden Globes fashion

Margot Robbie goes full Barbie in Golden Globes fashion

Margot Robbie goes full Barbie in Golden Globes fashion

Margot Robbie goes full Barbie in Golden Globes fashion

Margot Robbie wore Barbie's signature pink while Taylor Swift stunned in acid green in fashions on the Golden Globes red carpet.

Rock theatre honours legend of Australia's Warumpi Band

Rock theatre honours legend of Australia's Warumpi Band

Rock theatre honours legend of Australia's Warumpi Band

Rock theatre honours legend of Australia's Warumpi Band

The tale of the Warumpi Band, which took Aboriginal rock music to the world, is woven through a rock concert experience at Sydney Festival.

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Michael Bolton recovering after brain tumour surgery

Singer-songwriter Michael Bolton is "working hard to accelerate" his recovery after surgery to remove a brain tumour.

Actor David Soul of Starsky & Hutch dies at 80

David Soul, best remembered as one half of the crime-fighting duo Starsky & Hutch in the 1970s television series, has died.

Music comes out of the woods for WA singer-songwriter

The dramatic landscape of Western Australia's coast looms large in singer-songwriter Simone Keane's new album, which has attracted international airplay.

Harbourside cabaret kicks off Sydney's 'summer of art'

This year's Sydney Festival will bring more than a thousand local and international artists to venues across the city.

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Veteran British actress Glynis Johns dead at 100

British actress Glynis Johns, best known for her role in the classic 1964 movie Mary Poppins, has died at 100.

Choir of Man has classic songs, and an onstage bar

The producer of Choir of Man, a show where members of the audience might be asked to have a pint onstage, says times are getting tougher for theatre shows.

Circus flips into Melbourne with elephants and acrobats

A show celebrating the golden age of Circus brings extraordinary acrobatics and giant elephant puppets to Arts Centre Melbourne.

Director hopes city goes bananas for Bananaland comedy

The new musical Bananaland starring Max McKenna is starting its run at the Sydney Festival - and director Simon Phillips hopes the jokes will translate.

Festival season begins with fossil fuels on the fringe

Activists are welcoming what they have described as Perth's first "fossil-free" festival season, after Woodside ended the last of its support for Fringe World.

Where's Wally? Hospital galah painting still missing

Police have charged a man for theft, but officers still are hunting for a much-loved painting stolen from an Adelaide Hospital.

Adelaide's Festival centre gets $35m access upgrade

A $35 million upgrade to the Adelaide Festival Centre will improve access to Adelaide's main arts venue.

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