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Fashionistas converge on festival runway shows

Fashionistas converge on festival runway shows

Outside the runway shows at the Melbourne Fashion Festival are devotees for whom the event is just like Christmas - but with better outfits.

Cancelled Mardi Gras party reflects broader money woes

Cancelled Mardi Gras party reflects broader money woes

Cancelled Mardi Gras party reflects broader money woes

Cancelled Mardi Gras party reflects broader money woes

A decision by Mardi Gras organisers to cancel a key event has brought wider funding issues impacting many LGBTQI organisations into the spotlight.

Palestinian-Australian author to headline writers' fest

Palestinian-Australian author to headline writers' fest

Palestinian-Australian author to headline writers' fest

Palestinian-Australian author to headline writers' fest

Palestinian-Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah will appear at Australia's biggest writers' festival after her removal from another event sparked outrage.

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Grey skies can't deter colourful Mardi Gras crowd

Grey skies can't deter colourful Mardi Gras crowd

Revellers at Mardi Gras Fair Day are being encouraged to visit a pop-up health information space focusing on sexual health and cancer screenings.

Fears for tears as lion dancers gird for Lunar New Year

Fears for tears as lion dancers gird for Lunar New Year

Kicks, leaps and the ability to tear up a lettuce with your bare hands: a Chinese lion dancer reveals what it takes to ring in the Lunar New Year.

At Tropfest's welcome return, this film is the hottest

At Tropfest's welcome return, this film is the hottest

Tropfest is back, providing a pipeline for emerging filmmakers, with Wuthering Heights star Margot Robbie serving as jury president.

Palestinian author to appear at rebel literary event

Palestinian author to appear at rebel literary event

Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah will appear at a last-minute alternative to the now-cancelled Adelaide Writers' Week.

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Rising costs force Mardi Gras to cancel official party

Rising costs force Mardi Gras to cancel official party

Rising costs force Mardi Gras to cancel official party

Rising costs force Mardi Gras to cancel official party

An iconic LGBTQI festival has been forced to cancel its official party, with organisers concerned about its financial viability.

Tech companies campaign to bring SXSW back to Australia

Tech companies campaign to bring SXSW back to Australia

Tech companies campaign to bring SXSW back to Australia

Tech companies campaign to bring SXSW back to Australia

Brisbane might have secured the Olympic Games but a grassroots campaign is asking the state government to consider adopting another big event.

Reunion ballad cements divorced couple as golden greats

Reunion ballad cements divorced couple as golden greats

Reunion ballad cements divorced couple as golden greats

Reunion ballad cements divorced couple as golden greats

The first song Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson wrote together since their divorce more than 10 years ago has earned them two Golden Guitar awards.

'From the heart': Wolfe Brothers sweep Golden Guitars

The Wolfe Brothers have swept Australia's peak country music awards, winning five Golden Guitars including the top gong for album of the year.

US creep a blessing and curse for young country artists

US creep a blessing and curse for young country artists

US creep a blessing and curse for young country artists

US creep a blessing and curse for young country artists

Country music is experiencing an explosion in listeners thanks to US megastars, but an industry veteran hopes young artists don't abandon homegrown sounds.

Mould-breaking country artist celebrates the 'nos'

Mould-breaking country artist celebrates the 'nos'

Mould-breaking country artist celebrates the 'nos'

Mould-breaking country artist celebrates the 'nos'

A country music star familiar with rejection has challenged the naysayers to look at her now.

Buskers lay bare their souls in country music heartland

Buskers lay bare their souls in country music heartland

Buskers lay bare their souls in country music heartland

Buskers lay bare their souls in country music heartland

Hundreds of songbirds have flocked to Australia’s country music capital to fill the streets with song.

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Rising Australian country star comes full circle

Lane Pittman won millions of hearts and minds when he auditioned for The Voice as a teenager. Now, he's performing with the biggest names in country music.

Human connection lauded as AI takes on country music

Australia's top country musicians are aware of the threat posed by generative AI, but many believe the technology could never harness the essence of the genre.

Outback town mayor pulls out of Australia Day events

Alice Springs will go ahead with Australia Day formalities without the mayor, who says the January 26 celebration harms parts of her community.

Global festival skips Australia as state funding pulled

A future-forward global conference will not return to Australia in 2026 with a state tourism agency deciding not to chip in for the popular event.

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'Foolish': Mabo historian pans festival axing of author

A pre-eminent Australian historian has joined a growing list of nearly 100 speakers pulling out of a writers' festival after it dumped a pro-Palestine academic.

It's Elvis summer, as Aussie fans love the king tender

It's been nearly five decades since Elvis Presley left the building but the king of rock and roll is alive and well on the streets of rural Australia.

Bogans, burnouts and bad mullets: must be Summernats

Bragging rights for Australia's best mullet and a $50,000 burnout prize are up for grabs as car enthusiasts gather for a premier petrol-fuelled festival.

Elvis has left the building: Parkes express rolls out

A bumper crowd is all shook up and set to descend upon the regional town of Parkes to once again celebrate the legacy of Elvis Presley.

Millions party safely as vigilant police deter trouble

Respectful revellers have welcomed the new year at largely trouble-free celebrations across the nation, as a highly visible police presence deterred violence.

World bids goodbye to 2025 with fireworks, icy plunges

People all over the world are saying farewell to 2025 and ringing in the new year with traditions old and new.

Australians focus on peace as they ring in the new year

New Year's Eve revellers have had a moment of silent reflection for the Bondi victims before enjoying brilliant firework displays across the county.

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