Troubles at Opera Australia a symptom of a bigger cultural malaise
Getting the books of legacy arts institutions back in the black requires reining in bureaucracy, improving arts education and ...
Think you know the classic Picnic at Hanging Rock? Time to think again
The stage adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s myth-making 1967 book is designed to provoke, says its star Olivia DeJonge.
Airport spending doubles to $30 billion. The catch? Higher fares
The Productivity Commission says light touch regulation saves consumers’ hip pockets. But airlines worry that they, and ...
How 20km of coloured rope transformed this town square
It has taken 20 kilometres of brightly coloured rope wound around a rainbow python-shaped pavilion to make Mt Druitt’s 50-year-old Dawson Park feel safer by night and cooler by day. “Is there a suburb ...
Communal bathing is finally taking off in Australia
Dogo Onsen, on the Japanese island of Shikoku, is believed to have been used for about 3000 years for communal cleansing. The Romans embraced the concept, and remnants of their ardour for the bath ...
Michelle Grattan: Peter Dutton changes China tack
It’s not that Dutton has changed his views on China. Rather, he’s camouflaged them with a softer tone, and in what he chooses ...