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Exploitative, sexualised adult games content has long been an issue in the gaming sector. Image: Cash Macanaya/ Unsplash.
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‘Harmful’ adult games: should credit card companies decide what we play?

Criticism has erupted around corporations' moves to control morally contested adult games content.

The secret diary of an Australian arts freelancer. Image: Onischenko on Unsplash.
Features

The secret diary of an arts freelancer, aged 46¾

Being an arts freelancer can be lots of fun, right? Well, yes, kind of, but ...

British comedian Eddie Izzard brings 'Eddie Izzard – The Remix Tour Live' to Australia later this year. The photo shows Izzard on stage, posing with a microphone held close to her red-painted lips in her right hand, and her left hand on her hip. She has short blonde hair and wears a long-sleeved black shirt and a ruffled blue skirt.
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Eddie Izzard: UK comedian announces 2025 Australian tour

British actor and comedian Eddie Izzard brings her stand-up show ‘The Remix Tour Live’ to Australia later this year.

How – and should – we separate the art from the artist? Image: Angel Sanchez on Unsplash.
Features

Separate the art from the artist? It’s not nearly that simple

A few questions you can ask to help you navigate the perennial moral dilemma: can we separate the art from…

Music and emotion. Image: Wesley Tingey on Unsplash.
Features

Why do I feel so emotional hearing music from my teenage years?

The way music communicates and evokes emotion is what makes it so important – particularly during the teenage years.

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Miles Franklin winner 2025: Siang Lu, Ghost Cities

The Miles Franklin winner, Ghost Cities, is a beguiling, metafictional novel set in a film set. But who's directing who?

Publishing after book rejection. Image: Seven Shooter on Unsplash.
Features

When book rejection leads to publishing success

Six Australian authors, including Katrina Cosgrove and Scarlett Harris, open up about their slow path to publication.

black and white professional portrait of woman with text 'so you want my arts job'. Head of Public Engagement.
Features

So you want my arts job: Tamsin Cull, Head of Public Engagement

As Head of Public Engagement, Tamsin Cull is the force behind QAGOMAs Children's Art Centre. She talks about her arts…

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Learning music helps young people flourish, says new report

New research calls for schools to treat learning music as essential for mental health, not just a nice-to-have activity.

Person wearing orange pants and black T shirt looking at First Nations work on a black wall - a photo of a man with white hair, a black and white t shirt and white paint around his eyes, and four small photos. ‘On Country: Photography from Australia’, Rencontres d'Arles 2025.
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Australian Indigenous artists making an impact abroad

Australian Indigenous artists are being celebrated by international institutions - who are they?

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