Arts & Culture

Let the Indonesian festivities begin

September 28th, 2022 - Kaylah Joelle Baker

Festival Indonesia Inc. and the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Melbourne are coming together again for a two-day only festival to celebrate all things Indonesian: culture, tourism and trade.

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Melbourne Fringe Festival turns 40

September 28th, 2022 - Carol Saffer

The 2022 Melbourne Fringe Festival theme “it’s about time” is appropriate for an event that has 40 years of history to celebrate and three lost years to make up for due to COVID.

A quirky, outrageous puppet show premieres at Melbourne Fringe Festival

September 28th, 2022 - Carol Saffer

What happened when COVID beached cruise ship performer Murray Raine?

So much for integrity

August 31st, 2022 - Fiona Patten

In recent days, the Andrews Government teamed up with the Opposition to continue to deny reproductive rights to women.

New federal government and affordable housing

August 31st, 2022 - Cory Memery

The new Labor government will establish a housing supply council to advise on a plan for affordable housing across Australia.

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Petrol rationing and charcoal burners

August 31st, 2022 - Jeff Atkinson

In recent decades much attention has been given to alternative ways of powering cars, other than through the use of petrol, in order to minimise emissions.

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New flutter of butterflies takes flight at Melbourne Zoo

August 31st, 2022 - Melbourne Zoo

One of Melbourne’s warmest cold weather venues just got a little more colourful, with the addition of two new species to the Melbourne Zoo Butterfly House.

Renowned artist to transform Parkville Station

August 31st, 2022 - Metro Tunnel

Metro Tunnel’s Parkville Station is set to feature artwork by internationally acclaimed Melbourne artist Patricia Piccinini, underlining Melbourne’s reputation as the nation’s cultural capital.

Dr Bertram Wainer and the struggle for the right to abortion

August 31st, 2022 - Inner City News

On June 24, 2022, in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organisation the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its 1973 ruling, made as result of the now famous Roe v Wade case, that gave a fundamental right to women to access abortion under the Fourteenth Amendment.