‘The Curse’ is an awkward treat for TV masochists
"Streaming" reviewer NICK OVERALL looks at "The Curse" a cringe-comedy that feels less like a show and more like a diabolical experiment to test just how much awkwardness viewers can endure.
Brittany Higgins briefly stepped into the witness box in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial, describing how she began working in politics after campaigning at university.
The Australian Federal Police Association is calling on the ACT government to review the penalties for assaults to frontline community service providers following the serious assault of a police officer.
Ben Roberts-Smith has been ordered to pay the legal costs of newspapers that published allegations he committed war crimes following a failed defamation suit.
A High Court finding that indefinite immigration detention was unconstitutional led to the release of detainees, a court judgment has revealed.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the next several hours over Canberra, says BoM.
An exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia looks at representations of the figure by female artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Winer writer RICHARD CALVER feels he was inexorably led, by an almost supernatural force, to write about Nero d’Avola.
The National Film and Sound Archive is launching a new digital exhibition to celebrate 100 years of radio in Australia.
Brittany Higgins briefly stepped into the witness box in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial, describing how she began working in politics after campaigning at university.
The Australian Federal Police Association is calling on the ACT government to review the penalties for assaults to frontline community service providers following the serious assault of a police officer.
Ben Roberts-Smith has been ordered to pay the legal costs of newspapers that published allegations he committed war crimes following a failed defamation suit.
A High Court finding that indefinite immigration detention was unconstitutional led to the release of detainees, a court judgment has revealed.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the next several hours over Canberra, says BoM.
A 90-year-old woman who was critically injured when she was attacked and raped in her nursing home has died.
Indigenous leader and Labor senator Pat Dodson has signalled his intention to retire from parliament on Australia Day.
A missing detainee has been referred to the Australian Federal Police after they refused to wear an electronic monitoring track upon their release.
Letter writer SUE DYER, of Downer, is looking for enlightenment from the ACT Integrity Commission about the extent to which snake oil was an embedded project ingredient at the CIT.
Legal affairs writer and former barrister HUGH SELBY says the presumption of innocence is dead and buried. It has been inverted. It is now a presumption of guilt unless and until a court finds the accused "not guilty".
There's a word that describes the smell after rain, another for the rumble of a hungry stomach and one for when you don't want to get out of bed. "Whimsey" columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS bets you haven't heard of them…
Public toilets in Canberra seem to cost more than anywhere on earth to build. Luckily, Minister Chris Steel helped KEEPING UP THE ACT make sense of it all for you...
"Mark Dreyfus has promoted his place as a proponent of whistleblower protection law. But his actions this week are in stark contradiction," writes legal columnist HUGH SELBY.
"Not even the finest fine printer will save the insurance industry from the worldwide ravages of climate change," predicts "The Gadfly" columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
Cash may no longer be king, but the Optus debacle shows it is still necessary, writes CHRIS VASANTKUMAR.
In this exclusive column, our ever-lovin’ CHIEF DUDERINO says that in the lead up to the 2024 election they're going to flick the loony switch: "I’d like to tell you everything we have planned, except we don’t even know ourselves!"
Because the great majority of criminal cases are finalised with sentencing following a plea of guilty, the public hears too little about the vital role of crime-scene examiners and forensic scientists, writes HUGH SELBY.
In her latest "Artsday" column, arts editor HELEN MUSA lists lots to see and hear around town this coming week.
On their first Australian tour, violinist Noa Wildschut and pianist Elisabeth Brauss captivated the audience at Llewellyn Hall with an enchanting program of magical music, writes reviewer DANTE COSTA.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA'S latest burst of all-things-arts in this week's "Arts in the City" column.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA says it's indisputable that Emily Kam Kngwarray is one of Australia's greatest artists, as the coming exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, which bears her name, will show.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA lists events from comedy to classical in this week's 'Arts in the City' column.
"Harpist Rowan Phemister and violinist Lucy Macourt create a vibrant team of quality musicians." writes ROB KENNEDY, who reviews their "Serenade" concert.
LEN POWER reviews the first Australian concert of The Young Soloists at the Snow Concert Hall.
An exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia looks at representations of the figure by female artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
SARAH EC BYRNE reviews the "gorgeous and fitting climax to the Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s 2023 season at Llewellyn Hall".
Three ACT companies have won national awards across the residential, commercial and civil sectors.
The vegetable patch should be in full swing now as the heat has arrived; all the tomatoes, zucchini, corn and pumpkins can go into the garden, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Winer writer RICHARD CALVER feels he was inexorably led, by an almost supernatural force, to write about Nero d’Avola.
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Should we still be using RATs to test for covid? HASSAN VALLY answers four key questions...
Social historian and journalist NICHOLE OVERALL shares the story of Queanbeyan's Boer War memorial and its long journey from Monaro Street to the Moore Park Memorial Rose Garden.
There's something special about a classic French bistro and Louis is no exception, writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
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