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The Eifman Ballet staged its first production in Australia with the opening of Anna Karenina at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre last week. Audiences were treated to an emotionally powerful and visually beautiful ballet. Boris Eifman likes to tell a story and Anna Karenina …

When Ken Henry’s Asian Century White Paper appears, it can be expected to urge more ‘Asia-literacy’ for Australians, more people-to-people exchanges with Asian countries, less impediments to trade and investment, more collaborative research and development, more transparency in government, and less tape …

A forty minute drive to work to the city tires most of us; imagine if you had to drive for twelve hours every day in Sydney traffic writes Perin Sairs. In these hours of driving I assure you that you would be …

A staggering 2.4 million people are being trafficked around the globe at this very second, 80 per cent of them forced into sex slavery, according to the United Nations Crime-Fighting Office. Disturbingly, the heinous crime has infiltrated Australia, prompting a draft amendment …

Phoenix, Arizona— A month after the US Supreme Court approved the Obama administration’s signature health care reform on June 28, many Americans are still debating the possible consequences in their personal lives and for the country’s economic future. In stark contrast to …

Refugees and Australia’s own Indigenous stolen generation are often seen as simply numbers in political and public debate. The personal stories of these people are rarely heard. But the StoryLines Festival aims to break the silence in a four-week celebration of diversity …

Steven Berveling is very tall and thin. The white shirt and dark pants make him look professional. “It’s very nice to meet you,” he greets me in a gentle voice, standing at attention and stretching his hand to shake mine. He has …

On the pre-dawn tarmac of Melbourne Airport, Black Caviar stretched her legs before her black travel suit was removed and she was led into quarantine. The champion returned to Australia having clocked up 22 unbeaten wins at Royal Ascot in a nose-bitingly …

After eight years of not recording, Sydney singer Lily Dior has come up with an album that boasts almost 20 musicians on it. Launched to a glowing reception at the Basement on Wednesday June 20, Let’s Talk About It is a punchy collection of …

Eat your heart out, The Amazing Race contestants. I trekked across Sydney by ferry, water taxi, bus and foot, visiting four spectacular venues in just one day for the 18th Biennale of Sydney. I braved the miserable winter winds and a swarm …