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On April 16 Copenhagen and all of Denmark celebrated Queen Margrethe’s 75th birthday and the media circus went crazy in its enthusiasm testing the limits of public tolerance. Meanwhile the question more and more emerges on social media: why should Denmark still have …

An ill female health worker has been admitted to Canberra Hospital this week and is being treated in isolation under the hospital’s Ebola protocol after returning from West Africa. The results of the Ebola test are not yet known for the woman who …

  We cannot do another term of Nationals – we just cannot. They have been here forever, the last one for 27 years … somebody … anybody Save Our Souls! Here in the electorate of the Upper Hunter we are drowning in a …

Do you remember at school constructing a diorama of your ideal building, a revolutionary new design for the future? A trip to the SG (formerly Spooning Goats) on York Street is like being shrunk down as you walk into your Tech & …

Mardi Gras kicks off with a prehistoric party at Sydney’s Australian Museum on February 19. Jurassic Lounge: Mardi Gras will transform the city’s wildest venue into a colourful party celebrating Sydney’s vibrant queer culture. Inspired by the galleries and collections, performers, artists, …

The AFC Asian Cup Finals, the Australian Open and the Superbowl have delivered four epic finishes within three days as entertaining as anyone could have wanted. It was a fantastic quadruple of major sporting triumphs that will live long in the memory …

  New Theatre  artistic director Louise Fisher has revealed that for its 2015 season the theatre, one of the oldest continuously running in the country, has a new motto: “In 2015, we encourage you to think big and think new.” Between adventure, passion and drama, the …

Howard Jacobson is a novelist known for his humour and wit. His 2010 Man Booker Prize winning novel The Finkler Question is one of few Booker winners to be so brazenly comedic, wearing humour as a heart proudly on its sleeve. Not …

Following on from the incredible debut Turn On the Bright Lights (2002), it’s older brother Antics (2004) the wise Our Love to Admire (2007) and the self-titled Interpol (2010) is El Pintor (2014) – 4 years in the making. High expectations are …

Orfeo is the story of Peter Els, a septuagenarian composer, musicologist, DIY microbiologist, and now America’s most wanted bioterrorist. Written by American Richard Powers, the story of Els’ 70 years of life unfolds before the reader along interweaving strands of narrative: in …