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Two young First Nations actresses who brought the story of tennis champion Evonne Goolagong Cawley to life are among a strong cohort of Indigenous performers recognised in this year’s Logie nominations. Lila McGuire, 29, and 10-year-old Eloise Hart both portrayed the legendary Australian athlete in the ABC’s three-part drama Goolagong, which has been nominated for…
The 2025 winner of a $20,000 art prize has been revealed as a “blatant copy” of a 2011 painting by Archibald prize-winning Australian artist Nicholas Harding. Lennox Head artist Jane Allan won the prize in the landscape category of The Doyles, a relatively little-known but long-running art prize held annually on the Gold Coast. But…
Cost-of-living relief will be delivered to New South Wales households through a cheaper toll cap, frozen public transport costs and cuts to vehicle registration for one year as the treasurer flags a return to budget surplus is still a year away. Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has delivered his fourth state budget, which posts a $2.3 billion…
Music mogul Clive Davis was one of just a handful of non-performers in the business to become a household name. The former record company lawyer who became one of the music industry’s most powerful figures has died. He was 94. Davis was responsible for launching or resurrecting the careers of superstars such as Whitney Houston,…
A ransom note related to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC’s Today show host Savannah Guthrie, said the 84-year-old had died, CNN and other news organisations are reporting, citing law enforcement sources. Some media outlets had previously reported receiving ransom notes tied to the case in the days after Ms Guthrie’s disappearance…
Cheryl van Wageningen is a proud descendant of the Peramangk and Ngarrindjeri peoples in South Australia. But she only learnt of her heritage at the age of 35, when she received a letter in the mail informing her that she was Indigenous and had siblings who wanted to meet her. It set Cheryl on a…
Businesses are questioning the location and timing of two relatively minor roadwork projects that are costing them trade in Adelaide. The installation of a raised zebra, or wombat crossing, that has been underway since April is causing delays for commuters in the hills at Crafers, but it has also reduced the number of car parks…
Labor’s changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax will pass the Senate with support from the Greens after the two parties cut a deal that stops self-managed super funds from borrowing to purchase housing. An inquiry into the federal government’s proposed overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has also been extended by…
Victorian health authorities have issued a warning after a potent sedative was detected in a vape product sold in Victoria. The Department of Health said vape products containing etomidate were found being sold in Melbourne. Etomidate is a powerful anaesthetic that can cause rapid onset sleep sedation, confusion, vomiting and loss of consciousness. The health…
A plane crash that killed two people and left several others injured in Adelaide earlier this year could have been caused by a failure in the plane’s nose landing gear, an ongoing investigation has found. The failure is one of “a number of scenarios” being considered by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) as part…