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‘Inhaled with my groin’: The Australian’s Wuthering Heights review makes a splash | Weekly Beast
Reviewer Nikki Gemmell gives an enthusiastic five stars, meanwhile job cuts at the Oz are starting to show. Plus: Asio’s email fail Want to get this in your inbox every…
The Normal Heart review – Larry Kramer’s devastating play about Aids continues to galvanise
Drama theatre, Sydney Opera House The 1985 play’s first run took place off-Broadway in the middle of the Aids crisis. Much has changed – but Dean Bryant’s production speaks to…
The scandals clouding ‘sinister’ French ice dancers who beat Chock and Bates for gold
Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron’s Olympic competition is set against backdrop of assault and abuse allegations involving their former partners The American duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates, the reigning…
Shares in world-leading hearing implant firm hit a low
Cochlear shares have dropped to a three-year low after the hearing implant company delivered weaker-than-expected earnings after its next-generation implant took longer to roll out than anticipated. Cochlear’s statutory net…
Mainstream media. When silence becomes editorial policy
Mainstream media sets the tone, controls the narrative and decides who gets scrutiny and who gets soft focus. It records without bearing witness to the obvious. Andrew Brown. A fracture…
Valentine’s warning as AI fuels ‘insidious’ love scams
Australians looking for love are having their social media used against them as AI is used to tailor romance scams before Valentine’s Day. Scammers have long used intimacy to groom…
Valentine’s warning as AI fuels ‘insidious’ love scams
Australians looking for love are having their social media used against them as AI is used to tailor romance scams before Valentine’s Day. Scammers have long used intimacy to groom…
Thousands stranded in hospital amid aged care ‘crisis’
More than 3000 older Australians remain stranded in public hospitals waiting for aged care, as the nation’s health ministers warn of a growing crisis that is stretching emergency departments and…
Leadership on line in Taylor-made move to stitch up Ley
A new Liberal Party leader could soon emerge as Angus Taylor prepares to lock horns with the party’s first female head in a special party room meeting. Mr Taylor’s resignation…