I didn’t think I could get addicted to weed. I was wrong – and I’m not alone
There are misconceptions about the addictiveness of cannabis and many users are struggling with dependency Amy knew it wasn’t great. But there she was, at the bottom of a dumpster,…
From Smashing Pumpkins to Ferris Bueller: new Australian indie video game Mixtape is a blast of nostalgia
In the game by Melbourne-based Beethoven and Dinosaur, you play as a teenage girl the night before moving to New York – drinking, skateboarding and getting into trouble, all soundtracked…
Split Enz tease new album ahead of first tour in 17 years: ‘We’d make a really good record now’
Always one step ahead, the new wave innovators are not done yet – and their hair is bigger than ever Many things can kill you in the music business. For…
Punching the light: Sydney’s 90s raves – in pictures
At the age of 17, Simon Burstall documented the burgeoning underground rave scene of 1990s Sydney. Armed with borrowed school cameras and stealing away from home in the early hours…
Are Katseye transforming K-pop or making ‘skibidi toilet music’? Either way, fans will tearfully wait hours for a glimpse
Katseye blends US sensibilities with the hard-hitting choreography, branding and relentless perfectionism of Korean pop music – and ‘Eyekons’ can’t get enough Ten-year-old Luna and 12-year-old Asha were among the…
Lean times, tough choices: can Jim Chalmers meet the moment?
As the fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran threatens to overshadow Labor’s agenda, the treasurer says this budget will be his most ambitious but also most difficult Follow our…
AFL integrity unit to investigate Gold Coast Suns’ team manager over alleged links to gambling firm
Key member of Suns’ dressing room Mark Opie also part of Okebet Okebet fined $100,000 in 2024 for encouraging players to gamble Gold Coast Suns have made an assurance they…
Middle East crisis live: US fires on two Iranian-flagged oil tankers it claims tried to violate blockade; US to mediate Israel-Lebanon talks
Centcom says it has struck two tankers heading for Iran after Tehran warned Washington was violating fragile ceasefire; two days of ‘intensive talks’ between Israel and Lebanon slated as strikes…
What a crucial set of election results means for Keir Starmer’s future
After Labour’s demise was overestimated, the prime minister’s potential challengers are staying quiet – for now Full results from England, Scotland and Wales Elections mapped: how Labour lost ground in…
Pentagon releases first batch of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs
Among the releases is a 1969 debrief of Buzz Aldrin stating he saw a ‘sizeable’ object close to the lunar surface The Pentagon on Friday released an initial group of…