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February 2020

Playwright David Williamson says an environmental tax on air and car travel would help combat climate change.

Theatre of the absurd: David Williamson speaks out on climate change

He's penned such classics as 'Don's Party', 'The Club' and 'Money and Friends'. But what does he make of the sustainability movement?

  • David Williamson

October 2019

Happy birthday, Hoges: Paul Hogan turned 80 on October 8, 2019.

Paul Hogan on Donald Trump, travelling and turning 80

Hoges has been selling Australia since he first slipped “a shrimp on the barbie” in 1984, but the 80-year-old calls Los Angeles home – for now.

  • Fiona Carruthers

July 2019

"I’m finally getting the outline of myself": Rachel Ward on the set of "Palm Beach", her first directorial project for six years.

Why 'Palm Beach' director Rachel Ward prefers horses to city breaks

Having just helmed her first film since her 2009 directorial debut "Beautiful Kate", this actor is looking forward to a holiday in the saddle.

  • Fiona Carruthers

May 2019

Riley Smith at Barangaroo in Sydney. From an Aboriginal perspective, he says Australia is like Europe – a land with many nations and languages.

This dancer's favoured Dubbo cafe is 'better than Sydney or Melbourne'

Award-winning Bangarra dancer and Wiradjuri man Beau Dean Riley Smith swears by a hearty traveller’s breakfast, especially from his favourite hometown cafe.

  • Fiona Carruthers

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