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Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik.

Radicaliser? Undercover agent? Aftab Malik is used to dodging accusations

Australia’s new special envoy to combat Islamophobia didn’t want the job but is now working to make it more than tokenistic.

  • Patrick Begley

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Jeff Pope serves The Age democracy sausages at AEC hq in Melbourne.

This cop found himself at the centre of the Lawyer X scandal. Now he’s running the next election

Jeff Pope might have fronted the media plenty of times for Victoria Police but he’s never really talked about himself – or his run ins with Nicola Gobbo. Until now.

  • Sherryn Groch
Robyn Nevin at France-Soir restaurant.

The horrifying gift that shocked national treasure Robyn Nevin

The 82-year-old legendary thespian is directing a new version of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
Zoe Robinson the NSW Advocate for Children and Young People

Zoe said that adults don’t always know best. Mark Latham savaged her

The NSW Advocate for Children and Young People isn’t afraid to weigh into some of the most controversial issues of importance to the state’s young people.

  • Deborah Snow
Sarah Napthali spent a year investigating the effects of psychadelics.

‘I’m just a seeker’: The Sydney mum who spent a year sampling psychedelics

Sarah Napthali lowers her voice over lunch when our conversation veers to the names of the drugs she used: LSD, MDMA, ketamine, DMT, bufo (toad poison) and the rest.

  • Jordan Baker
Jennifer Robinson at Melbourne restaurant Farmer’s Daughters.

The international lawyer who specialises in breaking the silence

Human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson has been at the heart of battles over press freedom and gender violence. She is sure of one thing: change is needed.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
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Glenn Elston at Bistrot D’Orsay.

Possums, crocodiles and the curse of Macbeth: The perils of outdoor theatre

As they say in show business, the show must go on – but when a company performs outside, that is sometimes easier said than done.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
Margaret Fink AO, producer and originating member of the Sydney Push dining at Otto restaurant in Woolloomooloo, NSW. December 4, 2024. Photo: Kate Geraghty

Before Margaret Fink would do lunch with me, I had to audition

You need to bring your A-game when you dine with the Sydney movie producer whose extravagant dinner parties are legendary.

  • Michael Koziol
PhD Candidate Damien Linnane having lunch with Angus Thomson at Ampersand Cafe & Bookstore in Paddington. Saturday 2 November 2024. Photo: Dylan Coker / The Sydney Morning Herald

He’s been an arsonist and artist, now he’s on a mission to change lives

Damien Linnane’s 10-month stay in prison led him on a journey to overhaul an outdated healthcare system. Only one thing stands in the way.

  • Angus Thomson
Natalie Bassingthwaighte

The role that has Natalie Bassingthwaighte talking about what a lot of women are thinking

You may know her as Izzy from Neighbours, but the multi-talented singer and actor is ready to take on her most challenging part yet.

  • Elizabeth Flux

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