Why rockers were banned Down Under
This iconic group was torn apart by an argument over Michael Jackson, after getting cancelled in Australia resulted in a hit single.
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Why rock giants were banned Down Under
Rock legend Eddie Van Halen’s brother has told how their band got cancelled in Australia – and why the famous Beat It collaboration with Michael Jackson backfired badly.
Farnham ‘drugged for years’ by manager
Australian music legend John Farnham makes a series of disturbing claims about his late former manager in his new book.
Sydney man ‘slept with 400 people in 2 years’
A 33-year-old radio producer from Sydney has detailed his life as a sex addict, and has opened up about his most bizarre hook-up.
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Kylie, Midnight Oil and Sydney Olympics outrage
A ‘snarling’, long-haired Peter Garrett terrified his Midnight Oil bandmates at their first meeting – but what happened next launched their journey into Aussie rock legend.
‘Women assume there are no secrets’
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‘Want to kill us greenies’: Midnight Oil’s threats to life
In his memoir The Silver River, the Oil’s Jim Moginie reveals how the pressures of fame wreaked havoc on his life and how the band’s principles put them in grave danger.
Lies, rumours and a missing woman
Got a grubby secret to bury? There are people to do that now. Dervla McTiernan on the uncomfortable truth behind her story of a missing tourist, ‘What Happened To Nina?’
Chocolate spies: Our weirdest war
‘Chocolate spies’ sound like something from Willy Wonka – but they were a very real menace in a wild and weird power struggle that impacts how most Australians snack today.
How to find your happy ending
Romance snobs might scoff, but a Mills & Boon title is sold every eight seconds. Few know the phenomenon better than Clare Connelly, who reveals why it is still massive after 50 years.
‘We are all potential criminals’
Dinuka McKenzie makes her living from writing about crime – and she reckons there’s a confronting truth in all of us that explains our fascination with the dark side of humanity.
Bookseller’s denial after leaked image twist
An under-fire Melbourne bookstore owner has denied telling staff that Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi “should be in jail or deported”.
Bookstore owner’s wild rant at ‘woke agenda’
A bookstore owner who complained that there were not enough books with “just white kids on the cover” has been forced to apologise.
Shark terror: I was a sitting duck
‘I heard the sickening thud as it hit me’. Record-breaker Bonnie Hancock recounts a near-death experience – one of many – during her epic solo voyage around Australia on a surf ski.
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