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“If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me”: Roxanne McDonald rehearsing Macbeth at La Boite.

‘I get to play a king’: Women of colour take on war and masculinity in Macbeth

The three witches seize the spotlight in La Boite’s reimagining of Shakespeare’s bloody game of thrones. 

  • Nick Dent

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PNG: wild, mysterious, haunting and flamboyant.

The one country you’ll never see on any ‘must-visit’ list

It’s wild, mysterious, haunting and flamboyant, but most Australians view it with fear and loathing.

  • Michael Gebicki
Celebrities including Jamie Lee Curtis, Eugene Levy, Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, and Paris Hilton have been adversely affected by the LA fires.

Flame trees’ fiery warning for tinderbox Aussie bush

The wildfires ravaging Los Angeles hold important lessons for Australia which, like California, has large forests of highly flammable (introduced) eucalypt trees, which are nicknamed “gasoline trees” in the US.

Salvation Army Commissioner Miriam Gluyas.

Miriam wanted to be a pro golfer. Instead, she’s an executive on a $26,000 salary

The Big Cheese of the Salvation Army is radically counter-cultural.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Ian Roberts is eager to address the issue of sexuality with Papua New Guinean players where it is still illegal to be homosexual

Homosexuality is illegal in PNG. The NRL is all about inclusivity. How do they square the two?

Ian Roberts, still the only openly gay Australian rugby league player in the past 30 years, sees the new PNG NRL franchise as an opportunity to change attitudes in the Pacific nation.

  • Christian Nicolussi
PNG Prime Minister James Marape and Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese announcing the inclusion of a PNG team in the NRL.

‘Better than a veto’: NRL soft power play packs a secret punch on China

The announcement of a new NRL team was about so much more than a new NRL team. The setting of the press conference told the story.

  • Matthew Knott
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Respective Australian and Papua New Guinean prime ministers Anthony Albanese and James Marape.

The prime minister, PVL and the president: How PNG made it to the NRL

The PNG prime minister told Australian government leaders he didn’t want a gift to celebrate the country’s independence in 2025 - he just wanted an NRL team. Today he got his wish.

  • Michael Chammas and Chris Barrett
Peter V’landys

Australia signs $600m deal to create PNG NRL team; further expansion could be ‘weeks away’

The deal to establish a PNG team comes with a China “escape clause” for Australia, while ARLC chair Peter V’landys has revealed another NRL license could be granted before Christmas.

  • Matthew Knott, Adrian Proszenko and Michael Chammas
Papua New Guinean rugby league fans

PNG deal is a bargain, but a NRL match may only be an 80-minute Band-Aid for a troubled country

Papua New Guineans love rugby league. But a NRL team may not supply the benefits that both countries - and the NRL - want.

  • Oliver Nobetau
apua New Guinea’s potential 2028 signing targets: Sam Walker, Xavier Coates and Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow.

A PNG team will enter the NRL in 2028. We took $12.5m and built their inaugural roster

It’s real-life fantasy football as the PNG expansion side prepares to start recruiting its top 30 squad. We break down the key elements in building an NRL team from scratch.

  • Dan Walsh

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