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Rosemary NeillSenior Writer, Review

Rosemary Neill is a senior writer with The Weekend Australian’s Review. She has been a feature writer, oped columnist and Inquirer editor for The Australian and has won a Walkley Award for feature writing. She was a dual finalist in the 2018 Walkley Awards and a finalist in the mid-year 2019 Walkleys. Her book, White Out, was shortlisted in the NSW and Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards.

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THE FIXERReview

Opera and theatre director Sarah Giles. Picture: Johnny Nicolaidis.

The arts ‘crisis’ no one wants to talk about

As she challenges opera’s doomed diva tradition, acclaimed director Sarah Giles asks: Does the arts have a problem with women leaders?

Rosemary Neill

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Author Helen Garner. Picture: Darren James

Renowned writer to co-author book on mushroom murders trial

Helen Garner, one of the country’s most revered writers, is to co-author a book about Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial.

Rosemary Neill

ARTSArts

Artist Khaled Sabsabi, who will represent Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale, and Arts Minister Tony Burke.

Biennale bombshell: creative licence on show as Burke backs ‘terror’ image artist

Arts Minister Tony Burke has strongly backed the reinstatement of two anti-Israel artists to represent the nation at the Venice Biennale following Creative Australia’s stunning about-face and apology.

Rosemary Neill, Rhiannon Down and Noah Yim

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25/6/25: Grieving Aboriginal mother, Dawn Smith and her daughter Kerrie from the outback town Bourke travel to NSW Parliament House for the introduction of a legal reform that would stop sexual offenders dodging justice if their victim is dead or dying. John Feder/The Australian.

Grieving Aboriginal mother backs proposed sex predator law

‘The justice system failed us,’ says family matriarch who has been fighting for her daughter, Cindy, and Cindy’s cousin, Mona Lisa, ever since their deaths 37 years ago.

Rosemary Neill

EXCLUSIVENation

Cousins Mona Lisa Smith, left, and Jacinta ‘Cindy’ Rose Smith, right, died after a ute rollover near Bourke in 1987.

Families to witness ‘Cindy’s law’ become reality, 37 years on

A ‘long overdue’ reform aimed at closing the loophole that allowed a middle-aged predator to walk free after he sexually abused a teenager as she lay dead or dying, will be introduced to NSW parliament on Wednesday.

Rosemary Neill

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festival director Susan Provan with comedian Nath Valvo . Supplied

Melbourne comedy festival faces ‘scale back’ without more income

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is facing ‘huge financial challenges’ as the flagship event’s director says participating comedians are expected to be ‘respectful and kind’.

Rosemary Neill

No trigger warnings hereReview

(FILES) US comedian Tony Hinchcliffe speaks during a campaign rally for former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 27, 2024. Donald Trump was struggling October 28, 2024 to contain the blast radius of a fierce backlash to racist rhetoric targeting Puerto Ricans at his weekend rally, just nine days ahead of a presidential election that could be determined by the Latino vote. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

How US comedians are taking back comedy from the left

In the age of Trump, social media and podcasts, right-leaning comedians are finding mass audiences in the US. Interestingly, this shift has yet to take root in Australia.

Rosemary Neill

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