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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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Australian actor Murray Bartlett poses with the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie for

Aussie in full Emmys bloom with Lotus

Aussie actor Murray Bartlett thanked his mum as he took out an Emmy for his role in HBO satire The White Lotus, which won five categories – more than any other show.

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The National Museum of Australia is launching its biggest gallery redevelopment since it opened in 2001. Called the Great Southern Land gallery, it contains more than 2,100 objects illustrating Australia's environmental and cultural history. It has been designed by Local Projects, a New York firm who also worked on the 9/11 memorial in Manhattan.Senior Curator Dr Martha Sear at the Bunya forest introduction corridor.Picture: The Australian / Gary Ramage

New natural history gallery takes visitors into the wild

The National Museum of Australia turned to American design superstars as it tackled its biggest project – a $25 million environmental gallery.

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Museums must innovate or lose relevance, says director

If cultural institutions such as the National Museum of Australia fail to “rethink the way we do galleries”, they will “lose relevance”, NMA director Mat Trinca warns as he launches an innovative $25 million environment gallery

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When it comes to health advice there’s no place for ‘women’

A charity and government-linked websites are using gender-neutral terms such as ‘every body with a cervix’ – often omitting ‘women’ from health information.

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**This picture has a scanned reverse - see associated content at the bottom of the details window**Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira and family

Push to keep Namatjira’s art in family hands

The lawyers who helped win back Albert Namatjira’s lost copyright have called for legal reform that would give the painter’s family permanent control over his legacy.

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the naked truthReview

Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack appear in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande by Sophie Hyde, an official selection of the Premieres section at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Nick Wall.All photos are copyrighted and may be used by press only for the purpose of news or editorial coverage of Sundance Institute programs. Photos must be accompanied by a credit to the photographer and/or 'Courtesy of Sundance Institute.' Unauthorized use, alteration, reproduction or sale of logos and/or photos is strictly prohibited.

‘That cougar stuff is just vomit-inducing crap’

Emma Thompson, 63, opens up about sex scenes with a man more than 30 years her junior and the harm caused by depictions of conventional on-screen romance.

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Stripping down a Grande gesture for art

When Emma Thompson joked to Australian director Sophie Hyde that she should strip down for a nude rehearsal for her new film, Hyde initially replied: ‘No way!’

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