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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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INDIGENOUS AFFAIRSNation

Dawn Smith, mother of Cindy Smith reflects on the death of her daughter when she died 30 years ago on The Mitchell Highway just outside of Bourke when a car rolled killing her and her cousin Mona-Lisa Smith and the driver Alexander Grant got off despite having drunk 30 beers and many discrepancies in the case. Picture: Adam Taylor

Ray of light in family’s search for justice

The first full inquest into the horrific deaths of two teenage Aboriginal girls in Bourke will probe why the white defendant walked free

Rosemary Neill

‘DOUBLE BETRAYAL’Review

Louise Bourgeois, 1990 Â© Yann Charbonnier ***These images may only be used in conjunction with editorial coverage of the 'Louise Bourgeois: Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day?' exhibition, 25 November 2023 â 28 April 2024, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and strictly in accordance with the terms of access to these images â see artgallery.nsw.gov.au/info/access-to-agnsw-media-room-tcs. Without limiting those terms, these images must not be cropped or overwritten; prior approval in writing is required for use as a cover; caption details must accompany reproductions of the images; and archiving is not permitted.*** Media contact: media@ag.nsw.gov.au

How Louise Bourgeois spun her father’s affair into a cannibalistic artwork

Louise Bourgeois’s feelings of rage towards her father – and her governess – were reflected in her art as she emerged from a traumatic childhood to become, late in life, one of the world’s leading artists.

Rosemary Neill

Beach, beer and … ballet?Weekend Australian Magazine

EMBARGO FOR TWAM 25 NOV 2023. FEE MAY APPLY. Noosa Alive 2023, Sunshine Coast, QLD. Supplied

Noosa delivers on style and substance

The Noosa alive! festival has grown into an ambitious, must-see 10-day event spanning literature and ballet, opera, classical, jazz, rock and folk music.

Rosemary Neill

Ancient Egypt blockbustersReview

Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs exhibition, opening at the Australian Museum in Sydney on November 16. Rare coffin of Ramses II Picture - Supplied

Pharaohmania: How you can come face-to-face with Ramses II

The Australian Museum’s Ramses II exhibition has sold an astonishing 100,000 advance tickets and features one of Ancient Egypt’s finest royal coffins. Here’s what else you can expect to see.

Rosemary Neill

Thinking bigReview

AC Grayling, philosopher and head of New College of Humanities in the UK. He is here giving a talk called "Bad Education" about the need to revolutionise the way education is delivered. Will be presenting at Festival of Dangerous Ideas.

Why AI could be humankind’s ‘last invention’

Ahead of his Australian tour, renowned philosopher and author AC Grayling delives into a family murder that still haunts him, why we should eat mealworms and the dangers of AI.

Rosemary Neill

TELEVISIONReview

Daily Telegraph. 11, July, 2022.MasterChef Australia co-host and judge Melissa Leong, in Surry Hills, today.Picture: Justin Lloyd.

What’s next for Melissa Leong after MasterChef

Presenter Melissa Leong opens up on the ‘surprise’ announcement that saw her removed as a Masterchef judge, and reveals her new role after the tragic death of Jock Zonfrillo.

Rosemary Neill

HistoryReview

Danny Ben-Moshe (right, standing) directing the documentary, Revenge: Our Dad the Nazi Killer?

How Holocaust survivors may have killed Nazis on Australian soil

In a new documentary, three Jewish brothers investigate whether their father took revenge for the Holocaust – by murdering a Nazi in Sydney.

Rosemary Neill

ExclusiveLife

9/6/2023 : Jillian Spencer at home in Cannon Hill , Brisbane. Jillian Spencer is a psychiatrist at the Queensland Children's Hospital who has challenged gender affirming care for gender questioning young people. (NB. Pls check with Natasha Robinson re. captioning for publication) pic: NO BYLINE

‘Limit kids’ access to risky gender drugs’

Australian psychiatrists call for puberty blockers for adolescents to be restricted, after UK study finds mental health deterioration in one-third of children on the drugs.

Rosemary Neill

referendumIndigenous

(L-R) Warren Japanangka Williams signs the Barunga Declaration at the joint meeting of NT land councils at Barunga in June. Photo: Central Land Council

‘Voice speaks to the plight of Yuendumu’

Yuendumu leaders and educators say the voice to parliament should tackle unacceptable school truancy and violence rates.

Rosemary Neill

ReviewReview

Zoe Leonard, Al rio / To the River (detail) 2016Ã2022, gelatin silver prints, C-prints and inkjet prints , Production supported by Mudam Luxembourg - Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, Paris Musées, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Galerie Gisela Capitain and Hauser & Wirth , Image courtesy the artist, Galerie Gisela Capitain, and Hauser & Wirth, © Zoe Leonard

Beyond Trump’s border wars

US photographer Zoe Leonard put her safety at risk for her epic and thought-provoking exhibition about the heavily-patrolled Rio Grande River that separates the US and Mexico.

Rosemary Neill

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