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Wanda Gibson, 79, has won the Victorian Prize for Literature at the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.

First-time author makes history by winning richest literary prize – with a kids’ book

The 79-year-old great-grandmother from Far North Queensland hadn’t even planned to write a book.

  • Kylie Northover

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Sita Sargeant will soon be running walking tours in Sydney and Melbourne that highlight women’s place in history.

The women who shaped Sydney history and changed Sita Sargeant’s life

A canny publican who used a legal loophole to vote inspired a new book and walking tours to showcase notable women in history.

  • Julie Power
If you didn’t go to school, you don’t get to go the pool in Bidyadanga, one of the remote pools in WA found to improve community wellbeing and health.

Disease rates halved, kids in school: Inside the towns where a local pool has changed lives

Children were being hit with ear, nose and throat infections to the point some were going deaf. That all changed.

  • Julie Power
Crowds enjoy Grounded featuring the work of Margaret Bloomfield.

Troubled Alice Springs bouncing back with milestone festival

This year’s 10th anniversary of Parrtjima is a positive step forward for Alice Springs in the face of recent damaging headlines.

  • Julietta Jameson
Chantelle Murray, who directed The Lost Tiger.

Chance meets with film legends set director without a mentor on her path

The director of new Australian film The Lost Tiger grew up in Broome, but she knew a boat was no place for her.

  • Garry Maddox
Niwhai Puru of the Indigenous All Stars performs a war dance ahead of the Men’s NRL All Stars match between Indigenous and Maori at CommBank Stadium on February 15, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty I

The NRL needs to relaunch the All Stars. Here’s how to do it

As debate rages over the future of the NRL All Stars, perhaps a merger with the annual Koori Knockout, and a new time slot, can make it bigger and better.

  • Robert Dillon
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Peter Dutton and Donald Trump have both run unapologetic ‘anti-woke’ campaigns.

The war against woke is really a war against empathy

At a time when the most vulnerable are increasingly targeted, a little empathy and understanding has never been more important.

  • Cameron Atfield
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, who will lead the opposition’s efficiency drive, xxxx

Dutton should Welcome a chance to land on the right side of history

In the debate between supporting symbolic measures and practical steps for Indigenous Australians, it should not be a question of either/or.

  • The Age's View
Rhoda Roberts

Feeling unwelcome: Why debate is mounting over an ancient ceremony

From local councils to sporting ovals and the steps of parliament, the Welcome to Country ceremony performed by Indigenous elders has been targeted in a debate about cost and custom.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Tyrone Munro attends the All Stars welcome event in Parramatta.

He brought the world of rugby league to tears. Now he’s playing for Mum

There wasn’t a dry eye at the Dally Ms when Tyrone Munro spoke about his late mother. If only she was here to see her boy play in his first Indigenous All Stars game.

  • Christian Nicolussi

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