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Comedians Mick Molloy and Glenn Robinns.

Forget ‘nasty’ celebrity roasts - Mick Molloy and Glenn Robbins are all about the ‘touchy-feely’

The pair’s new show is pitched as a good-natured roast with a touch of This Is Your Life. So why did some people run a mile?

  • Karl Quinn

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The last days of the Australian Design Centre.

‘Mean and short-sighted’: How the death of this Sydney institution shocked an ABC star

The state’s only dedicated craft and design hub has served the creative community for 62 years – now it is being forced to close its doors.

  • Linda Morris
Just two years ago Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O were inking a multimillion-dollar contract.

They got their $100 million contracts – in a Louis Vuitton briefcase. This week, it all fell apart

The implosion of The Kyle and Jackie O Show is a seismic event in Australian radio.

  • Calum Jaspan, Kishor Napier-Raman and Karl Quinn
Sam Pang on the rough set of his show Sam Pang Tonight.

If you haven’t been paying attention, Sam Pang’s here to rescue the talk show

The popular comedian is preparing to take on one of the most recently cursed formats on Australian television.

  • Louise Rugendyke
A new report on the cost of climate change found it will affect Australia’s credit rating

Why does our credit rating matter if the planet is too warm?

It won’t really matter how good or bad our credit is if we are going under thanks to climate change.

ALP Conference/AUKUS

The groups of voters Labor risks losing over AUKUS deal

The Greens are squeezing Labor and causing them to lose millennial and boomer voters.

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A documentary can’t just be one-and-a-half hours of gags, says Big Deal director Craig Reucassel.

Craig Reucassel: We did some tests to find out how many microplastics I have inside me

Comedian and Chaser satirist Craig Reucassel is hardly an evangelist for responsible behaviour. But when it comes to saving the planet, he’s happy to champion uncomfortable truths.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Andrew Denton

The vulnerable v the entitled: how VAD has become a ‘hugely unfair fight’

Andrew Denton’s passionate advocacy for voluntary assisted dying has been fuelled by the realisation the most powerful people in the country were opposing VAD.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Artwork for Hungry Beast

The show Andrew Denton calls his greatest joy and achievement

Arguably the most influential show of Australian television, Hungry Beast launched a slew of brilliant careers. More than a decade later, its legacy remains.

  • Craig Mathieson
Mind your step, Deputy Premier ... John Barilaro on Friday.

On yer bike, Barilaro. Or could we call you a taxi?

He has to go. The Deputy Premier's position is untenable following his humiliating backdown from his attempt to ambush his own government.

  • Peter FitzSimons