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Former rugby league player turned author shares why he loves being out in the country to live and write.
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Luke Bateman on why he loves living and writing in the country

Former rugby league player turned author shares why he loves being out in the country to live and write.

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How Aussie novelist Natasha Lester found a global audience.
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Becoming a bestseller

How Aussie novelist Natasha Lester found a global audience.

“Songwriting helps me process thoughts and emotions and conversations I want to have with people. You’re writing letters to people that you’ll never send.”

Does this childhood experience guarantee success as an adult?

Australian singer Courtney Barnett on the importance of a good music teacher, turning mumbles into lyrics – and how writing songs helps her to process anxiety.

  • Konrad Marshall
The Brisbane Lions player and double Norm Smith medal winner on family, fuelling and season 2026.
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Behind the ball with AFL star Will Ashcroft

The Brisbane Lions player and double Norm Smith medal winner on family, fuelling and season 2026.

Why Darcy Moore and Dee Salmin are in a league of their own.
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Love Match

Why Darcy Moore and Dee Salmin are in a league of their own.

When Mitch Brown came out as bisexual in August, he became the first ever current or former AFL player to come out as queer in the 129-year history of the competition.
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'I had no one - no other player': Mitch Brown on playing it straight, and coming out as queer

When Mitch Brown came out as bisexual in August, he became the first ever current or former AFL player to come out as queer in the 129-year history of the competition.

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How Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, aka REDs, killed a young Aussie's pro-cycling career.
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"The light went out of her eyes"

How Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, aka REDs, killed a young Aussie's pro-cycling career.

Ita Buttrose on that brilliant career, memorable advice – and what Cold Chisel’s lead singer promised her.
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‘I’m waiting, Jimmy’

Ita Buttrose on that brilliant career, memorable advice – and what Cold Chisel’s lead singer promised her.

Eight years after Come Home (Cardinal Pell) became a viral success, Tim Minchin is no longer convinced that public shaming is the right mechanism for change.

‘We should be careful with public shaming’: Tim Minchin rethinks his George Pell protest song

Eight years after Come Home (Cardinal Pell) became a viral success, Tim Minchin is no longer convinced that public shaming is the right mechanism for change.

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Konrad Marshall explains why our middle distance runners are getting so much faster - and who to watch out for at the Paris Olympics
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Australia's rising running stocks

Konrad Marshall explains why our middle distance runners are getting so much faster - and who to watch out for at the Paris Olympics