Good Weekend Talks
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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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
Behind the ball with AFL star Will Ashcroft
The Brisbane Lions player and double Norm Smith medal winner on family, fuelling and season 2026.
'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.
"The light went out of her eyes"
How Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, aka REDs, killed a young Aussie's pro-cycling career.
‘I’m waiting, Jimmy’
Ita Buttrose on that brilliant career, memorable advice – and what Cold Chisel’s lead singer promised her.
‘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.
- Thomas Mitchell
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