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‘I don’t have visions of grandeur’: Jon Faine
The former ABC broadcaster has written a book – but it’s not a memoir. Really.
- by Kylie Northover
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Only a fool would write off the PM, says retired MP Don Harwin
“My life has been really changing quite dramatically since December when I ceased being a minister,” says former Liberal MP Don Harwin.
- by Linda Morris
Rhys Nicholson on love, Ru Paul and being dumped by I’m A Celebrity
Performing alongside Ru Paul, a book deal and his Netflix special have taken the edge off the pandemic for Rhys Nicholson.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
‘I’m in that place of real, deep grief’: Chloe Shorten
Chloe Shorten met Kimberley Kitching in childhood and her death has left a great hole in her life.
- by Wendy Tuohy
‘Want to know what I’m worth? Not enough’: Why Gavin Rubinstein won’t sell himself short
As Australia’s most successful luxury real estate agent, Gavin Rubinstein may sell houses in his sleep (if he ever slept), but his greatest skill is selling himself.
- by Thomas Mitchell
I want to disrupt genres: artist Sally Smart’s subversive mash-up
“I just wanted to make art, no one was going to stop me”: artist Sally Smart is the first woman to be a trustee at the NGV and a trailblazer on many fronts.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Meet the man who’s giving voice to the ‘Mona Lisa of dinosaurs’
The best-selling author’s new job is every kid’s dream – giving a voice to the Melbourne Museum’s new resident triceratops.
- by Kylie Northover
He’s worked with Greta and Malala, and now Ed Coper has some bad news to share
The digital communications expert believes social media, right-wing populism and the innate emotionality of human beings have combined to destroy consensus and de-legitimise truth.
- by Jacqueline Maley
‘I was gobsmacked’: Indigenous model Nathan McGuire on racism at home
The Melbourne Fashion Festival’s First Nations culture and safety consultant wants his legacy to be greater inclusion in the industry.
- by Damien Woolnough
The groundbreaking drummer who conjured his dead friend through song
The Dirty Three’s Jim White is amused to hear of his mid-noughties reputation as “indie rock’s drummer of choice”.
- by Michael Dwyer
Maggie McKenna: ‘I had a couple of hard years figuring out my sexuality’
The upside of lockdown was time to write a musical - and find happiness - says this former Muriel, now starring in Jagged Little Pill.
- by Kerrie O'Brien