The annual Barunga Festival features the bunggul, where traditional Aboriginal dancers show their skills. Bob Gosford was there, capturing the moment.
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Fight for suffrage continues, but Supreme Court pulls Arizona into line
In many parts of the supposedly democratic world, there are constant attempts to make voting more difficult. One such attempt in Arizona has been rejected by the Supreme Court, writes Charles Richardson.
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Film review: Only God Forgives — seductive grotesquery
The winner of Sydney Film Festival’s top gong continues to turn heads, and stomachs. Nicolas Winding Refn’s follow-up to Drive is a seductively awful film, writes Luke Buckmaster.
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TV review: How to Survive a Plague — A-grade AIDS documentary
How to Survive a Plague, which airs on ABC2 on June 23, documents the fight against AIDs discrimination. It’s brilliant storytelling, writes James Rose.
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Theatre review: King Kong — Regent Theatre, Melbourne
King Kong is an all-out spectacle, with fantastic lighting, sound, stagecraft, singing, costumes and dancing. Oh, and a six-metre gorilla that’s probably the coolest thing you will ever see on stage, writes Cassidy Knowlton.
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How Act Up took on the rainbow plague
Turning back the view that the AIDS epidemic was somehow divine retribution for gay men would need a Reformation of its own. We had one. And How to Survive a Plague is its story.
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Film review: After Earth — another turkey from M. Night Shyamalan
Nobody directs a turkey quite like M. Night Shyamalan. The director’s latest production, a sci-fi from Will Smith Corp, fails to buck a trend of stinkers.
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Iran’s presidential election looks as if it might be more exciting than anyone expected, writes Charles Richardson, with a surge in support for the most moderate candidate.
READ MOREBeyond the ‘homebirth horror’ headlines
Yet another “homebirth horror” story has hit the headlines of late, including a divisive article on Mamamia. Karol Petrovska and Caroline Homer explain the problem with this type of reporting.
READ MORENauru, the failed state, is a political system in miniature
Nauru elected a new parliament on Saturday. There were a total of 68 candidates for the eight constituencies, or about one in every hundred eligible Nauruans, writes Charles Richardson.
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