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MYEFO shell game liberates $5.4 million from arts funding

The federal government has sprung yet another surprise funding raid on the Australia Council, writes Ben Eltham.

Legally Binding: the official rules for binge watching TV

Including a special update on "Kardashian hours" versus regular hours.

What the American net neutrality decision means for Australia

Ajit Pai's destruction of net neutrality has ramifications beyond the American economy into the realm of human rights.

Rundle: sat among ewoks, imbibing the Clintonian delirium of Star Wars

People say it's the best of the Star Wars films for decades. It was by turns stirring and as ropey as an old Doctor Who episode.

Another night of tired, barely watched offerings.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings

Another night of tired, barely watched offerings.

Rundle: remembering two stalwarts of the Indigenous Black Power movement

Sol Bellear and Denis Walker were two mainstays of a movement that, for the most part, was about building black community.

The relative success of a <em>Seinfeld</em> re-run tells you everything you need to know.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings

The relative success of a Seinfeld re-run tells you everything you need to know.

Why poet Omar Musa signed up to help write Romper Stomper reboot

The question of how to faithfully represent neo-Nazis without condoning them is familiar to poet, rapper, author and now television writer Omar Musa.

One of the best Clarke and Dawe interviews since 1989

A Pleasure To Be Here is a collection of the best Clarke and Dawe interviews from 1989 to 2017. Published posthumously under John Clarke’s name, the anthology includes numerous well-remembered classics, as well as some forgotten gems — this beauty among them. Here, Clarke plays a bellicose Jeff Kennett, then-premier of Victoria, bragging about his […]

The sleepy shrug of summer programming has well and truly commenced.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings

The sleepy shrug of summer programming has well and truly commenced.