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INSANE: 2 - The Real Truth

From surfing legends to Peter Garrett: Weekender reads to feed your brain

Newcastle Herald Weekender March 2: 8 unmissable reads

Newcastle Herald

‘Enough is enough’: former Coalition environment minister joins push for a national ban on native forest logging

Robert Hill, Peter Garrett and former state ministers back teal MP Sophie Scamps’ call on all governments to work together on transition

The Guardian - AU

‘History is truly calling’, Burney declares as tens of thousands march for the voice across Australia

Minister for Indigenous Australians told Melbourne crowd she was almost crying when she saw the turnout for the rallies

The Guardian - AU

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Burney tells pro-voice rally crowds ‘history is truly calling’ – as it happened

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Private school funding increased twice as much as public schools’ in decade after Gonski, data shows

Exclusive: government funding since landmark education review released ‘has gone to those least in need’, says national convenor of Save Our Schools

The Guardian - AU

Albanese says Russia should withdraw from Ukraine; Australia sanctions three MH17 culprits – as it happened

Australian prime minister says ‘it is Russia and its involvement that keeps this war going’

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Labor minister Peter Garrett brands AUKUS submarine pact ‘riskiest decision’ any government has made

Former Labor cabinet minister and Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett has again condemned Australia's security deal with the US and UK

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Gas lobby plans ‘national public awareness campaign’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Renée Geyer, Australian jazz and soul singer, dies aged 69

The singer died after complications following hip surgery, just weeks after performing to a full house, her label says

The Guardian - AU

Year in review: Live music makes killer comeback in 2022

2022 is the year music returned in a blaze of glory.

Newcastle Herald

Outback bash falls short of Nutbush record

Thousands of Mundi Mundi patrons tried to break the record for the most people dancing the Nutbush but fell just short of taking the title from Queensland.

AAP

Brick races and St Beryl: Burgmann spirit carries on after 50 years

Burgmann College alumni have been invited to return to the ANU college for a 50th anniversary celebration.

The Canberra Times

Midnight Oil: their 20 greatest songs – sorted

Since 1978, Midnight Oil have made 13 studio albums, two studio EPs and innumerable odds and sods. Here, Oils fan Andrew Stafford has a go at picking the dream set list

The Guardian - AU

Midnight Oil to sign off on touring career

Midnight Oil will play one of the last shows of their final tour in Canberra in October, making up for a cancelled show in April.

The Canberra Times

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The Wanda Beach concert was a defining moment in Australian rock music but it was almost a disaster

Organisers expected about 10,000 people but more than 25,000 turned up for the free concert. And then the rain came down.

The Canberra Times

'Most important day': Midnight Oil's Peter Garrett greets voters at Bomaderry

After casting her vote on Election Day, Labor's incumbent Gilmore MP Fiona Phillips expressed she is feeling confident ahead of a tight race.

The Conversation

The Archibald 2022 finalists: sitters speaking up to power; artists speaking back to the canon

For those seeking refuge from the election, the 101st Archibald Prize is almost a politician-free zone. Unless you count Joanna Braithwaite’s amusingly titled McManusstan, a portrait of bird lover Sally McManus. Former Labor minister Peter Garrett painted by Anh Do is in the line up – but more accurately described…

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Midnight Oil cancels Darwin, Cairns concerts after frontman Peter Garrett tests positive for COVID

The iconic Australian band says it is "profoundly disappointed" to cancel two shows in the group's final tour.

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'We will always have the Oils': Zan Rowe on family, music and the power of Midnight Oil's final tour

When Midnight Oil took to the stage in Melbourne on Sunday night, it closed a chapter of live music history not just for the band of brothers, but for Zan Rowe's family too.

The Guardian - AU

Midnight Oil on Resist and their last ever tour: ‘We mean it, man!’

As the Australian band embarks on their final live shows, Peter Garrett and Jim Moginie reflect on loss, legacy and quitting while they’re ahead

The Guardian - AU

‘So pissed off’: Midnight Oil kick off final tour with a searing, urgent set in Launceston

Headlining the first weekend of Mona Foma festival, the band offered a rebuke of baby boomer nostalgia in a bittersweet live farewell

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