EXPLAINED: 2 - The Real Truth

Virginia Trioli to leave ABC Radio Melbourne for new TV arts show

Popular host of morning program will remain at public broadcaster and says ‘life circumstances’ are behind television return

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30, 2023

Mother and Son review – Matt Okine’s remake can’t hold a candle to the original

The salty genius of the beloved sitcom is lost in a flurry of antics where the laughs don’t land – despite some likable performances from Okine and Denise Scott

The Guardian - AU · Aug 20, 2023

ABC exiting Twitter: Australia’s national broadcaster shuts down almost all accounts on Elon Musk’s X

The public broadcaster says interactions on the platform are ‘toxic’ as it closes almost all its Twitter accounts

The Guardian - AU · Aug 9, 2023

The Messenger review – surreal adaptation of Markus Zusak novel is a mysteriously good time

It took a couple of episodes, but I relished returning to this ABC show about a young man who is mysteriously tasked with helping strangers

The Guardian - AU · May 14, 2023

Searching for Patsy: The complex, charming mother my sister and I never really knew

My sister and I shared the same mother but not the same childhood. Now, 30 years after Mum died, we're on a journey through her old home in Melbourne to see if we can find her, writes Jason Om.

ABC News · Apr 22, 2023

ABC documentary Knowing the Score charts Simone Young’s meteoric rise to become one of the world's top conductors

The story of Australia's greatest living conductor rivals the drama of Tár, but its real-life protagonist is relatively unknown. A new documentary for ABC TV wants to change that.

ABC News · Mar 20, 2023

In The Room with Lin-Manuel Miranda, the generous genius behind the runaway success, Hamilton

I've never been more hit up by people for tickets or access to somebody I was interviewing than in the lead up to Lin-Manuel Miranda – and I've sat down with Paul McCartney and Elton John, writes Leigh Sales.

ABC News · Mar 17, 2023

Carol Ferrone on the dedication to historical accuracy in Back In Time For The Corner Shop and what happens behind the scenes

Carol Ferrone takes us behind the scenes of what happens filming Back In Time For The Corner shop and art director Jason Schara explains the lengths producers go to for historical accuracy.

ABC News · Mar 11, 2023

Zoë Coombs-Marr explores Australia's queer history in Queerstralia, uncovering lesbian convict games and a gay bushranger

Comedian Zoë Coombs-Marr says there are common threads running through Australia's queer history: isolation, loneliness and defiance.

ABC News · Feb 27, 2023

Sydney hits peak LGBTQ+ as Mardi Gras parade returns to Oxford Street

Hundreds of thousands of people expected to line the parade’s famous route, which last ran along the street in 2020 due to Covid

The Guardian - AU · Feb 24, 2023