'Completely lost': exhibition captures disaster despair Photographer Natalie Grono's stirring images of the NSW Northern Rivers floods form a new exhibition that reminds viewers of the enormity of the devastation. AAP · Aug 10, 2024
Gasland director Josh Fox on fighting long Covid: ‘The frontlines were inside my head’ The activist and film-maker discusses his latest documentary, The Edge of Nature, which charts his months spent living in a forest, wrestling with the virus’s neurological symptoms The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2023
A watch, a necktie and a pearl ring: the small paintings that ‘cancel all the other noise’ In our series on the artworks in Australian homes, Daniel Browning shows us a triptych that reminds him of life’s endless flow The Guardian - AU · Oct 6, 2023
‘Love is the answer’: the Kurdish refugees finding art and healing in a country that imprisoned them After fleeing their homes in Iran, Mostafa Azimitabar and Farhad Bandesh spent eight years detained by Australia. A new film, Freedom is Beautiful, tracks their journey The Guardian - AU · Jul 27, 2023
Alternative reality: two kambo deaths spark soul-searching in Australia’s counter-culture capital Two weeks of harrowing testimony at consecutive inquests shines a light on the northern rivers’ alternative therapy scene The Guardian - AU · May 12, 2023
‘You’re not the nice guy I thought you were’: the Australian crime novelist and the French bank thief Marele Day has spent a lifetime writing crime fiction, but it took decades to tell the epic story of a real-life criminal she had come to call a friend The Guardian - AU · May 6, 2023
‘I feel like I’m ready’: blind surfer chases world’s biggest wave at Nazaré Australian champion Matt Formston says his vision impairment gives him an advantage as he continues to push boundaries in the water The Guardian - AU · Nov 29, 2022
Nowhere to go: NSW caravan park residents in the dark about proposed ban of permanent stays A call to stop flood-prone parks from allowing long-term rentals will be considered by a new agency The Guardian - AU · Aug 25, 2022
‘A family now’: the volunteers helping NSW flood victims six months on Some are locals and some come from as far as Western Australia, but they all bring the ‘get there and get stuck in’ energy' The Guardian - AU · Aug 20, 2022
Symbols of love mask lingering anxiety of flood-hit residents in Lismore Northern rivers community waits for an independent NSW inquiry’s findings to learn their fate The Guardian - AU · Jul 29, 2022
Flume finally finds happiness: ‘I didn’t want to tour any more. I hated my job’ At 21, music producer Harley Streten shot to global fame as Flume. Within a few years, he was alone, depressed and drinking too much. Then the pandemic happened – and ‘it was one of the best years of my life’ The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2022
‘It just doesn’t work’: renting in northern NSW is so impossible we’ve had to go off-grid Anna Glanzen and her son’s search for a home that can’t be taken away is complicated by high prices, small places and loads of competition The Guardian - AU · May 1, 2022
Painted with coffee and toothbrushes: Kurdish refugees enter the Archibald prize Mostafa Azimitabar and Farhad Bandesh spent eight years in detention after fleeing war-torn homelands. Now they are vying for a $100,000 prize The Guardian - AU · Mar 31, 2022
Ballina flood: thousands of homes impacted with ‘peak to continue for a number of hours’ Mayor of northern NSW town calls for help, saying water ‘is still coming full force towards us’ The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2022