Life & ARTS 
Eric Bana — Con from The Castle never looked so good

Aussie actor Eric Bana made his feature film debut in Working Dog's iconic 1997 film 'The Ca ...  
Booyakasha at Wimbledon: The quietly remarkable Jewish family behind the loudest man on centre court

One Baron Cohen cousin makes us laugh at what we pretend to be. The other helps us understand what ...  
Howlin' Wind stands out

Silhouetted in an inner-city doorway in Melbourne, this photo of world-renowned flautist and ...  
JEFF MCMULLEN:  When men were brothers – vale Antarctica expeditioner Geoff Somers

A tribute to the life of UK expeditioner Geoff Somers and his extraordinary calm, courage and ...  
Monte Dwyer: The forecast for Karl Stefanovic after Today

Does Karl Stefanovic maintain his "lovable larrikin" image or continue barrelling down this righ ...  
Night in pink satin: Natalia Makarova's Giselle still haunts

Mostly, eyes were on the mighty Baryshnikov that night, but Natalia Makarova's ethereal perf ...  
Farewell to Welsh songstress extraordinaire Bonnie Tyler

It was a sad day when Welsh songstress extraordinaire Bonnie Tyler passed away in Faro, Portugal ...  
Vale Derryn Hinch — the man who named them and shamed them

Unflinching journalist, broadcaster and former senator Derryn Hinch passed away on Friday, 10 ...  
Give me shelter

Still life: a man shelters from the rain against a factory wall in Newport, Melbourne.  
Howzat! — Daryl Braithwaite bows out

Daryl Braithwaite, widely known as the frontman for iconic Aussie band Sherbet, formally anno ...  
'The Shark': Golfing great Greg Norman swims into view

His drive was long — his temper, short. Shinnecock shook him up, like it does so many, denying ...  
Painters and Dockers 'doing time' at Docklands

In the early 2000s, I photographed Aussie pub rock band Painters and Dockers — not 'in the back ...  
Bushfires frighten all creatures — great and small

During my coverage of the 1972 New South Wales bushfires, I captured this little creature despe ...  
John Farnham — Australia’s voice falls silent

Australia may never hear John Farnham sing again, but the legacy of the man known simply as ...  
Beneath Mexico’s World Cup host city: A crisis of forced disappearances

The 2026 World Cup is set among cartel violence and families desperately searching for their loved ...  
Michael Jackson: Thriller at the 'G'

As a photojournalist, my job put me up close to some of the world's biggest acts. Few were ...  
Take me to the river: A waterski wedding

One of my quirkier assignments, this couple were married – the priest was at the back of the ...  
World Schizophrenia Awareness Day: Schizophrenia has a story that we need to start listening to

Stigma around schizophrenia makes secrecy feel necessary, adding another layer of anguish.  

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