Life & ARTS 
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.  
The photographer who got away the day Danny Kaye was front page news

Some of my best photos were hard won — like this one I took of Danny Kaye when he came to ...  
Rain maker: When 'cloud seeding' was cool

This photo of a cloud-seeding aeroplane flying high above the Victorian Alps was taken to illus ...  
Floating with "the Whalers", Huckleberry-Finn style

In the late 1980s, I photographed "the Whalers", a family who lived on a houseboat and spent the ...  
Reclaiming intentionality in a world of constant visual noise

Intentionality offers a way to engage with the world without being defined by it.  
Getting to know the King

In the 70s, Alice Springs was a tiny town that hosted many famous visitors, including the future ...  
Anzac Day: Remembrance writ large in communities big and small

They came from communities big and small, they fought and died, remembered now by inscriptions ...  
BOOK REVIEW: 'Domination – The Fall of the Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity'

'Domination' is a highly erudite history of the Rise of Christianity.  
Behind Angus Taylor’s immigration plan is a Trump‑like economic agenda

Angus Taylor's immigration plan is inextricably linked to a Trumpian economic agenda.  
Winter is on its way, but autumn isn't 'leaving' just yet

Dropping temperatures tell of winter on its way, but autumn is still having its say.  
A phoenix from the ashes: Caveat crucifix denies bushfire

The January 2026 bushfires gutted Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Caveat, Victoria... almost.  
Diesel too dear? Give the vintage tractor a run

Tractors at ten paces: given the current price of diesel, this petrol-powered Cub could give ...  
Colour me stoked: Torquay's 'chairman of the board'

All shapes and sizes — a surfboard fanatic from Torquay proudly displays his lifetime collect ...  
Bushranger Ned Kelly's boyhood home

The "Kelly House", childhood home of infamous bushranger Ned Kelly, still stands.  
Legend, John Landy: The athlete who 'went the extra mile'

The late John Landy, agricultural scientist and Governor of Victoria, was also considered to have ...  

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