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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 19 September 2016 of Brisbane Times est. 2016 Brisbane Times
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* Contents derived from the , 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Jimmy Barnes Says Rosie Batty Inspired Ugly Truths in His New Memoir Working Class Boy, Rob Moran , single work column
'"He doesn't look a day older than he did when I saw him play Wollongong in '93," a roving courier tells a shop assistant, nodding towards Jimmy Barnes, who was seated, fittingly enough, between the Australian Fiction and True Crime aisles, as he launched his new memoir Working Class Boy in a Sydney Dymocks today. ...'
The Awkward Years Review : Teenage Travails a Barrel of Fun, Hannah Francis , single work review
— Review of The Awkward Years isthisyours? , 2015 single work drama ;
'Ellen Steele waits anxiously for her guests to arrive before springing to life as someone resembling an over-excited game-show host. The caricature sets the tone for a whirlwind jaunt back into adolescence, framed by the excitement of an illicit party. ...'
Gate to Paradise Review : Chinese Melodrama Gets Lost in Translation, Cameron Woodhead , single work review
— Review of The Gate to Paradise Ding Xiaoqi , 2016 single work drama ;
'Chinese language productions are a rarity in Melbourne, and Cher Coad​'s newly-formed One Tree Theatre proves that there's a large audience for them. The Gate to Paradise attracted a packed house the night I went and, bookended by tightly choreographed pop songs, it opened and closed with a big, cheesy bang. ...'
With a New Film, Ivan Sen Wants to Draw Attention to Indigenous Youth Suicide, Garry Maddox , single work single work column

'The tragedy of youth suicide in Aboriginal communities has inspired a new film from Ivan Sen.'

'The acclaimed Indigenous director of Beneath Clouds, Mystery Road and Goldstone has gone back to his home town of Tamworth in northern NSW to shoot This Winter. ...'
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