AustLit
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- Helen Reddy's I Am Woman Became an Anthem for Female Empowerment across Generations, single work column
- Helen Reddy's I Am Woman Is Still Relevant, and That's Not Necessarily a Good Thing, single work column
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The Government Is Giving More Money to Create Australian Content — but Kids' TV Could Take a Hit,
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'Australian TV productions will be getting a boost in next week's federal budget, and while $50 million in new funding sounds like good news for the struggling arts sector, it's not quite as clear cut as that.'
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High Ground, Australian 'Frontier Western' Starring Jacob Nayinggul and Jack Thompson, to Premier at Brisbane International Film Festival,
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'High Ground, the spectacular and confronting instant Aussie classic— "not a Western, but a Northern", as its director describes — first gripped audiences at the Berlin International Film Festival in February.'
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Tandanya Resumes 30th Year Celebrations with a New Focus on Contemporary Art,
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'Lockdown disruptions to its 30th year celebrations gave Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute time to pause and "reflect" on its future, its chief executive has said, with contemporary art emerging as a key focus.'
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Under-Earth Comic Set in Subterranean Melbourne Imagines Post-capitalist Dystopian Australia,
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'In July 2016, while waiting for a flight home at LAX airport, Chris Gooch started devising Delforge — part exile colony, part subterranean garbage dump, in near-future Melbourne.' (Introduction)
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Shearing the Rams Mural Unveiled in Region Where Tom Roberts Painted It 130 Years Ago,
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'It is not every day an artist is asked to create a mural from one of the most famous paintings in Australian history — in this case, Shearing the Rams by Tom Roberts.' (Introduction)
- Paul Jennings Is One of Australia's Most Beloved Children's Authors. His Own Father Couldn't See It, single work column
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Playwright Angus Cerini on How Theatre Saved Him, and Examining Australian Masculinity in Wonnangatta, The Bleeding Tree,
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'The year 1996 was one of those 'best of times, worst of times' for Angus Cerini. In perhaps its defining moment, he was beaten up on a train by a group of young men after intervening when they harassed a couple of older women.' (Introduction)
