NATALIE POWER SAYS she is a painter because she has to be. “It’s a compulsion”, she says. And visiting her heritage-listed home, it’s clear that it’s a very productive compulsion. Every vertical surface — the walls, the chairs, the sofa — has canvases lying, leaning, propped up, overlapping — against it. Nat’s
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We hadn’t thought of that: how to avoid bushfires
(and maybe make a stock market killing) Our friends in Northern California sent this report of their local electricity supplier’s ingenious method to guard against bushfires caused by downed or carelessly placed power lines. “We went all summer with no major fires locally (a great thing). Of course, this may have been
Mike Kelly cuts through on how we move ahead on climate change, fires and our country
What spoil sports we are for the Festive Season!
Greta Thunberg’s La Vagabonde voyage
How an Aussie family meet the girl behind a climate movement By Briana Shepherd, ABC News THE AUSTRALIAN COUPLE who sailed Greta Thunberg across the Atlantic for the UN COP25 climate summit say people would be shocked to see how human and vulnerable the teen climate activist is. ABOVE: Riley Whitelum, Nikki Henderson,
Aged-care royal commission has had a third of the coverage of banks‘ bad behaviour
It doesn’t add up “A sad and shocking system that diminishes Australia as a nation”. “Inhumane, abusive and unjustified”. “Cruel and discriminating”. After 10 months of hearings and investigations into aged care, Commissioners Lynelle Briggs and the late Richard Tracy listed the most shocking findings in their interim report on Thursday: death from septicaemia
Perinatal mental illness: what it is, and the costs
A flavour starter of indigenous food recipes
THE STAPLE DIET that has sustained Indigenous people for thousands of years is predominantly a plant-based diet, with Murnong or Yam Daisy at its core. 231 years ago, after the introduction of environmentally destructive livestock and farming methods, we saw the end to the abundant Yam Daisy. The roots of these dainty
Exercise is “Powerful Stuff” for women’s health
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS vital for keeping Australian women happy, healthy and strong. This year’s Women’s Health focus is “Women’s Health, Powerful Stuff”, and Exercise Right wants to remind Australian women that exercise is powerful stuff for their physical and mental health. “The value of exercise cannot be overstated when it comes
Linda Ronstadt on living with Parkinson’s, the perils of stardom, and the US border
A new documentary, “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” looks back on the musician’s risk-taking career. IT’S BEEN TEN years since Linda Ronstadt, once the most highly paid woman in rock and roll, sang her last concert. In 2013, the world found out why: Parkinson’s disease had rendered her unable