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Bluey composer Joff Bush: 'We want to help tell the story as much as possible with the music'
Music

Bluey composer Joff Bush: 'We want to help tell the story as much as possible with the music'

Bluey is not your run-of-the-mill pre-schooler screen rot. And there's a new soundtrack just released, drawing on classical themes
The Surfer review – Nicolas Cage rides a wave of desperation
Film

The Surfer review – Nicolas Cage rides a wave of desperation

The 'giant misshapen penis' flower sums up our simple human need for joy
Paul McNamee

The 'giant misshapen penis' flower sums up our simple human need for joy

Cate Blanchett on religion, powerful drama The New Boy and why politics is 'incredibly shameless'
Film

Cate Blanchett on religion, powerful drama The New Boy and why politics is 'incredibly shameless'

The New Boy director Warwick Thornton: 'Democracy is a failure for world's indigenous people'
Film

The New Boy director Warwick Thornton: 'Democracy is a failure for world's indigenous people'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Newsreader star Anna Torv on how hit drama explores journalistic ethics in changing times
Anna Torv in The Newsreader on BBC2
TV

The Newsreader star Anna Torv on how hit drama explores journalistic ethics in changing times

Top 5 books about the Australian immigrant experience, chosen by Michelle de Kretser
map of Australia with a pin in it
Migrant stories

Top 5 books about the Australian immigrant experience, chosen by Michelle de Kretser