The Aboriginal journalist, actor and storyteller on her family of Olympians and activists, a terrible loss and the power of persistence

The ABC presenter on how the arts can ask serious questions, why she doesn’t always love her job and her own true heartbreak

The Yidinji actor and writer on dealing with backlash, being an Aboriginal woman in comedy and why this year’s Naidoc is ‘for us’

The podcast and documentary maker on his restless work ethic, telling stories and treating colonial crimes like a heist movie

The mainstay of Australian cinema talks ‘bucket list’ projects, climbing trees and recognising her own history on screen

The fully fabulous TV nurse turned playwright and festival director talks a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis, the power of cabaret and her 3am party trick

The guitar virtuoso on his ‘existential breakdown’, his disdain for fake news and the new album that’s bringing him back to life

The Los Angeles-based Australian actor talks fame, failure and his father’s last words

The dreamy folk-pop duo have reunited for new album Cape Forestier. The siblings talk about their childhood and the joy of coming back together

The Australian actor opens up on theatre as community service, bringing mental illness to the stage and the deep desire by mothers to be seen by their children

The Australian-Papua New Guinean singer is moving her family back to her home country – and shedding the shame for getting her start on Australian Idol

The former tennis star has been cheered – and booed – in the highest arenas of the sport. But after a life of abuse and elite sport, she’s found a new calling

Thirty years after Priscilla, Queen of the Desert thrust him on to the international stage, the actor discusses tiring of Hollywood villains and his most challenging role yet

The lauded burns pioneer and plastic surgeon on a ‘paradigm shifting’ project, coping with tragedy and the patients she will never forget

The award-winning photojournalist spent a decade in Afghanistan. Back in Sydney’s affluent east, he wrestles with the aftermath of war

At 82, anger still inspires the elder statesman of Australian theatre. As he comes out of retirement, Williamson muses on inequality, escaping death and why we’re in the ‘bread and circus’ phase of culture

Eight years ago, the international bestselling author was diagnosed with a debilitating pain condition. Now able to walk again, she talks about women, medicine and pushing into the unknown