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January 2020

  • Hannah Steinberg

    Hannah Steinberg obituary

    Pioneer of psychopharmacology who was one of the first researchers to test systematically how psychoactive drugs affect the mind

January 2017

  • Austra

    Future Politics: Austra review – glossy sounds and soaring vocals

    The distinctive vocals of Katie Stelmanis bring humanity and softness to an album that explores the possibilities inherent in a post-human world
  • Austra

    Austra: Future Politics review – theatrical pop for alienated people

  • 24th APRIL - LONDON : Katie Stelmanis from the band Austra. (Photo by Graeme Robertson )

    Austra: ‘How psychedelic would our world be if technology wasn’t just about making someone money?’

    Depressed at the state of the world, Canadian vocalist and producer Katie Stelmanis dove into Naomi Klein, Star Trek, cyborgs and Latin American dance music to find inspiration for new album Future Politics. Fittingly, it’s due on the day Donald Trump becomes US president

March 2016

  • Nikolaus Harnoncourt

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt obituary

    One of the most influential conductors of the 20th century, he brought a historical perspective to his work

January 2016

  • George Weidenfeld in 1994.

    Lord Weidenfeld obituary

    Brilliant and gregarious publisher who arrived in Britain as a refugee from nazism and co-founded his own firm with Nigel Nicolson in the late 1940s

July 2015

  • Queensland’s Darius Boyd crosses over to score during State of Origin Game three

    Brisbane Broncos players targeted in run of thefts – report

    NRL players Darius Boyd, Ben Hunt, Corey Oates and Lachlan Maranta have all been robbed in the past 10 days, according to a news report

October 2014

  • Peter Dutton with a nurse in protective gear during a visit to the Royal Brisbane hospital in Brisbane. Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP

    Morning mail newsletter
    Morning Mail: Ebola, Australian troops in Iraq, and economic girlie men

  • The Hillsong Church in Waterloo, Sydney

    Hillsong leader's father ‘still preached after suspension for sex abuse'

August 2014

  • Iraqi militia mortar fire

    Iraqi forces take Amerli town from Islamic State fighters

    US airstrikes and British, French and Australian aid assist the advances against Isis

February 2014

  • Opposition leader Bill Shorten greets Prime Minister Tony Abbott at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. Mr Abbott launched the Anzac Centery Fund. AAPIMAGE for The Guardian/Alan Porritt

    Bill Shorten demands Coalition sets up police taskforce into union allegations

    Opposition leader says police could act more quickly than a royal commission to investigate allegations of union corruption

October 2013

  • Brit Joe Morley battles raging torrents during the Extreme Kayak World Championship

    Brit wins Extreme Kayak World Championship - video

    Brit Joe Morley takes the Extreme Kayak World Championship title in Austria

August 2013

  • The coin is tossed to decide the opening speaker for the first election debate. Sunday 11th August 2013.

    Election debate: Kevin Rudd v Tony Abbott – as it happened

    The leaders face off in the first of three election debates, live from the National Press Club

June 2013

  • Katie Stelmanis

    Austra's Katie Stelmanis is happy to put feminism centre-stage

  • Austra: Olympia – review

July 2011

  • How I wrote ...
    Austra live session: How we wrote ... Lose It

    An exclusive performance by Katie Stelmanis's new wave sextet, from Toronto, of their single Lose It from debut album Feel It Break

May 2011

  • Austra: Feel It Break – review

  • Yasmin

    This week's new tracks
    This week's new singles

March 2011

  • Katie Stelmanis

    New band of the week
    New band of the day: Austra (No 990)

    As proponents of strident, goth-tinged electronica, this Toronto trio are in good company
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