Six critics nominate their cultural highlights of the year, from visual arts, books, theatre, music and computer games

In his Thea Astley Address at the Byron Writers Festival, the celebrated journalist used the occasion to reflect on the perfect storm that is destroying our politics

The harm of OpenAI’s recently revealed breaches isn’t in what was accessed, it is the activity itself

The harm of OpenAI’s recently revealed breaches isn’t in what was accessed, it is the activity itself

The harm of OpenAI’s recently revealed breaches isn’t in what was accessed, it is the activity itself

Australia is at risk of becoming the Cayman Islands of AI copyright evasion

Australia is at risk of becoming the Cayman Islands of AI copyright evasion

Australia is at risk of becoming the Cayman Islands of AI copyright evasion

Australia is at risk of becoming the Cayman Islands of AI copyright evasion

Australia is at risk of becoming the Cayman Islands of AI copyright evasion

Australia is at risk of becoming the Cayman Islands of AI copyright evasion

Australia is at risk of becoming the Cayman Islands of AI copyright evasion

Australia is at risk of becoming the Cayman Islands of AI copyright evasion

The harm of OpenAI’s recently revealed breaches isn’t in what was accessed, it is the activity itself

In his Thea Astley Address at the Byron Writers Festival, the celebrated journalist used the occasion to reflect on the perfect storm that is destroying our politics

In his Thea Astley Address at the Byron Writers Festival, the celebrated journalist used the occasion to reflect on the perfect storm that is destroying our politics

In his Thea Astley Address at the Byron Writers Festival, the celebrated journalist used the occasion to reflect on the perfect storm that is destroying our politics

How a jack-of-all-trades from Melbourne’s rural fringes used kitchen scourers to win NASA’s competition to develop tyres for exploring the far side of the Moon

The usual story of a gumshoe, a dame, a couple of lowlife radio personalities and an AI’s subterranean lair

Ahead of the launch of a new national cultural policy and a Victorian state election, Australian governments are increasingly treating the creative sector as an unaffordable indulgence

A revelation from the author’s mother when she was six triggered a response that exposes the forever paired lives of parent and child

The usual story of a gumshoe, a dame, a couple of lowlife radio personalities and an AI’s subterranean lair

Ahead of the launch of a new national cultural policy and a Victorian state election, Australian governments are increasingly treating the creative sector as an unaffordable indulgence

A Shakespearean first folio and handwritten letters from Einstein and Newton make David Walsh’s new library unusually quiet for the brash Mona gallery

While our bookshelves heave with military mythology, where are the Australian novels examining our participation in modern conflicts, including our longest war?

In his Thea Astley Address at the Byron Writers Festival, the celebrated journalist used the occasion to reflect on the perfect storm that is destroying our politics

In his Thea Astley Address at the Byron Writers Festival, the celebrated journalist used the occasion to reflect on the perfect storm that is destroying our politics

The usual story of a gumshoe, a dame, a couple of lowlife radio personalities and an AI’s subterranean lair

While our bookshelves heave with military mythology, where are the Australian novels examining our participation in modern conflicts, including our longest war?

Ahead of the launch of a new national cultural policy and a Victorian state election, Australian governments are increasingly treating the creative sector as an unaffordable indulgence

How a radio personality got the prime minister’s attention and began the strange path to Australia’s teen social media ban

Museums are leading efforts to find and record new sea life in some of Australia’s most remote territories, before it’s too late

Ahead of the launch of a new national cultural policy and a Victorian state election, Australian governments are increasingly treating the creative sector as an unaffordable indulgence

Inspired by a Chekhov story, the author’s slender volume explores her separation during the Covid lockdowns from her mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

A revelation from the author’s mother when she was six triggered a response that exposes the forever paired lives of parent and child

While our bookshelves heave with military mythology, where are the Australian novels examining our participation in modern conflicts, including our longest war?

Ahead of the launch of a new national cultural policy and a Victorian state election, Australian governments are increasingly treating the creative sector as an unaffordable indulgence

Museums are leading efforts to find and record new sea life in some of Australia’s most remote territories, before it’s too late

In his Thea Astley Address at the Byron Writers Festival, the celebrated journalist used the occasion to reflect on the perfect storm that is destroying our politics

How a radio personality got the prime minister’s attention and began the strange path to Australia’s teen social media ban

A Shakespearean first folio and handwritten letters from Einstein and Newton make David Walsh’s new library unusually quiet for the brash Mona gallery

How a jack-of-all-trades from Melbourne’s rural fringes used kitchen scourers to win NASA’s competition to develop tyres for exploring the far side of the Moon

Ahead of the launch of a new national cultural policy and a Victorian state election, Australian governments are increasingly treating the creative sector as an unaffordable indulgence