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Which Australian state has the most guns? Take the Brisbane Times Quiz
3+ week, 3+ day ago (19+ words) Catch up on local, national and international stories with the weekly current affairs tester. August 20, 2026 — 7:59pm...
Sydney, please don’t lower yourself to a New York high-rise jungle
4+ week, 1+ day ago (347+ words) problematic. In perhaps the most egregious architectural crime, the Chrysler Building has been crowded out, its...
Melbourne’s newest cabaret venue used to be toilet paper storage
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (539+ words) filing cabinets, the room on the top floor of the Melbourne Recital Centre sat neglected for 17 years. But...centre it’s just been a fairly dormant junkyard,” Melbourne Recital Centre chief executive Sandra Willis...17, with international cabaret performer and “Melbourne gal…...
Age crime reporter John Silvester named Australia’s most outstanding columnist
3+ week, 2+ day ago (295+ words) artists to receive gongs at this year’s awards. A Melbourne crime reporter for The Age for more than 30 years, Silvester...columns have long shaped how Melburnians think about crime in their city,” Age editor Patrick Elligett said....and characters on…...
The Emerson: Popular South Yarra nightclub faces financial collapse
4+ week, 1+ day ago (461+ words) and kidnappings involving licensed venues across Melbourne had taken a significant toll on the business....conditions and rising security costs caused by a surge in crime. However, the administrators pointed to poor strategic...
Brisbane’s fashion is more than the Queen Street Cowboy uniform
2+ week, 6+ day ago (461+ words) August 24, 2026 — 3:50pm When I went out to capture Brisbane’s street style, I expected to come back with an Attenborough-style video of locals wearing RM Williams and Kathmandu puffer vests … and maybe a montage of Oroton bags. I should have known that…...
The unlikely record-breaking Sydney art show nobody wants to leave
3+ week, 3+ day ago (634+ words) August 21, 2026 — 5:00am When Mike Hewson transformed the subterranean, repurposed oil tank at the Art Gallery of NSW into a wildly inventive art park, he anticipated a few thousand curious kids and a fair amount of critical pushback. His practice – merging conceptual…...
The unsung Australian destination that deserves to be in paintings
3+ week, 2+ day ago (101+ words) When artist Hans Heysen first visited the Flinders Ranges in 1926, he declared that the rugged landscape was “crying out to be painted”. August 22, 2026 — 5:00am When artist Hans Heysen first visited the Flinders Ranges in 1926, he declared that the rugged landscape of…...
The Logies get under way in Sydney
4+ week, 15+ hour ago (35+ words) Television's night of nights has arrived with the 2026 TV Week Logies getting under way. August 16, 2026 — 6:41pm...
Pub goers get front row seat to wild police chase
3+ week, 1+ day ago (57+ words) Locals having a Friday night beer had a front row seat to a wild police chase which, they say, was like a scene from a movie. August 22, 2026 — 6:55pm...