An Australian country music star will join the Australian Idol judging panel in 2027.
Kellie Balaam
From Live at the Town Hall to poetry readings in the King River hall for the Festival of Halls, here’s your guide to the week ahead in the Great Southern.
Albany Advertiser
A public tribute to recognise one of Melville’s biggest celebrity claims to fame will not go ahead due to cost concerns and questions over relevance.
Eliana Hullett
For ballet students in the Northern Territory, dancing professionally can seem a distant dream. A visit from the Australian Ballet has supplied inspiration.
Liz Hobday
The music legend has been remembered as ‘a great friend and collaborator’.
Aimee Edwards
Boogie-rock trio ZZ Top's drummer Frank Beard has died at his ranch in Texas, his publicist says.
Staff Writers
A Mirrabooka high school student has won a national design competition with her original artwork proudly printed on a rare NAIDOC t-shirt.
Isla Fisher says she was proud to channel her inner Australian bogan for her latest movie Spa Weekend.
Artretro welcomed more than 100 people to its Old Land [in a] New Light exhibition when it opened at Narrogin’s ARTS Space on August 8.
Claire Middleton
Lawyers acting for convicted rapist Ralph Carr have argued the jury’s guilty verdicts are an “obvious” miscarriage of justice.
Liam Beatty
Johnny Depp is currently in talks to play Captain Jack Sparrow for a sixth time in a new Pirates of the Caribbean movie, producer Jerry Bruckheimer says.
The Recording Academy is holding fresh talks after BTS' withdrawal from the Grammys sparked concerns the new Asian Pop category isn't reflecting artists' work.
More than half of Australian women with endometriosis are experiencing a mental health problem, with new research revealing the hidden toll of the condition.
Allanah Sciberras
A stadium in Russia says Kanye West is scheduled to perform in concerts in St Petersburg.
Sculpture at Bathers is building on a decade-plus legacy since beginning in 2013, rebranded and expanded as Sculpture West, a WA arts organisation championing sculpture practice Statewide.
Tanya MacNaughton
Singer Bonnie Tyler's funeral has been held in a Welsh church after the star died last month in a hospital in Portugal.
Kiwi screen legend Rachel House, star of hit movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Thor: Ragnarok, is bound for Busselton and a spot on the Film Prize jury at this year’s CinefestOZ.
Ben O'Shea
Those who knew and loved the singer are gathering for a celebration of Bonnie Tyler's life at a Welsh church.
By Eleanor Storey, Press Association
Glassy-eyed Australian TV royalty rolled out of The Star in Sydney during the early hours of Monday morning after a long night out at the Logie Awards.
Hayden Panettiere made a heartbreaking admission about her life just months before she died.
Taylor Renouf
The Albany Town Hall hosted the launch of Voices Of The South: Reflections 2026 on Thursday night, a new anthology featuring a host of Albany writers’ perspectives on the city’s bicentenary.
Jacki Elezovich
The ABC’s continued investigation into a former reporter and bikie club member has resulted in two more episodes being pulled.
Amy Jackson
Just three weeks before beloved actress Hayden Panettiere was found dead, the 36-year-old shared a devastating final social media post.
‘I am now entering the final chapter of my life after being told in June I had a prognosis of 3-4 months.’
Zosia Melanczuk
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