Australia

Poll Results: Dealing with Centrelink ‘easy’ say majority of respondents
While many respondents have described applying for JobKeeper and JobSeeker support as difficult and confusing, the majority of participants in…

Book review: Law in War by Catherine Bond
Legislation enacted at a time of crisis has a tendency to erode civil liberties.

Play to your strengths: balancing homeschooling, work and creative practice
With her daughter E out of school with COVID-19, Dr Jackie Bailey found herself a homeschooling teacher juggling screentime and…

Teaching in isolation is intense: Four perspectives
A VFX animation teacher, primary school teacher and two academics talk about their experience and give tips for survival.

Book review: Your Duck is My Duck by Deborah Eisenberg
Eisenberg can pack all the emotion and insights of a novel into a single short story.

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
This year's Gallipoli Art Prize winner celebrated, the winner of the Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award 2020 announced, winners of Sutherland Shire Literary…

How Regional Arts Australia secured an extra $10 million for the sector
Changing the narrative was integral to obtaining an additional $10 million for the rural, regional and remote sector, which will…

Embracing the complicity of caring
Reflecting on personal experience, playwright Lachlan Philpott says that asking our friends if they’re ok in the current crisis is…

Book review: The Adversary by Ronnie Scott
The highly anticipated first novel from founding editor of The Lifted Brow, Ronnie Scott.

How culture can help you through dark times
Arts improve mental health. Megan Sheehy looks at ways the arts can help from virtual dance parties to everyday haiku.