‘He’s a pain in the bum’:Bruce Beresford lets fly at Spike Lee’s sour grapes

‘He’s a pain in the bum’:Bruce Beresford lets fly at Spike Lee’s sour grapes

The Australian Academy Award-nominated director doesn’t think much of those who complain when their films miss out on an Oscar.

  • byHelen Pitt

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‘Deeply vicious’ slurs don’t deter Blaine Gibson’s hunt for vanished plane

‘Deeply vicious’ slurs don’t deter Blaine Gibson’s hunt for vanished plane

The perpetual adventurer’s search for MH370 has made him a target.

  • byZach Hope
‘I just feel so sad,scared for the people’:ICAN boss on Gaza war

‘I just feel so sad,scared for the people’:ICAN boss on Gaza war

Australian Melissa Parke heads up the Geneva-based organisation that aims to abolish nuclear weapons. She has much to say.

  • byLatika Bourke
This top neurosurgeon learnt everything she could about the human brain. Then she had a stroke

This top neurosurgeon learnt everything she could about the human brain. Then she had a stroke

Of course Dr Brindha Shivalingam knew “exactly what was happening” when she suffered stroke symptoms,but a further diagnosis came out of left field.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Pip Williams watches from the wings as her book takes flight

Pip Williams watches from the wings as her book takes flight

The writer’s bestselling novel The Dictionary of Lost Words has had a charmed life. Now it’s been adapted for the stage.

  • byJason Steger
‘Why not me?’ For the first time in 133 years a woman leads NSW lobby group

‘Why not me?’ For the first time in 133 years a woman leads NSW lobby group

Mustering sheep and cattle after school,Annabel Johnson never imagined she would end up swapping the farm for a CEO’s job with a baby in tow.

  • byCatherine Naylor
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The woman who shapes how Melbourne eats

The woman who shapes how Melbourne eats

Anthea Loucas Bosha lives and breathes food and wine,but selecting one restaurant to eat at out of the hundreds showcased in the annual festival is a political hot potato.

  • byCara Waters
Fred’s empire is worth ‘almost a bil’ but he hasn’t changed his penny-pinching ways. Here’s why

Fred’s empire is worth ‘almost a bil’ but he hasn’t changed his penny-pinching ways. Here’s why

Australian tech entrepreneur Fred Schebesta’s main company was last valued at $650 million,but he still uses two-ply toilet paper and his go-to shoes are six years old.

  • byBen Grubb
‘Early on,I decided that food would be a focus rather than,for example,drugs’

‘Early on,I decided that food would be a focus rather than,for example,drugs’

People keep asking Violent Femmes’ Brian Ritchie why he moved from New York to Tasmania. The answer is simple:“Because I like it.”

  • byElizabeth Flux
From Victoria’s troublemaker to India’s hero

From Victoria’s troublemaker to India’s hero

The tunnel expert from Monbulk earned instant fame in India when he spearheaded the rescue of 41 workers trapped in a Himalayan mountain.

  • byAlex Crowe
‘Is the job satisfaction better? 100 per cent’:Why this boss doesn’t mind being broke

‘Is the job satisfaction better? 100 per cent’:Why this boss doesn’t mind being broke

The son of Sri Lankan immigrants,Shaun Christie-David is a former banker and now an award-winning social entrepreneur.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons