I’m growing increasingly intolerant of pervasive negativity,and this week’s reaction to Sam Mostyn becoming governor-general set me off again.
Meet Australian Ralph Heimans,renowned painter of monarchs,Hollywood royalty and eminent – if occasionally reluctant – locals.
How long before the Liberals hold their closing down sale,Labor becomes the dominant party and the once-derided Greens move to occupy the vacant sensible left?
Dame Quentin Bryce has joined leading artists to call for a fix to the financial troubles engulfing the National Gallery of Australia.
A new exhibition at the National Museum of Australia focuses on the power of the feminine across centuries and cultures.
The off-stage drama in Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial included political manoeuvring,backstage machinations and a secret affair – though not the one people were talking about.
The former governor-general was not prepared to get caught up in the defamation case being brought by the Victoria Cross recipient against Nine newspapers.
It is three decades since I tabled the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. It was an indictment then - and it remains a national disgrace today. We’ve made no advance on its key recommendation.
His parents took him to a psychologist because he wanted to be an artist. Now the Australian artist has painted the Queen and a host of other luminaries.
The former governor-general is calling on governments to resist alcohol industry pressure and mandate recommended pregnancy warning labels.
The former Governor General shares her personal memories of the beloved artist,whose gorgeous work inspired the'most tender emotions'.