The ‘scaredy-cat’ skier who’s won it all

The ‘scaredy-cat’ skier who’s won it all

Jakara Anthony has soared from Barwon Heads to Winter Olympic glory and the pinnacle of sport. But where do you go after reaching the top of the mountain?

  • byMarnie Vinall

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It’s been a long time since he had to chase a role - so what’s on Anthony Warlow’s bucket list?

It’s been a long time since he had to chase a role - so what’s on Anthony Warlow’s bucket list?

When male actors are asked about their dream roles,there’s one common answer. It’s not Warlow’s.

  • byCassidy Knowlton
‘I found I was more comfortable in the forest’:The scientist who took on the logging industry

‘I found I was more comfortable in the forest’:The scientist who took on the logging industry

Professor David Lindenmeyer looked neater than you’d expect for a man who has spent years in Australia’s oldest forests,locked in political battles with the industries that depend on cutting them down.

  • byNick O'Malley
Meet Australia’s biggest performing artist you’ve probably never heard of

Meet Australia’s biggest performing artist you’ve probably never heard of

Pub Choir is the art of teaching a song they’ve never heard to a bunch of beery strangers who might not be able to sing. It’s a hell of a ride.

  • byMichael Bachelard
Ego,pain and ADHD:The unusual determination of Dave Hughes

Ego,pain and ADHD:The unusual determination of Dave Hughes

Lying on the beach in agony,waiting for an ambulance that never showed up,one thing was clear to the comedian:this would definitely make it into his stand-up show.

  • byStephen Brook
How do you make your mark when your parents are high achievers? This is how Rose Jackson is doing it

How do you make your mark when your parents are high achievers? This is how Rose Jackson is doing it

The rising star in the Minns government looks to her ABC journalist mother Liz for inspiration.

  • byDeborah Snow
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You have walked past his work. Meet the man ‘editing’ Melbourne

You have walked past his work. Meet the man ‘editing’ Melbourne

Architect Peter Elliott was never interested in the colour of bathroom taps – he wanted to influence a much bigger canvas.

  • byRachael Dexter
Decades after ‘Victoria’s most brutal crime’,Helen wants justice for the slain women of Easey Street

Decades after ‘Victoria’s most brutal crime’,Helen wants justice for the slain women of Easey Street

On a stifling summer night in January 1977,school friends Suzanne Armstrong,28,and Susan Bartlett,27,were stabbed more than 80 times in their Collingwood home.

  • byWendy Tuohy
‘I don’t think anyone ever gets used to it’:The DMs that still scare Reuben Kaye

‘I don’t think anyone ever gets used to it’:The DMs that still scare Reuben Kaye

A year ago,the performer’s comedy landed him in hot water,but he questions why the reaction was so extreme.

  • byAndrew Taylor
‘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
‘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