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NewsYou Can Now Enrol in Hogwarts Thanks to a New MOOC
Listen up, muggles. Your letter has arrived.
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to See at Next Wave 2014
Featuring dance yoga, internet art and a real life fight club.
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NewsAll the Snaps from the Stolen Sofa Project
One of the biggest furniture heists the world has seen yet.
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NewsFlour to the People: Mark Free’s Dream for the Flour Market
An interview with the mastermind behind the Flour Market, not your average bake sale.
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NewsAn Outfit for Every Occasion: Romance Was Born Party in Their First Exhibition
Pick your favourite party dress and break out the confetti cannons.
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NewsTavi Gevinson Will Make Her Broadway Debut in This Is Our Youth
Tavi's career change will make you feel like a hopeless underachiever all over again.
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News13 Best Book Releases to Read This October
This month's fiction haul includes Soviet nepo babies and a starving spectacle inspired by a real 20th-century sideshow act. Plus, the return of a 2010s-famous author.
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GuideUnconventional Outings to Round Up the Crew for Something Different
Hands-on outings across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne for the group chat that's already bored of brunch, bar-hopping and the same old dinner booking.
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GuideTheatre and Live Performances to Build a Whole Night Out Around
Theatres, cabaret rooms and live-music stages across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, from new Australian drama to West End-scale musicals — plus where to eat before curtain.
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GuideLate-Night Cocktail Bars Made for Just One More Round Before Ubers
Twelve bars built for the hour when "one more round" turns into three, spanning a Godfather-themed basement, a moon-lit Shanghai den and a bar that distills its own fernet.
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GuideKid-Friendly Spots Where the Whole Family Will Love Spending Time Together
Nine family-friendly venues where a pig named Kevin Bacon, a cubby house inside a brewery, and gluten-free doughnuts do the heavy lifting of keeping everyone happy.
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GuideJazz Bars to Settle Into and Lose Track of the Whole Night In
The jazz bars across Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney drawing crowds with world-class acts, great drinks and a distinct lack of signage out the front.
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GuideIndependent Cinemas with Interesting and Unexpected Screenings
Characterful independent cinemas across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne where the room, the bar and the backstory matter just as much as the film.
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GuideGalleries to Spend a Rainy Afternoon Wandering Around
Twelve galleries across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne that earn a proper look, not just a walk-by — made for filling a slow, rainy afternoon.
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NewsThe Best New Australian Books to Curl Up With This August
A time-travelling news agency, fables about digital dystopias, the grief of losing a best friend and more.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these potent westerns, horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsMaligned Comic Sans Font Gets a Minimalist Neue Makeover
Passive aggressive workplace notes have never looked better. Meet Comic Neue.
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NewsPopping More Than the Question: Pop-Up Weddings Come to Australia
A Brisbane duo present an appealing alternative to the big ceremony wedding.
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NewsFive Ways to Embrace Your Inner Nerd at Supanova 2014
Don't even pretend you haven't been watching Game of Thrones. This is the next logical step.
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NewsBreaking Bad Creator Vince Gilligan Headlines Sydney Writers’ Festival 2014
Your chance to thank a major enabler of your binge TV viewing habit.
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NewsKing Joffrey Is in New Zealand Right Now and You Can Help Bring Him Down
Think of the satisfaction!
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NewsSome Amazing Person Graphed the Quality of Every TV Episode on IMDB
Settle those pub arguments once and for all.
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ShopCounterweight Vinyl & Espresso
32 Chambers Street, Footscray
Browse secondhand vinyl — the specialty is classic dance and bass — or sit down for a coffee and pastry.
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NewsThe Wolf of Buzzfeed: The Perfect Takedown of Clickbait Culture
Please click on this. It has GIFs!
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NewsControversial Burger Chain Carl’s Jr is Coming to Australia
Great news for sex pests and very bad news for people with high cholesterol.
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NewsTrams in Melbourne’s CBD to Run Free of Charge From 2015
Actually free, not just 'I forgot my Myki' free.
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NewsThe Best New Experiences in Melbourne This Week
Discover the significance of Cuban baseball and make friends with a contrarian Hungarian.
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NewsThe Best New Experiences in Melbourne This Week
Surreal animal behaviour and the easiest, most delicious way to do good in the world.
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Event'Passage: The Art of Atong Atem' at NGV Australia
Fri, 30 Oct 2026 - Mon, 14 Jun 2027
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne
From striking self-portraits to celestial stories, the South Sudanese-Australian artist is showcasing her most comprehensive exhibition yet.
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EventDiscoteca Italiana Arrivederci Roma at Melbourne Museum
Fri, 16 Oct, 2026
Melbourne Museum, Carlton
Before this Roman blockbuster closes, it’s getting one final send-off with disco, cocktails, cannoli and after-dark exhibition access.
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EventThe Sunday Reset
Multiple single dates
Hyde Melbourne Place, Melbourne
The Melbourne Apothecary is jazzing up the day of rest with a 12-week wellness series.
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EventCharlotte de Witte at The Wool Store
Fri, 11 Dec, 2026
The Wool Store, West Footscray
The global techno powerhouse is taking over a sprawling industrial Melbourne venue with her trademark high-intensity sound.
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EventThe Teskey Brothers at Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Sat, 17 Oct, 2026
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
The city's annual jazz celebration is hitting all the right notes, beginning with a blockbuster hometown performance from The Teskey Brothers.
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EventHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Concert with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Sat, 18 Sep 2027 and Sun, 19 Sep 2027
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf
Celebrating 25 years of this adored series, the MSO will perform John Williams' iconic score across three Melbourne nights.
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NewsYour Favourite Gift Store, Third Drawer Down, Has a New Southside Location
And yes, it looks like a liquorice allsort.
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NewsSeven Things We Learnt from SXSW 2014
The future is nearly here, and Game of Thrones' Hodor is a DJ.
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NewsCrowdfunding Hospitality: IconPark’s New Approach to the Pop-Up
The phrase 'vote to keep your favourite in the house' just got interesting.
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NewsThe Imaginative Twitterature of the Twitter Fiction Festival
A mad rush of lies, poetry and parody accounts, all under the #twitterfiction hashtag.
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NewsPresident Obama Appeared on Between Two Ferns and It Was Glorious
"If I ran a third time, that'd be like doing a third Hangover movie. That didn't go so well, did it?"
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NewsVivid Sydney 2014 to Include Pixies, Upworthy and Your Giant Face
Light, music and ideas shine on in winter.
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NewsShia LaBeouf’s Performance Art Explained
Shia's artistic collaborators shed some light on the whole weird shabang.
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NewsActors in Crisis: New Beginnings for The Government Inspector
Actor Gareth Davies talks panic, process and becoming mistaken auteur 'Seyfat Babayev'.
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NewsThe Best and Worst of Oscars 2014 Acceptance Speeches
Cate Blanchett supports women in film, Matthew McConaughey celebrates a weird hero.
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NewsEllen Takes the Ultimate Oscars Selfie, Crashes Twitter
Returning to the Oscars after hosting seven years ago, Ellen made her mark with selfies and pizza.
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NewsMeryl, Lupita and Amy Can’t Resist Dancing to Pharrell’s Happy Either
Pharrell's award-nominated song gets Hollywood A-listers sheepishly dancing.
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NewsNew Service Decorates Your Public Transport Card For Free
Foil the ticket inspector with their one weakness: glitter.
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NewsMeeting the Man with the Acid Tongue
We speak to filmmaker Nicholas Wrathall about the renowned author and contrarian, Gore Vidal.
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NewsNew York Hipsters Are Getting Beard Transplants Now
Beard-related anxiety is no laughing matter.
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NewsGet Free Concert Tickets in Return for Online Activism
Fight the good fight in return for free music.
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NewsThe Ten Best Events at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival 2014
Melbourne, it's time to make some dinner plans.
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NewsJimmy Fallon Hosts His First Tonight Show, Dances Through Hip Hop History with Will Smith
You know you've made it when you're twerking with the Fresh Prince.
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