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  • Kintyre artists - Robina Clause (left), Judith Anya Samson, and Corban Clause Williams at Martumili Artists, 2021. Photograph by Claire Martin Three women sit on the Kintyre painting as they work on it Facing off mining giants with art
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    Facing off mining giants with art

    17 August 2022

    Unlikely weapons have enabled a group of Martu artists to create a powerful and plaintive appeal for the protection of their Country from the threat of uranium mining. Craig McKeough reports.

    Reading time • 10 minutesVisual Art
  • Tara Gower. A portrait of a woman with long brown hair wearing a black top. She is smiling and standing in front of a big white-trunked tree Bringing music and movement home
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    Bringing music and movement home

    14 August 2022

    A Yawuru woman from Broome, Tara Gower has had a rich and varied career in the cultural sector nationally and internationally and she brings it home in a new role based in the Kimberley.

    Reading time • 6 minutesMusic
  • Reading time • 7 minutesMulti-arts
  • Four dark figures stand silhouetted in front of a back drop image of a very large bright blue wave curling and crashing. The white foam in the foreground is taller than the figures What to SEE: 10 Nights in Port
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    What to SEE: 10 Nights in Port

    5 August 2022

    The annual Fremantle festival 10 Nights in Port is back, bringing its sensory splendour to our sunny winter shores this August.

    Reading time • 6 minutesMulti-arts
  • WA dance moves raise concerns
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    WA dance moves raise concerns

    2 August 2022

    At a glance the WA dance sector appears to be flourishing, with two flagship companies, a centre for choreography and an internationally-renowned training facility. But are things as rosy as they seem? Victoria Laurie investigates.

    Reading time • 10 minutesDance
  • Bestselling Perth author Anna Jacobs A grey-haired woman wearing glasses and coloured beads is on a verandah smiling into the camera Kindness key to WA author’s century 
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    Kindness key to WA author’s century 

    28 July 2022

    Anna Jacobs has sold five million books worldwide, but is little known in her home town. As she celebrates the release of her 100th book, the popular author shares some stories with Ara Jansen.

    Reading time • 10 minutesLiterature
  • Reading time • 6 minutesMulti-arts
  • Photo: Esther Longhurst A woman and a man stand back to back. She brandishes a chainsaw, he holds a tennis racket on his shoulder Two decades of making a HOO HAA
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    Two decades of making a HOO HAA

    4 July 2022

    Perth’s own improv comedy battle, The Big HOO-HAA!, is celebrating its 20th birthday this month. Ahead of the party, Nina Levy spoke to founding member Libby Klysz, to learn about all things HOO-HAA.

    Reading time • 10 minutes
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