Offerings in art, culture, design, music and theater across the country. By Natasha Frost The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. This week’s ...

New research by Western Sydney University highlights the pivotal role culture plays in social divisions and inequalities in Australia, between classes, age groups, ethnicities, genders, city and ...

Before colonisation, many hundreds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages thrived across Australia. Now, just over a dozen are learned as a first language. Estimates of exactly how many ...

This is an edited extract from the new book What Matters? Talking Value in Australian Culture. It is a longer read, at just under 2500 words. The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, ...

Cultural Attractions of Australia (CAOA) is a collective that was launched in 2019 to bring together Australia’s landmark cultural attractions. The goal is to celebrate the country’s diverse cultural, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lauren Mowery covers drinks, travel, food, and sustainable living. This article is more than 3 years old. Melbourne, Victoria, ...

The pandemic has been a wake-up call. Now, more than ever, the arts are a part of our daily lives. They are not something only “the elite” enjoy; they are an expression of the human condition. As part ...

Think of a café, and you might envision a hangout––a comfortable, casual space in which socializing holds as much importance as culinary merits. (Although great coffee doesn’t hurt, either.) A ...