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Whiteley Byron Bay masterpiece under the hammer for $1m

A Brett Whiteley painting of the Byron Bay landscape has sold for $1 million - but will it end up on the walls of a Byron Bay rich-lister?

AAP · Nov 25, 2025

Data analyst named Queensland Australian of the Year

Geoffrey Smith believed in employees who were long overlooked. Now he's Queensland's 2025 Australian of the year.

AAP · Nov 18, 2024

Brett Whiteley and Sidney Nolan works among former Melbourne lord mayor’s collection to be sold at auction

Twenty artworks from Ron Walker’s deceased estate to go under the hammer, along with seven Arthur Boyd paintings

The Guardian - AU · Jul 24, 2024

Australia’s Anglican church leader calls for Peter Hollingworth to resign for ‘good of the church’

Archbishop Geoffrey Smith says former governor general should ‘step back and resign his orders’ despite not being defrocked by church

The Guardian - AU · May 8, 2023

Secrets in the suitcase that still haunt Anglican church sexual abuse survivor Beth Heinrich

Beth Heinrich has become the public face of a battle to see the Anglican church admit its failings in its handling of historical child sexual abuse claims, holding onto a battered, brown suitcase of "love letters", photographs and trinkets.

ABC News · May 7, 2023

Climate crisis prompts RHS to plan for sending rhododendrons north

Plants are thought more likely to thrive at Harlow Carr in Yorkshire than at their current home at Wisley in Surrey

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2023

Australian Anglican church questions breakaway diocese’s ‘perplexing’ decision to split over same-sex marriage

Archbishop says new Southern Cross diocese ‘perplexing’ as church’s official position is that ‘marriage is between a man and a woman’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 18, 2022

Aged care sector welcomes Pacific workers but needs 35,000 more each year to address shortages

Australia is pinning its hopes on Pacific workers to help fill shortages across the economy — particularly in aged care — but industry says a history of poor conditions and sheer numbers mean that's unlikely to make a significant dent in demand.

ABC News · Aug 17, 2022