Uchida's measured approach reaps rewards, capturing the joy in this life-affirming music.

The first step on what seems to be a joyous journey for the Norwegian pianist.

Nine meditations upon a broken thumb.

The most exciting and consistently well-sung Don Giovanni to appear for several years.

Schiff transcends all questions of instrumentation to deliver a pure experience.

In its own way, the Seven Words of Christ is just as sublime as the Stabat Mater.

This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best.

Widening gap between winners and losers in Murray-Darling Basin worries researchers and Coronavirus panic buying pushes meat producers to call for status as 'essential service'

Coronavirus crisis: Dairy processors switch from cafes to supermarkets while China offers green shoots of recovery in the seafood export sector - just need a plane!

African Swine Fever disease reaches Papua New Guinea and the Australian Government underwrites air freight of valuable food exports to Asia

Backpackers allowed to stay in Australia to work on farms but with restaurants shut and overseas trade stalled work is drying up and fruit is left unpicked

Regional media crumbling amid coronavirus; food companies get creative with PPE, and can fertiliser be a fire retardant?

A long-awaited inquiry into the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is released; backpackers under attack; the ACCC says regional fuel prices should drop as stocks turn over and world oil prices plunge.

South Australia repeal GM crop ban, Fire website outcry, Online machinery scams investigated, Sales of lavender booming

Cedar Meats abattoir shuts after discovery of a coronavirus cluster and working from home (WFH) forces wool designers to produce comfortable clothing

Uncompromising, truly unique music from the experimental veteran.

Rod’s first festive collection finds the crooner on fine fireside form.

A justified addition to the many Rumours already making the rounds.

A triumphant, almost defiant, return – innovative, dark, bold and creative.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has told the army to shoot to kill anyone who violates strict COVID-19 lockdowns. Has he gone too far, or is this just more of the strong-man machismo that made him so popular? We talk to Sheila Coronel, Professor of Investigative Journalism at the Columbia Journalism School. Also, why don't Australian prime ministers leave quietly? Australia has had 30 prime ministers since its Federation in 1901. According to political historian Norman Abjorensen they all have one thing in common: a marked reluctance to relinquish power.

Weighing up Turnbull’s legacy This week, former Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull published his memoir A Bigger Picture.  In it he settles old scores with colleagues over his 2018 ousting, which he describes as an “act of madness.” What is his legacy, and how will history judge our nation’s twenty ninth Prime Minister? Jacqueline Maley, columnist at The Sydney Morning Herald. Jennifer Oriel, columnist at The Australian   And, the death of a führer April 30th marks seventy-five years since Hitler’s suicide. Cambridge historian Brendan Simms challenges past scholarship on the führer, and argues that Hitler saw Anglo-American global capitalism, not Bolshevism – as Germany’s real enemy. He says this philosophical link reveals worrying connections between Hitler and the rise of populism today. Brendan Simms, Professor in the History of International Relations at Cambridge University, and author of Hitler: Only the World was Enough.  

How do we revive the economy once the pandemic passes? Coronavirus has Australia headed for a deep recession, so what can we do now to plan our way out of it? Is the answer more government intervention and state planning? Or, is now the time to launch a new reform agenda that sharpens the incentives to work, save, invest and hire? And, Alexander Downer: “I don’t know what China’s problem is” Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for an investigation into the origins of the virus. But China’s Ambassador in Canberra upped the stakes this week by threatening a trade and tourism boycott of Australia. Australia’s longest serving Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer says China’s Cold War style rhetoric will backfire on it, and it is in everyone’s interests to investigate the origins of the virus. But as we head into recession, can we afford to aggravate our largest trade partner?

Sweden's virus experiment: death sentence, or a way forward?

We make it easy for New Zealanders to work in Australia but not so easy for them to survive in times of personal crisis. Four Kiwis tell their stories of falling between the cracks.

The fascinating life story of Homer Rieth — a composer, poet and founder of the Minyip Philosophical Society.

In 2019, the famous flying great white sharks of South Africa’s False Bay completely disappeared, leaving locals, scientists and a booming tourism industry desperate for answers. Are shark-eating orcas or climate change to blame? Or could the answer lie across the Southern Ocean in Australia?

Crocodiles have been reported as far south as Angourie in northern New South Wales, but did they ever inhabit the region?

Alice Baxby wasn't around to enjoy (endure) the scrunchie hair trend of the 1980s and '90s, but she's selling hundreds of the hair ties to help drought-affected families.

Floodwaters more than 50 kilometres wide came through Queensland's Channel Country earlier this year, but the extended weather forecast is not promising a return to average rainfalls.

Floodwaters that crippled North Queensland's cattle industry have turned the Channel Country further downstream into a landscape of dramatic contrasts.

One man's rescue of a four-year-old girl from a fire 80 years ago has been formally recognised, and now the girl he saved wants to give something back to his family.

Three-dimensional zebra crossings have turned up in Iceland, England and even the tiny outback town of Boulia in Queensland and now one Sydney council is exploring whether it could join the trend.

Bull riding has always been the cowboy's domain, but young cowgirl Riley O'Dell is bucking the trend and taking home prized buckles in outback Queensland.

Winton shines in the new television series, Total Control, starring Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffiths.

When it comes to stealing scenes and hearts, these Winton dogs know all the tricks.

RobynCaldwellisoneof thousandsof womeninrural Australiadealingwiththe falloutfromthedrought,but everyyearaspecialevent with250countrywomenin aremoteQueenslandtowngives her welcomerespite andstrategies tofightback.

The outback Queensland town of Barcaldine has officially set a new world record for the longest line of motorhomes.

Emus have once again mobbed the streets of Longreach in search of food and water. While some locals say the number of chicks is a good omen for the wet season, an expert says the birds simply "lay and hope for the best."

The first fall in the small town of Ilfracombe in Central West Queensland since 3mm was measured in March

Outback Queensland towns are celebrating after much-needed rain, but the effects may not flow on downstream.