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Maya Gallus's The Heat asks why women so rarely enjoy prominent roles as chefs when they are traditionally masters of kitchens in the domestic sphere.
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Is Super Channel up to its old tricks again? If Super Channel doesn’t have the foresight to cash-flow their own business, and if they can’t honour their deals, they shouldn’t have a
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Gurrumul, the late blind singer of the Yolngu Indigenous tribe was one of the most influential voices in contemporary Australian music. His legacy is the subject of the documentary Gurrumul, directed by
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