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Janet King | ABC1, Thursday, February 27, 8.30pm
Line of Duty | ABC1, Friday, February 28, 9.30pm
Two new legal dramas debut on Auntie this week, both focusing...
FEATURE: Adam Richard, what a life!
It’s the type of laugh that is a blessing to a performer: one that you want to laugh along with, and in this case...
SPECIAL: Shaun Micallef | To hell and back
“Comedy’s easy to know when you’ve got it right because the audience laughs,” says a reflective Shaun Micallef of his bread and butter. “It’s...
QUE SERA: Joys of cats in hats
Anyone who has ever worked with a photographer will be familiar with the refrain: Just one last shot!
Some journos have been known to roll...
PROVIDORE: Seddon Wine Store
There are large anonymous wine shops, acres of floor space heaving with booze and then there are stores like Seddon Wine Store: tightly knit,...
SPECIAL: A bump in the road
It’s the sideways glances on a crowded bus as a young mum grapples with a heavy pram; the unsolicited comments in supermarket queues about...
SPECIAL: PSOs happy in the service
“Are you here about what happened last night?” Julie asks from behind the glass.
It’s a balmy December evening in St Albans and the Weekly...
MY SUBURB: David Vuong, Kings Park
Kings Park resident David Vuong, 23, chooses to spend his spare time volunteering. “We have a responsibility to help rectify injustices in our community,”...
QUE SERA: Why we value blue ties
Despite saving SPC Ardmona at the 11th hour, Dennis Napthine is probably feeling as sick as a parrot right now.
Leading a minority government at...
VIRGINIA TRIOLI: The danger trap
I had never heard a scream like it. Maybe in the movies – the only place where such a visceral, utterly terrified shriek of...
Giving’s in the Western Bulldogs’ game plan
‘We pride ourselves on being known as the community club of the AFL,” says Western Bulldogs community engagement manager Kiemi Lai.
Lai, along with players...
QUE SERA: The road less travelled
If one more person speaks of going on a journey without actually holding a passport or at least an overnight bag, I’m gonna scream.
Just...
Pictures of the Month: December/January
Check out our best photos through December 2013 and January 2014 from all over our city, as featured in the Weekly and The Weekly Review newspapers.
Images are selected by...
PROFILE: Greg Hocking, on with the show
There’s no textbook on keeping a musical ensemble in sync by waving around a tiny baton.
“Conducting, you learn by observing as much as anything...
MY SHOUT: Tougher approach to assaults
I always feel uncomfortable when politicians make kneejerk reactions to an issue of the day.
At the moment it’s king-hit assaults, now referred to as...