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The Prime Minister eulogises Bill Leak as a talented satirist and "the best and funniest raconteur" in an address at a public memorial service in Sydney for the controversial cartoonist, who died last week.

The opulent tastes of US President Donald Trump are well known, and their influences can be traced back to French aristocracy and the splendour of Louis XIV's Palace of Versailles.

For couples, families or friends who share a significant song, the effects of music can be powerful and persistent, lasting well into old age, even piercing through dementia.

The discovery of an inscription on an ancient statue pulled from the mud of a Cairo slum reveals the colossus does not depict revered Pharaoh Ramses II as first thought, and is more likely of a lesser-known Egyptian ruler, the country's antiquities minister says.

An eagle-eyed local musician saves a valuable Steinway baby grand piano from destruction at a Broome tip, after resort staff ditch the instrument during a clean-up.

Ancestral Aboriginal remains currently housed in a German museum will be returned to Australia next week.

It wouldn't be St Patrick's Day without the sound of a traditional Irish jig, shamrock green dresses, towering hair and feet tapping in unison.

An illustration depicting the debilitating effects of Crohn's disease takes out the top award in science images for 2017.

The 81-year-old rediscovers "the wonder of the show" as its director, ahead of the opening of the production in Brisbane this week.

One of the most exciting events of the year for Australian art took place last night, with an auction of some of the country's most recognisable pieces.

Michael Benson painstakingly creates a series of photographs showing off our solar system's far-flung spectacles for a new exhibition at the Queensland Museum.

Alec Baldwin has shot to new levels of fame for his impersonation of US President Donald Trump, and says the key is finding the insecurity behind the facade.

It went under the radar at this year's Oscars, but this powerful film about racism in America conveys tenderness and understanding with few words.

Acclaimed Australian author Tim Winton has been named the inaugural patron of a new native animals trust that hopes to connect the public with conservation research and projects.

Comedian Wil Anderson is instituting the Voldemort rule for what he calls his most political show ever, but no prize for guessing he who shall not be named.

When you think of high fashion, you probably don't think of 3D printing. But one young Canberran is shaking up fashion conventions, taking her digital dreams to the 2017 Vancouver Fashion Week.

It seems The Simpsons is doing sequels now. The question is, which of their 600 episodes should they follow-up next?

A single message to Tara Moss on Twitter showed the extent of cyber bullying. The author and TV presenter decided to fight back — and reveal the murky world of cyber hate.

When the cast of an award-winning international musical turn up at a local high school sports carnival, you know there's something special going on.

Irish-themed bars across the country are gearing up for St Patrick's Day on Friday, but outside the annual celebration, Irish pub culture appears to be in decline, with changing trends and increasing taxes on pub beer to blame.

A WA Labor election commitment to provide $10 million for a major rooftop development at the Art Gallery of Western Australia is being regarded as a done deal, with plans unveiled for the makeover.

Breathing new life into an animal and turning them back into what they used to be are just some of the reasons taxidermists do what they do.

Sydney's light and sound extravaganza, Vivid, will extend to the newest part of the CBD in 2017 with several installations in the laneways of Barangaroo.

Bill Henson's portrait of conductor Simone Young features in a new focus on women display at the National Portrait Gallery.

The three-tonne torso of a massive statue that may be of one of Egypt's most famous pharaohs is lifted from mud and groundwater where it was recently discovered in a Cairo suburb.