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Ten finalists in the National Photographic Portrait Prize share the stories behind their images before the winner is announced in Canberra.

Fancy becoming the owner a working World War II tank or an entire railway carriage? Well, now is your chance as one of Australia's largest collections of war, automobile and rail memorabilia go under the hammer in southern NSW.

In 1977 an apparent accident by Molly Meldrum on Countdown gave the band Blondie its first hit single anywhere in the world with In The Flesh.

The Ghost in the Shell remake pays homage to the original but lacks a fully developed personality of its own.

Australia's scientific credentials are in trouble, but a dedicated group of scientists who put an emphasis on entertainment are hoping to turn that around.

Cristiano Ronaldo has an airport named after him, but his odd-looking statue steals the show at the official ceremony honouring the Portugal star in his hometown.

Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will receive his Nobel Literature Prize diploma and medal in the next few days in Stockholm, where is he due to perform this weekend, the secretary of the Swedish Academy says.

Best-selling British singer George Michael is buried in London in a private funeral some three months after his death on Christmas Day, his publicist says.

Cities would suffer much less damage and avoid huge financial losses if we designed them to cope with the effects of cyclones, writes design expert Rob Roggema from UTS.

Bill Cosby's lawyers file a motion to prevent jurors at his upcoming sex assault trial from hearing the actor admit giving women quaaludes, money or educational funds, saying the testimony would unfairly prejudice them.

Splendour in the Grass will bring international superstars The xx, Queens of the Stone Age and LCD Soundsystem to Byron Bay, along with stacks of Aussie acts including Tash Sultana, Vance Joy, and Peking Duck.

Aboriginal stand-up comedy is thriving and no topic, it seems, is off limits. As the Melbourne International Comedy Festival opens, here's the lowdown on Indigenous humour.

An Indigenous teenager whose talent was discovered at a suburban trampoline park is recruited as the star performer of an open-air show in the heart of Sydney's central business district.

The head of the Australia Council wants to stop talking about controversies in arts funding, and return the focus to artists and their work.

Farmers in China and India are predicting the colour of the next fashion season by the colour of their rivers due to run-off from the textile industry.

The sheer size of Tropical Cyclone Debbie is shown in stunning photographs captured by NASA and other space agencies.

A Canadian gold coin weighing 100 kilograms and bearing the image of Queen Elizabeth II is stolen during an overnight heist from Berlin's Bode Museum.

Last week's terror attack in London, Islam and the proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act were the hot topics for this week's Q&A panel.

Many of the greatest works by late Australian artist Sidney Nolan, born 100 years ago, are displayed in public for the first time, with the largest number of Kelly paintings shown together since 1955.

Little J and Big Cuz is the first animated kids show to feature Indigenous Australians and their culture.

eX de Medici's eye-catching painting, Cure for Pain, a four-metre-long depiction of mortality and equality in death, is acquired by the Australian War Memorial.

Jackie Chan has a well known connection to Canberra but did he attend school there too?

Australian television personality and Gold Logie nominee Grant Denyer walks away from a rally car crash in Victoria, while his co-driver sustains a suspected broken leg.

Tasmania's super funds manage $7 billion of Tasmanians' money and invest just 4 per cent back in the state — but two men have a plan to change that.

The writer of television series Dance Academy opens up about her own ballet dreams evaporating due to injury and why she thinks it is important to deal with sensitive issues in children's television.