The Weekend Australian Magazine
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‘I nearly died. That was fun’

Meet Ryan Williams, stunt-riding superstar

Circus freak

TWAM 24 JUNE 2017

Even among the radical, smashed-up stuntmen of the Nitro Circus, Aussie Ryan Williams is a superstar.

Red flags

Volunteers are the public face of Surf Life Saving, yet behind the scenes: trouble. What do we know about how our charities are run?

Red flags

TWAM 10 JUNE 2017

Some of our most beloved charities have been rocked by scandal. Where does your dollar really go?

EXCLUSIVECharity pocketed $1.8 million

A generous donor putting a $50 note into a charity tin.

Charity regulators failed to ­respond to complaints about a charity that donated only 5.5 per cent of $1.8m it raised.

Cool for cats

City digs with a catchy riff.

Cool for cats

City digs with a catchy riff.

In the thick of it

In the thick of it

Photographer Martin Kantor’s striking images captured a time of great cultural upheaval.

Star of the sub-atomic

Star of the sub-atomic

Her research could lead to a quantum leap in computing. No wonder Michelle Simmons is one of the world’s top scientists.

Laureate eyes quantum leaps

Laureate eyes quantum leaps

The woman who criticised the dumbing down of high school physics says innovations in computing are just around the corner.

Bitter sweet

Bitter sweet

His first film is up for an Oscar, but Martin Butler will have to walk the red carpet without his wife, the feisty journalist Liz Jackson, who is fighting Parkinson’s ­disease.

Bitter sweet

Bitter sweet

Last year Martin Butler documented ABC star Liz Jackson’s fight with Parkinson’s. His latest film is up for an Oscar.

exclusiveMuslims threaten cohesion: Blainey

Muslims threaten cohesion: Blainey

Historian Geoffrey Blainey has warned that unease about terrorism and Muslim immigration threatens ­social cohesion.

He’s got history

He’s got history

Geoffrey Blainey is rewriting history in his latest books – and quietly defending his reputation.

EXCLUSIVESenator defiant on Jewish slurs

Senator defiant on Jewish slurs

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts has rejected calls that he repudiate the work of an anti-­Semitic ­author.

One Nation’s true disbeliever

One Nation’s true disbeliever

Malcolm Roberts has been called a conspiracy theorist (or worse). Now you can call him senator.

True disbeliever

True disbeliever

On climate and the UN, Malcolm Roberts has been called a conspiracy theorist (or worse). Now you can call him senator.

What happened to Rose Ann?

She was jailed indefinitely and released after a public outcry. Now a free woman, has anything really improved for Rose Ann Fulton? By Richard Guilliatt

What happened to Rose Ann?

What happened to Rose Ann?

She was jailed indefinitely and released after a public outcry. Now free, has anything improved for Rose Ann Fulton?

exclusivePeris hits back at dirty pool

Peris hits back at dirty pool

Nova Peris has confirmed that smear campaigns waged against her came largely from colleagues inside the ALP.

Shooting star

Her brief political career was as stormy and controversial as her private life. But Nova Peris is unapologetic - and glad to be moving on.

Shooting star

Shooting star

Her brief political career was as stormy as her private life. But Nova Peris is unapologetic.

exclusiveDocument search stymies gas case

Document search stymies gas case

Queensland’s plans to pursue possible charges against former executives of a coal-gas company are being stymied.

Burning questions

Burning questions

Workers sick, gas readings off the charts, farmers told not to dig their land: why weren’t the warning signs at a “clean coal” site heeded?

exclusivePremiers pushed toxic coal tech

Premiers pushed toxic coal tech

Queensland ignored warnings from executives about coal-gas technology blamed for one of the its worst pollution events.

Burning questions

Burning questions

Workers sick, gas readings off the charts, farmers told not to dig their land — all thanks to a “clean coal” site.

Tony Smith’s strange journey

Tony Smith’s strange journey

An ex cop, a PR man, a banker and an ex footballer go to an island ... and the bizarre tale of a Gold Coast developer begins.

Sunset on the strip

Sunset on the strip

It’s not just the lockout laws that are killing Kings Cross’s seedy reputation. Will cashed-up hipsters bury it for good?

One of the world’s toughest jobs

One of the world’s toughest jobs

He’s the mild-mannered boss of a global mining juggernaut. How did Rio Tinto boss Sam Walsh rise to the top?

It’s out there somewhere

It’s out there somewhere

Australia will play a key role in a $100 million hunt for alien life. Don’t laugh, it’s serious this time …