8+ hour, 22+ min ago   (311+ words) ROUS County Council trainee Cassius Holten-Roberts has spent the past 12 months building his future career in environmental management through an On Country Management Traineeship. His efforts saw him join a statewide network supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander trainees, apprentices…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago   (614+ words) EVERY relationship has a soundtrack. For Ocean Grove singer-songwriter Jem Pryse, it became his latest EP, charting five years of love, marriage and fatherhood. The deeply personal release follows Pryse’s relationship with his now-wife, Evie, from a chance coffee date…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago   (410+ words) AFTER almost two decades performing opera around the world, Ocean Grove artist Sally Wilson has returned to the visual arts with an exhibition exploring age, wisdom and renewal. Arise, now showing at The Hive Gallery, features 13 ink, charcoal and pastel…...

7+ hour, 5+ min ago   (765+ words) WHEN four of Australia’s most respected alternative musicians came together to make music, nobody knew quite what would happen. For Adalita, best known as the frontwoman of Magic Dirt, the project “came out of the blue”. “We got together in…...

5+ hour, 59+ min ago   (246+ words) IT is difficult to understand the degree of surprise — even shock — when published reports reveal a decline in societal attitudes — a lack of confidence in our institutions. If we take time to cogitate on the changes we have embraced — even…...

8+ hour, 22+ min ago   (694+ words) Originally from Slovakia, Honzova moved to Byron Bay in 2024 where she met Kiota Kids founder Lindsey Arrillaga through mutual friends. “We were standing there chatting when I suddenly said, ‘You should give cameras to the kids. It would be so…...

7+ hour, 49+ min ago   (330+ words) SOME of Australia’s most decorated bowlers, along with international stars, will compete at Club Tweed in the prestigious Golden Nugget invitational tournament. It will be held from 27–30 July with world champions, Commonwealth Games medallists and national titleholders among the field…...

8+ hour, 34+ min ago   (359+ words) SIX original plays by Geelong writers will premiere next month as the Geelong Short Play Festival returns after a sold-out debut. Each work has been paired with one of six local theatre companies, which will direct and perform the plays…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago   (365+ words) THE Liberals will encourage more conventional gas exploration across Victoria if they win November’s state election, while ruling out any move to lift the state’s ban on fracking. The opposition says the policy would increase local gas supply, lower energy…...

7+ hour, 22+ min ago   (663+ words) FOR internationally acclaimed artist, writer and composer Matt Ottley, the ever-changing nature of life is both a source of wonder and a reminder of humanity’s place within a much larger world. His exhibition, Ephemera and the Eternal Sky, explores themes…...