Full of songs about life after politics and the environment, with three daughters instead of three members of Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett's solo album stays close to home.

Rebel Wilson has fired up a storm at the BAFTAs with a controversial jibe at transgender actors and a near-the-knuckle joke referring to the race of nominee Idris Elba.

The bromance is over for shock-jock Kyle Sandilands and his manager Andrew Hawkins.

As the veteran travel show celebrates its 30th birthday, the LA-based presenter says it’s a perfect time to dream about adventures beyond our shores.

Kurt Elling and James Morrison share an improbable collaboration.

When music was the oxygen of Eric Bibb's childhood, there was only one possible outcome.

At his Sydney Club Heartbreak event, Ronson was like a puppet master pulling the strings of the crowd below.

The national broadcaster should have a flagship arts program as prominent and enduring to this vital area as Four Corners is to its current-affairs line-up.

His performance as host has been widely praised by the industry and viewers.

Lardner's 'secret stash' sketch, a high point of an at times patchy show, is even more hilarious in full than when it stole the show at the Comedy Festival gala.

 The real station to watch is Smooth FM with its eclectic mix and honey-voiced presenters.

Genuine reconciliation requires a blending of "two very different cultures" to create a composite Australian identity that both black and white communities can identify with, says former prime minister Paul Keating.

Former lead singer of The Smiths, Morrissey, has beaten off stiff competition to win this year's Bad Sex in Fiction award with a cringe-worthy scene.

It's synonymous with '80s soft rock and pop, men in black sunglasses and elevator music, but now the saxophone is shrugging off its cringey past.

Mobile phones were used to explore musical identity in performance of Suppression Dam, writes Peter McCallum.

Her focus on younger audiences was necessary, but no wonder the ABC's existing audience felt increasingly left out.

Vicki Van Hout's show traverses movement, multimedia performance and stand-up,

With thousands of buttons and metres of fabric, and a unique feature, the costumes in the Australian production of Hamilton are all nearing completion.

Why do we assume we know the truth about the power couple? As if it matters when the tills are ringing.

Winner Ghenoa Gela had the audience in stitches.

It was her lightness that got Teresa Palmer the role in the psychosexual thriller, but it was the darkness of the material that attracted her in the first place.

Known for stripping naked on stage, Moira Finucane has enlisted local artisans to create a wardrobe dripping in meaning.

In two incident and emotion-packed acts, it turns from raunchy sitcom into an unflinching exploration of desire.

Television's favourite neurotic, short-tempered and politically incorrect character is back after HBO announced Curb Your Enthusiasm was returning for a ninth season.

Locally-sourced, fresh produce, inventive dishes and excellent service have proved pivotal to two Margaret River wineries being judged as the best restaurants in the west.