For ARIA award-winning songstress Deni Hines, it took a while for the performance gene to kick in. But when it did there was no turning back, as Michael Romei discovers.

Politics is often a game for the experienced individual; however there are some young Australian’s who choose to enter the cut-throat political world early. Sam McIntosh talks to two young political aspirants about the demands their passion places on their lives and why they choose to do it anyway.

Australia might be an ethnically diverse country but discrimination in the workplace on grounds of race or ethnicity continues to occur. One fifth of all complaints to the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board concern race or racial vilification, however as Talia Katz finds out, even this substantial figure appears to be conservative.

Suffering silently for years in an oppressive relationship, Vietnamese immigrant Hanh Kieu Vi has worked up the courage to leave her husband and start a new life for herself. Mary Nguyen reports on this sensitive issue that affects so many immigrant women in Australia.

A surprise find in a brown paper bag at a Sydney Market of photographs of Coogee Beach taken in 1935 and 1936 is the basis of a new exhibition at The Mint. But the photographer remains unknown and as Alex Jones found out the curator of the exhibition is hoping that the audience will be able to help identify the mystery photographer.

In the breaks between their rigorous training schedule, South Sydney Rabbitohs players are getting out into the local Redfern community as part of the Souths Cares program. Danielle Bowling has this report.

The 2007 Sydney Film Festival just became more accessible, implementing a new initiative called Accessible Cinema which aims to improve physical access to cinemas for the disabled, as well as creating a program of films dedicated to the stories of those living with a disability. Kathryn Loughman reports.

It is believed that 20,000 people lost their lives in civil war in Bougainville between 1987 and 1999. Amy Perkins caught up with the artist, Jon Lewis, whose photographs captured the horror and the hopes of the people of Bougainville.

Every month a group of Sydney cyclists meet to converge on peak hour traffic, doing their bit for their bodies, minds and the environment. Danielle Nicastri caught up with the group Critical Mass and filed this report.

With a swag of international guests and plenty of sold-out screenings, the Sydney Arab Film Festival has left its mark on Sydney’s competitive film festival scene. Yvette Poshoglian was there and has this warning – book in advance.