No longer seen as the hobby of destructive youths, stencil art is finally being respected as a legitimate art form in its own right. Fiona Ivits trawled Sydney’s laneways and has this story.

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.

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.

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.

The Welfare to Work legislation has had significant consequences for Australia’s disabled, writes Sarah Tracton.

The Australian government introduced significant changes to welfare policy in July 2006.
The legislation, called Welfare to Work, reduces welfare dependency, according to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR). The idea is to shift the disabled into the work force but there has been significant consequences for Australia’s disabled population.
Disability advocates have labelled the legislation as draconian and punitive and there are fears that the reforms have created a new under class among the most …

It has been over two years since the Boxing Day tsunami struck South and South-East Asia, killing hundreds of thousands. The mammoth rebuilding effort has been underway for sometime but just how effective has it been? Sarah Tracton looks at the difficulties the region is facing and has this report.

The province of Aceh lies at the northern tip of Sumatra, Indonesia. Sitting on the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’, an area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, the province’s capital Banda Aceh was the closest major city to the epicentre …

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.

Live Australian theatre is struggling to attract audiences amid new, more contemporary forms of entertainment. So what’s going wrong? Andrea Booth has this report.