Rudi Bremer

Our favourite podcasts of the year include tales of art forgery, a documentary about the life of Fela Kútì and a true-crime thriller about a dead body in the ocean.

Indigenous artists from across Australia, including Alair Pambegan and Grace Kemarre Robinya, feature as part of the National Indigenous Art Triennial in Canberra: After the Rain.

From a send-up of Hollywood studios to a chilling depiction of violence and masculinity to an age-appropriate reality TV romance, these are our favourite TV shows of 2025.

With the help of Mystery Road: Origin's steely detective Jay Swan, an all-Indigenous writing team tackles one of Australia's biggest issues.

Andrea James will take the helm of Australia's oldest Indigenous theatre company Ilbijerri, as outgoing artistic director Rachael Maza steps back after almost 18 years.

Gaypalani Waṉambi, daughter of the late Mr Waṉambi, has won the top prize at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, for work about an ancient honey hunter.

The "Koori King of Country" talks about his experience performing in jails and how they inspired a special song from his latest album. 

When Aboriginal-Filipino rapper DOBBY made his ARIA award-winning album Warrangu: River Story, it set him on a journey of spiritual self-reflection. Now he's using his voice to send a powerful message around climate, racism and injustice.

Mirning choreographer Frances Rings and Goolarrgon Bard artist Darrell Sibosado collaborate on Bangarra Dance Theatre's new production.

The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation planned a symbolic march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in May 2000. About a quarter of a million people turned up. 

The 10th annual Indigenous arts and culture festival in Alice Springs feels urgent as Australia gears up for the first federal election since the failed Voice to Parliament referendum.

Award-winning Broadway musical Hadestown has arrived in Australia. It places dreamers and lovers centre stage, and shows just what power they have.

From a musical about conversion therapy to the Australian debut of an East London grime star, Sydney Festival 2025 was full of music, performance and a little bit of magic.

Combining spooky tropes, Aboriginal spirits and the "inhumanity of taking somebody's children", Jon Bell has created a horror movie with a lot of heart.

Green sea turtles in the Torres Strait are under threat from climate change. These Torres Strait artists are using Bangarra Dance Theatre's first show for kids to tell their story to people all over the country.

Comedian-turned-actor Steph Tisdell takes on a new creative challenge: writing a young adult novel that explores "diversity within diversity".

The winners of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, worth a total of $190,000 have been announced, including prizes for an emerging artist and multimedia work.

Ellen van Neerven didn't grow up watching theatre. Now, after a prize-winning career as a poet and author, they premiere their debut play, Swim.

Stolen is based on the real-life experiences of members of the Stolen Generations. Its message is as relevant now as when the play was first written nearly three decades ago.

It took four people months to draw Archie Moore's enormous family tree – but it'll all be erased soon.

The Toowoomba-born artist has been thrust into the global spotlight after winning a major award at this year's Venice Biennale.

More than 150 works feature in the behemoth touring exhibition Ever Present, which has landed in Aotearoa — and it's the most challenging works that are captivating audiences.

Frances Rings's first work as Bangarra artistic director is a cautionary tale that is close to her heart and her personal history.

What started off as a casually recorded folk song became a foundational entry in the Australian songbook.

Tasmanian playwright Nathan Maynard is using the safe space of the theatre to examine the fraught issue of who can call themselves Aboriginal, in his play At What Cost?