Based on a true story and adapted from the stage play, The Sapphires is an over-the-top comedy/musical/drama that'll have you laughing, crying and celebrating the achievement of these four amazing aboriginal women.

A lacklustre tale of empty nester marriage dissatisfaction - but with a stellar cast!

Look at moiye! Kath and Kim are back!

The Watch is a poor example of the gross-out blokey comedy genre that is only worsened by the addition of aliens to the plot.

A twisted romantic fantasy from a beginner writer get s a "must try harder" from this reviewer.

A sci-fi mind bender featuring a criminal underworld, time travel and telekinesis, helmed by Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt

To many people, they're known simply as 'mothers' groups' and that can mean new fathers like Jeremy Piert don't feel comfortable going along.

A regional council looks set to hand back $1 million in drought funding as the Federal Government concedes it needs to review how it hands out assistance to communities battling dry weather.

Australia watched with sadness earlier this year as cattle country in north-west Queensland and hundreds of thousands of cattle died. Four months later, in drought-and-flood ravaged Julia Creek, families are desperately trying to adapt to their new normal.

Authorities fear there is a chance the Paradise Dam in southern Queensland will become unsafe if there is a major flood, with the local mayor saying it is the largest failure of a piece of infrastructure in Queensland's history.

Running is one of the most basic and natural forms of human movement but while almost all of us can run, not everyone is doing it well.

In an unassuming warehouse in Wollongong lies the only blast-testing machine of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, providing life-saving information about the defence against bomb attacks.

They were on holidays on the other side of the world, or with their families, and living their lives. But when coronavirus called, they answered.

How will television productions and theatres survive the C-19 lockdown? 

The ability to navigate through the physical world is an amazing feat of the brain that was developed by our ancient ancestors. We can walk through unfamiliar places while maintaining a sense of direction, take shortcuts and remember places we visited decades earlier. How do we do it and is this ability threatened by a reliance on GPS?

A lawyer for the family of murdered Mackay woman Shandee Blackburn tells an inquest into her death the evidence points to the victim's ex-boyfriend.

High levels of dust in a central Queensland town have been attributed to lower-than-average rainfall, but residents say more needs to be done to ensure it isn't coming from nearby mining operations.

Adani is granted a Supreme Court order that could expose two traditional owners to possible jail time if they return to a ceremonial camp on the Queensland mine site, the men's lawyer says.

The culture within the Perth City Council reached its "zenith" in the lead-up to its suspension, breeding an environment unlike anything one of its councillors had experienced previously, an inquiry hears.

As the Cottesloe community remains split over the future of the Indiana tearooms, just down the road City Beach is reaping the rewards of a multi-million-dollar facelift.

Comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short discuss comedy and their 30-year friendship ahead of their Australian tour.

Suspended Lord Mayor of Perth Lisa Scaffidi tells an inquiry into the council that she supported a decision to activate a crisis management plan because an "extraordinary situation" had unfolded within the organisation.

As elite athletes face more pressure than ever, the role of the coach is also evolving. And while an almighty spray and a heavy hand were once the norm, a different approach is now winning over players, writes Clint Thomas.

A Perth man who viewed violence as an acceptable way to manage his relationships is jailed for life for killing his partner, who had a chronic heart condition, by bashing her to death with his fists and a metal pipe.

The decision to scrap the World Super Six golf tournament in Perth is a major blow to the sport in Western Australia, but a pitch for the Women's Australian Open could be just what the state needs, writes Tom Wildie.

Attorney-General John Quigley intervenes to order woman's release from prison for murdering her partner after her history as a victim of domestic violence came to light, declaring "now is the time for mercy".

Terry "Tuck" Waldron was instrumental in the planning and execution of the $1.6 billion Perth Stadium. Now he is facing another challenge overhauling the iconic but ageing WACA Ground.

A residential development proposed by the Satterley Property Group on Anglican Church land in the Perth Hills suburb of Stoneville is branded a planning "disaster" by concerned locals.

The heavy industrial area of Kwinana is home to Perth's only remaining beach shack community, but there are fears a new container port could destroy the simple lifestyle the locals have worked so hard to preserve.

A Perth Family Court psychologist is found guilty of professional misconduct for writing an official report labelling a father "psychopathic" without a clinical diagnosis, resulting in him being separated from his son.

One West Australian is tasered the equivalent of every weekday by police officers, new data obtained by the ABC via Freedom of Information shows.

900,000 people read Alex Reiff's searingly honest account of how he felt when he lost his job. Much to his amazement the searingly honest LinkedIn post in which he shared his fear and uncertanties quickly went viral. This Indianapolis sales executive’s experience of loss is being repeated globally. Around 700, 000 Australians, across a multitude of industries, have lost their jobs due to the fallout from the pandemic.  Now the word “unprecedented” has been bandied around a lot, but this kind of mass layoff hasn’t happened in this country since the “recession we had to have” in the early 90s. For many, losing their job will be not only an economic crisis but a psychological one. Alex Reiff, full-time dad  Aliya Rao, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Singapore Management University author of forthcoming book Crunch Time: how married couples confront unemployment. Janna Koretz , clinical psychologist specialising in mental health challenges associated with high pressure careers, founder of Azimuth Psychological in Boston. Deirdre Dowling, freelance classical musician, based in Paris, now back in Australia due to the pandemic. Silvia Regos, business growth advisor and coach who made a major transition in her career two years ago. Producer: Maria Tickle

An Aboriginal group has installed a caretaker to protect a forest near South Australia's Port Lincoln from an escalating spate of wood thefts.

In the fourteenth century, the plague killed about half the population of Europe and Asia, making it one of the most devastating pandemics in human history - and it's a disease that persists to this day.

After a month of almost unprecedented drama on global financial markets due to the spread of the Coronavirus, Rear Vision revisits the 1920s and the events that led to the stock market crash of 1929.

If this one-man show at The Blue Room is anything to go by, it would be appalling behaviour indeed if the rest of the Blue Room Season "Close Up" was not well attended. I'm not one for one-man shows generally, or for that matter one-woman shows. They can often be hard to sustain especially when the subject matter is not comedic.

You've got to love experimental theatre don't you? Even when they choose a subject that would challenge most theatre goers. I went to see 'Wish' at the Blue Room last week. The second production in their 'Up Close' season of eight productions. And I haven't stopped thinking about it.

Like four buzzing bees to the honey pot, my husband, son, his teenage friend and I all flew into the city centre ready for a treat. None of us had any idea what the festival opening was about. I had merely glanced at the festival email as it hit my inbox and was instantly drawn in by the images of acrobats a top spinning things and fire and light filling the sky - a theatrical cacophony.

720 ABC Perth put the call out for eight young bright things (aged 8 - 12) to become our ABC Bright Young Arts Reviewers for the 2011 AWESOME Festival.

ABC Junior Arts Reviewer, Sofie Kerr reviews the 2011 AWESOME Festival.

720 ABC Perth put the call out for eight young bright things (aged 8 - 12) to become our ABC Bright Young Arts Reviewers for the 2011 AWESOME Festival. On Saturday 19th November, our reviewers got their ABC media passes and headed for a tour of the festival - seeing performances and installations that feature from 19 - 27 November in spots around the city.

720 ABC Perth put the call out for eight young bright things (aged 8 - 12) to become our ABC Bright Young Arts Reviewers for the 2011 AWESOME Festival.

720 ABC Perth put the call out for eight young bright things (aged 8 - 12) to become our ABC Bright Young Arts Reviewers for the 2011 AWESOME Festival. On Saturday 19th November, our reviewers got their ABC media passes and headed for a tour of the festival - seeing performances and installations that feature from 19 - 27 November in spots around the city.

Perth Theatre Company's latest play, reviewed by ABC 720's cultural correspondent Victoria Laurie.

If you have to take a quick crash course in thermodynamics and chaos theory before seeing a play, is it really worth seeing? It's a question that could be posed by Arcadia, Tom Stoppard's bulgingly brainy theatre piece that Black Swan State Theatre Company has chosen for its second 2012 season offering.

A modest show about Nyoongar identity is a comic insight into living in two worlds, says 720 ABC's cultural correspondent Victoria Laurie