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Gladys Berejiklian faces repeated questioning about ministerial "train wreck"

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is grilled over the behaviour of ministers Andrew Constance and John Barilaro at an awkward press conference on May 7, 2020. Mr Constance and Mr Barilaro had been engaged in a public spat amid pre-selection for the federal seat of Eden-Monaro, in which there will be a by-election.



  • Government and Politics


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Police launch letterbox drop in Lightning Ridge to establish details of Christine Neilan's death

Police have called for fresh details about a woman who was found murdered in the state's north west in January.



  • Crime
  • Murder and Manslaughter
  • Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
  • Law
  • Crime and Justice
  • Police

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NSW authorities urge people to maintain social distancing

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard urges people to continue to observe social distancing measures on Mother's Day.



  • Diseases and Disorders
  • Health
  • Infectious Diseases (Other)

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Django Unchained

Quentin Tarantino's new opus blends many styles and genres in a confronting and outrageous fashion, and the result is brilliant.




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Django Unchained

This time Tarantino has turned his curious eyes to the origins and myths of the American Civil War and Django Unchained is the result. This wild and often darkly funny ride is Tarantino at his anti-studio best!




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Quality up at this year's Northern Rivers Portrait Prize

There's nothing quite like a portrait exhibition to bring the crowds in. A steady stream of visitors has been arriving at the Lismore Regional Gallery since the 2013 Northern Rivers Portrait Prize opened on June 8.




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The Songs of the Haight Ashbury Stage Show

There's nothing like a singalong and plenty in the audience did just that at last Friday night's performance of a local production that has been circulating around the North Coast for a year now.




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In the House (Dans la maison)

Fabrice Luchini, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Denis Menochet, Bastien Ughetto, Jean-Francois Balmer, Yolande Moreau, Catherine Davenier, Vincent Schmitt, Jacques Bosc




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This Aint No Mouse Music

Sometimes the people who make the biggest contributions to our culture can be pretty strange characters.




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The Little Mermaid

If you walk by The Blue Room in Northbridge and see The Little Mermaid on the billing don't walk in expecting any cutesy Disney version of the story.




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Adelaide Film Festival: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

12 hostages, 24 hours, 1 Partridge!




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Adelaide Film Festival: Charlie's Country

This quietly powerful examination of one man's life is a sad indictment on a modern nation struggling to reconcile with the customs and culture of the original custodians.




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Adelaide Film Festival: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa "OLD SCHOOL RADIO RULES!"

Clever dialogue and big British comedy talent make this compulsory viewing especially for radio lovers.







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Adelaide Film Festival: Sons and Mothers "An unfailingly honest portrait of a unique group of men"

Abner Bradley, Alirio Zavarce, Ben Wishart, Damien Turbin, Duncan Luke, Kym Mackenzie, Ryan Rowland, Richard Samai




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Captain Phillips

Director Paul Greengrass applies his usual intensity to this well executed real life tale of modern day priacy.




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Deckchair Review: Jappeloup

Every week Drive sends a listener to the Festival Films to be their deckchair reviewer. Here's what our reviewer thought of Jappeloup.




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Deckchair Review: Mood Indigo

This week's Deckchair Review is from Robyn Westbrook for the film Mood Indigo.




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Deckchair Review: The Gilded Cage

It was a full house for the opening night of The Gilded Cage, Somerville's latest film, a thoroughly relaxing and charming adult family comedy.




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Deckchair Review: 12 Years a Slave

Deckchair Reviewer John Gilby reviews one of the year's most acclaimed films, 12 Years a Slave.




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Deckchair Review: A Hijacking (Kapringen)

Deckchair Reviewer, Denise, gives her review of 'A Hijacking', currently showing at Perth International Film Festival's Joondalup Pines.




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Deckchair Review: The Past

The latest film from Oscar winning director Asghar Farhadi is our Deckchair Review this week - The Past.




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Deckchair Review: All is Lost

One man's epic fight to stay alive is the premise of 'All is Lost'. Deckchair Reviewer Daniel tells us what he thought of the latest Robert Redford thriller.




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Captain America: The Winter Soldier

The return of the superhero is both an enjoyable, self-contained action flick, and a further addition to the wider Marvel Universe.




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Gothic puppetry aims to pull the (heart) strings

Brisbane's Dead Puppet Society adult puppet show, The Harbinger, reaches deep into gothic fairy tale territory with a touch of Orwellian danger thrown in for good, and frightening, measure.




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TaikOz and 2013 Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize finalists

TaikOz




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Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP Philip Donato retains the seat of Orange in 2019 NSW election




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How a small town reclaimed its aged care home and turned a profit for 10 years

An 11-bed regional aged care facility is about to celebrate its 10th anniversary as a community-owned organisation, which has kept jobs and residents in town while proving the viability of an innovative new model for aged care.




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Irrigators deny breaking official New South Wales pumping embargo after weekend rainfall

The water watchdog says it is investigating claims that irrigators in the Namoi Valley pumped water out of the river system during a recent embargo.




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Regenerative agriculture for students launched in Australian-first curriculum to maintain healthy soils

A Tamworth teacher has developed the first Australian curriculum exploring regenerative agriculture.








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Aboriginal skydiver makes history by jumping into his ancestral homeland for NAIDOC week

Indigenous skydiver Marley Nolan-Duncan makes history by jumping out of a plane and into Gamilaraay country, the home of his ancestors.





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After years without decent rain, Tenterfield community is given the gift of drinking water

After more than two years without any decent rain, a community in the far north of New South Wales is been given a reprieve.




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Native Vegetation Act amnesty angers partner of slain environment officer Glen Turner

Five years after her partner was murdered at work, a New South Wales woman says she is shattered by an amnesty for those who broke the laws he was trying to enforce.





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Burst water main inundates Western Sydney suburb

A burst water main in the western Sydney suburb of Kingswood has spilled a million litres of water and inundated the streets.







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Salvos and men fighting addiction come to aid of bushfire-affected communities

Ten years ago Chris Roby sought help from the Salvos for crippling alcoholism; he's now leading a group of men fighting addiction to help their local community's response to bushfires.