Life

In an effort to repel the relentlessness of death, the author becomes a carer for broken, struggling animals, and a companion to her fading father.

As her father slips closer to death, the author assumes a peripatetic, reflective rhythm, travelling between her rural Tasmanian home and an inner-Melbourne hospice.

Just as political opponents may form friendships based on their shared circumstances in Canberra, the relationship of biographer and subject is equally complex.

Rekindling a passion for competitive jam making at the Royal Melbourne Show.

Diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Cay readily found information about symptoms ‘but nothing that tells you how to be a human being’.

The fledgling sport of drone racing has pilots viewing the course through cameras mounted on their stripped-down, supercharged craft.

As her partner bears witness to all the ambiguity her illness entails, the author has learnt what it means to truly love.

A gathering of five community leaders for a photograph in a Brisbane church aims to further focus attention on the plight of offshore asylum seekers.

Dogged by the uncertainty of incurable illness, is there comfort in sometimes not knowing test results?

Punishing bouts of local pro wrestling offer the purity of ordinary – if unusually solid – people entertaining crowds hungry for heroic stories.