Affectionately remembered as light nightmare fodder, Round the Twist is as deep-rooted in Australia's pop cultural landscape as they come.

"Aggressive, moody, demanding: she's a woman on her period in its worst phase," says Ellie of her chronic illness.

"People think of space as this empty place, but there's all this human material in it."

While AFL spectators are as diverse as Australia's population, playing the sport has always been a man's job — until now.

When Renee was six, her brother would gaffer tape her legs together. He would then throw her in their twenty-metre pool and shout, “Sink or swim!” It’s little wonder, then, that Renee grew up to be a mermaid.

The new Australian documentary Chasing Asylum gets behind the barbed wire fences of Nauru and Manus Island to reveal terrifying home truths about offshore refugee processing.

Though the second-ever Tarnanthi festival of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art has been brought together by one woman, it speaks with many voices.

Annika, born with enviably perfect pitch, treats the room to a quick a rendition of ‘Donald J. Trump is a Hitler Pig’ — an original composition by present company, The Sisters of Invention.

“Grow up?! But that means no more stories!” says Peter Pan, disgruntled. This strikes a chord with Owen Suskind, a young man transfixed by screens.

Environmental scientist Carmel Johnston has returned home to Montana after a year living on Mars. Well, a replica of the red planet, built on the side of a Hawaiian volcano.

Growing beyond their prison yard taboo, stick-and-poke tattoos aren't what they used to be.

A Talk About Girl Space

A 'Darwinian feminist' explains.

"Women do film with a different perspective. You feel it immediately."

With dipping pens, nibs, and ink, freelance illustrator Peter Fong brings South Australia's flora and fauna (both current and prehistoric) to life on parchment.

Porn star, educator, writer, activist and LGBTIQ icon Buck Angel is the world’s most famous trans man.

Khadija Gbla contends daily with the barbaric effects of FGM.