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WA musician Guy Ghouse, best known for his performances with Noongar singer Gina Williams, has received an Order of Australia in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours.

King’s Birthday HonoursComments‘Humbled’ WA musician initially reluctant to accept accolade

WA musician and teacher Guy Ghouse, best known for performing alongside acclaimed Noongar singer Gina Williams, has been recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours.

Simon Collins

Kevin Parker has previewed a new Tame Impala during a DJ set at a club in Spain. (AP PHOTO)

MusicKevin Parker airs new Tame Impala song during DJ set

Tame Impala are seemingly gearing up to drop new music after Kevin Parker played a new song for the first time during a festival DJ set.

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Taylor Swift reclaimed the rights to the original master recordings of her first six studio albums. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

MusicTaylor Swift's Reputation charts again after buy-back

Taylor Swift's Reputation is climbing the Billboard 200 chart again, eight years after its release.

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Madhi Girl wins at Belmont for jockey Steven Parnham.

RACINGCommentsSimon Miller takes four heats at Monday’s Belmont trials

Top trainer Simon Miller showcased plenty of coming winners at Monday’s Belmont trials session, taking four heats across the morning.

Hayden King

Wundig wer Wilura on stage at Perth Festival in 2024.

history on stageNoongar concert Wundig wer Wilura headed to Albany

Following a crowd-pleasing premiere at the 2024 Perth Festival, WA Opera’s Wesfarmers Arts commission Wundig Wer Wilura is coming to Albany in November as a concert adaptation. 

Jacki Elezovich

The Project has officially been axed

TVCommentsCo-host speaks out after Project axing

Channel 10 has officially axed The Project, telling staff the show is coming to an end on June 27.

Amy Lee

Sarah Snook has won a Tony Award for her performance in The

EntertainmentSarah Snook picks up Tony Award for Dorian Gray

Sarah Snook has taken home a Tony Award for leading actress in a Broadway play for her work in The Picture of Dorian Gray, where she plays all 26 roles.

Kathryn Lurie

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Dean Ramsey and Jess Copsey's Cornclave" is among the vegetable sculptures on show in London. (AP PHOTO)

EntertainmentUK vegetable sculpture contest serves food for thought

Vegetable likenesses of US President Donald Trump and singer Dolly Parton, and a papal Cornclave are on display as part of an unusual sculpture contest.

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Sarah Snook has already won an Olivier Award for her role in The

TheatrePremiumTony Awards up for grabs in a star-studded season

Australia's Sarah Snook is among a galaxy of high voltage stars nominated for a gong, with Broadway's Tony Awards due to get underway at Radio City Music Hall.

MARK KENNEDY

The impact of a drought prompted landscape artist Clementine Belle McIntosh to switch mediums. (HANDOUT/WESTERN PLAINS CULTURAL CENTRE)

EntertainmentOf mice and Macca's: art's new meaning in old materials

An emerging rural artist uses second-hand, found and discarded materials to vividly explore tensions between production, consumerism and the environment.

Stephanie Gardiner

Intimacy coordinators such as Perth's Emily Kingsley (left) and trailblazer Ita O'Brien (right) are changing how sex plays out on screen.

Behind the scenesPremiumThe women changing the way we view sex

Viewers have seen a lot of sex on screen, but rarely anything that resembles their own clumsy and real experiences. Now, intimacy coordinators are changing the way we view sex on screen — and in our bedrooms.

Jade Jurewicz

Ocean With David Attenborough is hitting screens this week.

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At 99, David Attenborough is still going strong

The beloved natural historian is hitting screens this week with another nature documentary. Here’s what else our Screen Queen Clare Rigden is dipping into this week.

Clare Rigden

EntertainmentCommentsLegendary musical set to bring feline magic to Perth crowds

Musical theatre performer Gabriyel Thomas has taken dogged dedication to the next level to make her Jellicle CATS dream come true.

Tanya MacNaughton

Teresa Palmer, styled by Irene Tsolakas. Teresa wears: Common Hours top and Golden Goose jeans.

WhirlwindYou’re going to LOVE Teresa Palmer’s new TV project Mix Tape

Teresa Palmer is in the eye of the storm — and couldn’t be happier. She opens up about juggling multiple blockbusters, five kids and another on the way, and a “bucket list” tornado tour.

Clare Rigden

Susie O'Neill is dancing with Lyu Masuda for The Fred Hollows Foundation.

TV Why Olympic legend Susie O’Neill signed on for DWTS

From the pool to the dance floor is a challenge but Olympic legend Susie “Madame Butterfly” O’Neill is scaring herself, signing on to star in Dancing With The Stars.

Clare Rigden

UK naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough says the sea is the most important place on earth. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

EntertainmentPremiumDavid Attenborough's Ocean a wake-up call from the sea

Ocean With David Attenborough is a breathtaking celebration of marine life and a cinematic expose of the industrial forces pushing the ocean toward collapse.

Annika Hammerschlag

The view of Perth from Kings Park in 1962.

SEE THE GALLERYCamera IconNostalgic photos show early days of life in Perth

The images were taken from the 1940s to the 1980s to portray life in Western Australia as appealing.

Rachel Fenner

As tensions heat up in their divorce, Hugh Jackman and Deborra Lee-Furness have started splitting up their real estate assets.

THE NIGHTLYHugh Jackman, Deborra-Lee Furness split $35M NYC penthouse

As tensions heat up in their divorce, Hugh Jackman and Deborra Lee-Furness have started splitting up their real estate assets.

Amy Lee

As tensions heat up in their divorce, Hugh Jackman and Deborra Lee-Furness have started splitting up their real estate assets.

EntertainmentCommentsHugh Jackman, Deborra-Lee Furness split $35M NYC penthouse

As tensions heat up in their divorce, Hugh Jackman and Deborra Lee-Furness have started splitting up their real estate assets.

Amy Lee

Jai Courtney at the Dangerous Animals Los Angeles premiere held at The Egyptian Theatre on May 27, 2025, in Los Angeles, California.

Dangerous AnimalsPremiumJai Courtney shines in new Aussie survival thriller

Jai Courtney was all in on the set of the newest Aussie survival thriller, Dangerous Animals — just don’t feed him Honey Nut.

Ben O’Shea

Talking Heads haven't performed together since 1984 and officially disbanded in 1991. (AP PHOTO)

MusicTalking Heads celebrate 50th anniversary with new video

Talking Heads have marked the 50th anniversary of their first live show with a music video for Psycho Killer starring Saoirse Ronan.

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The beloved theatrical version of Looking For Alibrandi has made a return to the stage. (Tbc/AAP PHOTOS)

EntertainmentIconic Australian migrant story returns to the stage

Based on the award-winning coming-of-age book and film, the Looking for Alibrandi stage show is shining a spotlight on discrimination during a national tour.

Rachel Jackson

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