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Official trailer: Jackass: Best and Last
12+ hour, 3+ min ago (41+ words) WAtoday New images show room where Australian man allegedly murdered Thai teen The buskers of Melbourne Young needs to be 'calm off field' for Origin decider Adelaide hit with half of July's average rainfall...
The one thing that put David Sedaris off moving to Australia
2+ week, 4+ day ago (860+ words) June 13, 2026 " 11: 00am David Sedaris" social commentary is built on a solid and reliable strategy. He invites the reader to recognise their own lives, as mirrored in his complaints, reflections and confessions. There is, he realised many moons ago, an audience that…...
Like an episode of Utopia: Why are Australian workplace comedies so good?
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (576+ words) May 28, 2026 " 1: 45pm There's a moment in the second episode of the ABC's new comedy, Bad Company, that sums up one of the most common tensions in the workplace. "How do you think your role helps the company strategically meet KPIs?" asks…...
Dawn French is back to her funny best in this playfully chaotic and very silly British comedy
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (40+ words) WAtoday March 16, 2026 " 10: 57am Can You Keep a Secret? airs at 8. 20pm on Sundays on the ABC, and streams on ABC iview....
Four decades, 40 defining moments in the life of Melbourne's Comedy Festival
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1705+ words) The Melbourne International Comedy Festival hits 40 this year, so it feels appropriate to list 40 moments that shaped what has grown to become one of the world's three largest laugh fests. We've also invited some comics to contribute their own favourite…...
If you laugh, you can't be offended and other essential truths I've learnt
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (840+ words) March 4, 2026 " 4: 00pm Instead, I offer an alternative: reality TV. The advice you need isn't coming from the heavens, it's coming from middle-aged former soap stars who have recently thrown a glass of wine at middle-aged former child stars (my personal heaven)....
It's curtains for long theatrical seasons as attention spans shift
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (67+ words) WAtoday February 15, 2026 " 2: 00am The last time The Book of Mormon was in Melbourne it ran for a year. This time around, the hit musical will run for five months at the most. Analysis of theatre and musical seasons over the years…...
Adelaide Writers" Week cancelled after director quits
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (668+ words) Updated January 13, 2026 " 12: 18pm, first published January 13, 2026 " 6: 05am This year's Adelaide Festival Writers' Week has been cancelled after 180 writers boycotted the event and its director quit following a decision by the festival board to remove Palestinian-Australian writer Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from the line-up....
Comedy troupe decries Victorian laws after CCTV captures man breaking into its office
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (511+ words) January 5, 2026 " 8: 37am Comedy troupe Sooshi Mango have taken aim at Victorian crime laws after a man smashed into their office in Carlton on Sunday. In a social media post on Monday morning, the comedy group shared CCTV footage that showed a…...
Ricky Gervais created two of TV's greatest comedies. But his standup is slipping
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (248+ words) December 31, 2025 " 6: 35am You will not find in this reviewer a Ricky Gervais hater. About 20 minutes in, Gervais explains what this show is about and what he's trying to do with it, and this is a neat encapsulation of what his problem…...