Parramatta will host a wide range of free workshops and community events later this month as part of Youth Week 2026, offering young people opportunities to connect, learn and take part in local activities.

The program will run from 16 to 26 April and follows the New South Wales Youth Week ...

There is a particular kind of woman who arrives at a pageant stage not because she has always dreamed of it, but because she has run out of smaller platforms. Shruthi Ashwathappa is that woman. An IT consultant who spends her working days in the measured logic of systems and code, she did not grow up imagining a crown. She grew up watching talented girls go quiet.

“Gro...

The Immigration Museum is asking Victorians to help shape its next chapter, with a free community open day planned for 18 April.

Called IMagine, the event will invite visitors to share ideas about what they would like to see from the museum in the years ahead, while also taking part in performances,...

Ability Fest will return to Melbourne this weekend with a full line-up of electronic acts and a renewed focus on making live music accessible to everyone.

The festival, founded by Dylan Alcott AO, will take place at the Timber Yard in Port Melbourne and is expected to draw thousands of music fans across two stages.

Deputy Premier and Minister for WorkSafe and th...

Why bright, talkative girls are still being missed, and why autism in girls looks very different from boys?

For many families, the word autism still brings up an old stereotype: a boy who avoids eye contact, struggles to speak, plays alone, and shows obvious repetitive behaviours. That image is deeply familiar, and deeply...