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With tight riffs and even tighter jeans, AC/DC have had us thunderstruck for more than 50 years. In this edition, we celebrate Australia’s biggest rock’n’roll band as they hit our shores for the final leg of their explosive world tour.
Vale Jane Goodall World-renowned primatologist Dr Jane Goodall has died at 91. We pay tribute to her legacy and environmental activism by remembering her life in her own words. Here, in her Letter to My Younger Self, Goodall reflects on her girlhood notion of Tarzan, her dog Rusty and overcoming shyness.
Read MoreBrendan Cowell’s love of The Sharks can be traced back to his days in the U6s. He reckons it’s high time they got a personalised Viking clap…
Read MoreJames Colley has never planned far ahead. But now that he’s in love – grossly in love – things have changed.
Read MoreTastes like home. I still remember when my mother would call to say she was making pita and would I like to go over and help. There was always coffee on the stovetop – that was my father’s job. My mother would already be making the dough, dividing it into small balls lined up on…
Read MoreAfter 12 years, approximately 300 issues, 200,000 words and one or two (okay, maybe three) missed deadlines, this is my final column for The Big Issue. Columnists come and go, but this one hung around and made himself at home – at first on page 12, then later wherever there was space – and for…
Read MoreAt the 2025 Homeless World Cup in Oslo, Australia’s Street Socceroos made us proud: kicking goals, eating waffles and throwing shapes on the football field and the dancefloor.
Read MoreTim Winton has cheered for the Dockers from the very beginning. Thirty seasons on and a whole new generation of Winton rugrats are still waiting for a flag.
Read MoreRead ‘Rope’ by Alexandra O’Sullivan, one of published short stories from the 2025 Fiction Edition by Alexandra O’Sullivan.
Read MoreTastes like home. For me, Bombay Cheese Toast is more than just food: it is memory, comfort and identity wrapped in one melty, golden bite. It’s a bridge between two worlds, and the flavour of home.
Read MoreA Panther since before he could even spell their name, James Colley would like you to know that he and his team will never tire of winning, thank you very much.
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