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Courier-Mail
30-07-2025
- Courier-Mail
Darwin Festival artistic director Kate Fell shares travel highlights
Don't miss out on the headlines from Lifestyle. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Darwin Festival's artistic director Kate Fell recommends ditching the map and getting lost. This is her Travel CV: I got my first passport when… I went to Japan as a teenager in the early '90s. Our high-school band got to travel to Japan which was an eye-opener for kids from the regional town of Gympie. Thirty years later I went back with my teenagers. It was so special revisiting places with them. My first holiday memory is… Family holidays around Australia when I was little – those early holidays gave me a love of travelling in Australia. I have strong memories of being in Adelaide when the Adelaide Festival was on, going to Uluru, taking in all the tourist sites in Sydney and much more. I'm so grateful to my parents for instilling this love of travel and adventure and for getting to see a lot of Australia. I've been to… About 15 countries, and there are so many more on my list. I have only scratched the surface of travelling in Asia so this is definitely a priority. My favourite place in Australia is Noosa. This is my family home so it's very special to me. My holidays are mostly devoted to… Being as active as possible. I like to make the most of the days that I have in a place, walking the streets, going to the tourist sites but also the places where locals go. My favourite place in Australia is… Noosa. This is my family home so it's very special to me. I love it for the north-facing beach, the national park, and the shops and restaurants on Hastings Street. But I mostly love it because of the home that my mum and dad created, and all of the special family memories over the years. I have strong memories of going to Uluru. The place I'd love to visit in Australia is… Tasmania, especially my brother's place called Wilder, near Cradle Mountain. You can stay in beautifully designed geodesic domes. He is a very talented music producer so all his very talented music friends play intimate gigs at the Wilder Lodge – it's special. The place I'd rather be right now is… Darwin. It's my home but I have to travel a lot too so I miss it when I'm not there. I really think Darwin should be on everyone's list as a place to live at some point in their lives, or at the very least to travel to. It really is a unique place with its proximity to Asia, the stunning environment, the great food, incredible sunsets, and most of all the very welcoming and friendly people who live here. I always love arriving at Darwin airport and feeling the heat in the air. The place I'd rather be right now is Darwin. The place I've visited most often is… New Zealand. It's such a great country to explore. I love the landscapes, the culture, and the people. I've been able to go to lots of arts festivals there and the art and culture is amazing. The people are so welcoming. I was there for an arts market recently in Auckland and we all couldn't believe how easy it was to find bars and restaurants open to the early hours of the morning, even on a Monday. My most memorable travel experience happened in… Cape Town. I was there for a world congress for theatre for children and young people. I got to see some incredible shows and meet some wonderful people. It is a stunning city but also it was such a culture shock to not be able to walk around like I would normally. The place I've visited most often is New Zealand. It's such a great country to explore. The destination on my bucket list is… East Timor. It's so close to Darwin and I've never been. Everyone says it's really worth visiting. The place that most surprised me was… Prague – hands down the most beautiful and aesthetically pleasing city I've been to. The advice I'd give to young travellers is… Walk the city. Explore. Don't always follow the map. When I was younger, travel involved a Lonely Planet guide and that was it. You worked it out – you got lost, you discovered new things. The destination on my bucket list is East Timor. It's so close to Darwin and I've never been. The best hotel I've ever stayed in was… A palace in Vienna. There was a party being thrown for a member of a royal family so there was a huge fireworks display. Travel has taught me that… There is so much beauty and history in places overseas, but it has also made me appreciate the beauty and history here in Australia. I recently went to Kakadu and seeing rock art and going on guided walks and being in nature reminded me of the incredible privilege it is to live in Australia with the oldest living culture in the world. The place that most surprised me was Prague. How many flights have you missed? One, when I set my alarm to wake up for a red-eye flight for 11.30am not 11.30pm. Passports/visas/wallets/luggage lost? My mum was a travel agent so she always reminds me to triple check everything. The advice I'd give to young travellers is to walk the city. Explore. Don't always follow the map. Who is your favourite travel companion? My teenage kids – it's great taking in a city through their eyes and doing lots of fun things. Flight/cruise/car or train? Trains as you get to see a lot of the country out your window. My favourite travel companions are my teenage kids. It's great taking in a city through their eyes. Picture: Supplied. Check-in or carry-on? Carry-on. I hate waiting at baggage carousels. I manage jet lag by... Sunshine and soaking up vitamin D. The Darwin Festival runs from August 7-24. Originally published as My Travel CV: I've travelled the world, there's nowhere like Darwin
ABC News
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Adelaide Festival: Ensemble Offspring
Have a stickybeak into a concert celebrating the variety and virtuosity of Australian birdsong from the 2024 Adelaide Festival. Ensemble Offspring presents chamber music they've commissioned over the years from a flock of Australian composers fascinated by their virtuosic avian peers. Birds of all sizes, shapes, and colours, and their breathtaking songs and cries, are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for people from all walks of life, and in the world of music in particular they have inspired mimicry, mockery, and heartfelt homage from creative people who seek to capture and mirror their magic. Get your binoculars out and see what you can spot! Recorded live in concert at the Adelaide Festival in Elder Hall on March 14, 2024 by ABC Classic. Producer Luke Altmann. Engineer Tom Henry. Program Fiona Loader: Lorikeet Corroboree Brenda Gifford: Mungala Nardi Simpson: Of Stars and Birds Hollis Taylor and Jon Rose: Bitter Springs Creek 2014 Felicity Wilcox: People of This Place Hollis Taylor and Jon Rose: N'Dhala Gorge 2014 Gerard Brophy: Beautiful Birds (movts 2 and 3) Robert Davidson: Magpie Riff Artists Ensemble Offspring Claire Edwardes (vibraphone, percussion) Lamorna Nightingale (flute, alto flute) Jason Noble (clarinet, bass clarinet) Find out more Adelaide Festival
The Advertiser
04-06-2025
- Business
- The Advertiser
Festival state eyes climate summit amid debt concerns
A state budget investment will kickstart preparations for Australia to potentially host the world's biggest annual climate change conference. South Australia's budget, to be handed down on Thursday by Treasurer Stephen Mullighan, will commit $8.3 million for Adelaide to get ready for the UN's COP31 summit. The federal government has selected Adelaide as its preferred city to host the event, if Australia's bid for the conference is successful. Analysis shows hosting the event would deliver a potential benefit to SA of $512 million. The budget will fund significant planning for security, transport and infrastructure at COP31, which Premier Peter Malinauskas said would be bigger than the AFL's Gather Round, LIV Golf, the Adelaide Festival and Fringe combined. "To deliver it will take a monumental logistical and planning effort … it is vital that we accelerate that effort and that is exactly what the state budget will do," he said. The budget is the last before the state election in March 2026. Sweeteners are unlikely with the government already locked into two big-ticket, long-term infrastructure projects: the $15.4 billion Torrens to Darlington tunnels project and the $3.2 billion new Women's and Children's Hospital. Those projects are the main reason SA's debt is heading towards $46 billion in four years. Opposition Leader Vincent Tarzia said the government must prioritise cost-of-living relief. "The Labor government has so far failed to deliver where it's most needed, with South Australians paying record high power bills and struggling with a housing affordability crisis," he said. "There are practical solutions that the Liberal Party have put forward, including stamp duty relief, reintroducing the home battery scheme and scrapping the GP payroll tax grab." The government will be expected to respond to calls for increased support for farmers and rural areas, amid the state's worsening drought. With dams running dry, no sub soil moisture, hay stocks at critical levels and farmers selling livestock, the agricultural sector will be hoping for an increase to the $73 million of support already announced. The impact on the budget's bottom line of the joint state and federal $2.4 billion support package for the Whyalla steelworks, announced in March, will also be monitored. The government has already announced $125 million over five years to remove a level crossing on a key northern suburbs thoroughfare, matching a federal funding commitment to the project. A further $171 million will go towards the expansion of a non-government school loan scheme, to increase eligibility for preschool infrastructure projects before the introduction of preschool for three-year-olds from 2026. The government will spend $13.9 million over five years to expand the Mental Health Co-Responder Program across Adelaide, in which mental health clinicians are paired with a police officer respond to mental health triple-zero callouts. A security task force to combat antisocial and violent behaviour across the Adelaide Metro network will also be rolled out as part of a $9.6 million investment in transport safety. A state budget investment will kickstart preparations for Australia to potentially host the world's biggest annual climate change conference. South Australia's budget, to be handed down on Thursday by Treasurer Stephen Mullighan, will commit $8.3 million for Adelaide to get ready for the UN's COP31 summit. The federal government has selected Adelaide as its preferred city to host the event, if Australia's bid for the conference is successful. Analysis shows hosting the event would deliver a potential benefit to SA of $512 million. The budget will fund significant planning for security, transport and infrastructure at COP31, which Premier Peter Malinauskas said would be bigger than the AFL's Gather Round, LIV Golf, the Adelaide Festival and Fringe combined. "To deliver it will take a monumental logistical and planning effort … it is vital that we accelerate that effort and that is exactly what the state budget will do," he said. The budget is the last before the state election in March 2026. Sweeteners are unlikely with the government already locked into two big-ticket, long-term infrastructure projects: the $15.4 billion Torrens to Darlington tunnels project and the $3.2 billion new Women's and Children's Hospital. Those projects are the main reason SA's debt is heading towards $46 billion in four years. Opposition Leader Vincent Tarzia said the government must prioritise cost-of-living relief. "The Labor government has so far failed to deliver where it's most needed, with South Australians paying record high power bills and struggling with a housing affordability crisis," he said. "There are practical solutions that the Liberal Party have put forward, including stamp duty relief, reintroducing the home battery scheme and scrapping the GP payroll tax grab." The government will be expected to respond to calls for increased support for farmers and rural areas, amid the state's worsening drought. With dams running dry, no sub soil moisture, hay stocks at critical levels and farmers selling livestock, the agricultural sector will be hoping for an increase to the $73 million of support already announced. The impact on the budget's bottom line of the joint state and federal $2.4 billion support package for the Whyalla steelworks, announced in March, will also be monitored. The government has already announced $125 million over five years to remove a level crossing on a key northern suburbs thoroughfare, matching a federal funding commitment to the project. A further $171 million will go towards the expansion of a non-government school loan scheme, to increase eligibility for preschool infrastructure projects before the introduction of preschool for three-year-olds from 2026. The government will spend $13.9 million over five years to expand the Mental Health Co-Responder Program across Adelaide, in which mental health clinicians are paired with a police officer respond to mental health triple-zero callouts. A security task force to combat antisocial and violent behaviour across the Adelaide Metro network will also be rolled out as part of a $9.6 million investment in transport safety. A state budget investment will kickstart preparations for Australia to potentially host the world's biggest annual climate change conference. South Australia's budget, to be handed down on Thursday by Treasurer Stephen Mullighan, will commit $8.3 million for Adelaide to get ready for the UN's COP31 summit. The federal government has selected Adelaide as its preferred city to host the event, if Australia's bid for the conference is successful. Analysis shows hosting the event would deliver a potential benefit to SA of $512 million. The budget will fund significant planning for security, transport and infrastructure at COP31, which Premier Peter Malinauskas said would be bigger than the AFL's Gather Round, LIV Golf, the Adelaide Festival and Fringe combined. "To deliver it will take a monumental logistical and planning effort … it is vital that we accelerate that effort and that is exactly what the state budget will do," he said. The budget is the last before the state election in March 2026. Sweeteners are unlikely with the government already locked into two big-ticket, long-term infrastructure projects: the $15.4 billion Torrens to Darlington tunnels project and the $3.2 billion new Women's and Children's Hospital. Those projects are the main reason SA's debt is heading towards $46 billion in four years. Opposition Leader Vincent Tarzia said the government must prioritise cost-of-living relief. "The Labor government has so far failed to deliver where it's most needed, with South Australians paying record high power bills and struggling with a housing affordability crisis," he said. "There are practical solutions that the Liberal Party have put forward, including stamp duty relief, reintroducing the home battery scheme and scrapping the GP payroll tax grab." The government will be expected to respond to calls for increased support for farmers and rural areas, amid the state's worsening drought. With dams running dry, no sub soil moisture, hay stocks at critical levels and farmers selling livestock, the agricultural sector will be hoping for an increase to the $73 million of support already announced. The impact on the budget's bottom line of the joint state and federal $2.4 billion support package for the Whyalla steelworks, announced in March, will also be monitored. The government has already announced $125 million over five years to remove a level crossing on a key northern suburbs thoroughfare, matching a federal funding commitment to the project. A further $171 million will go towards the expansion of a non-government school loan scheme, to increase eligibility for preschool infrastructure projects before the introduction of preschool for three-year-olds from 2026. The government will spend $13.9 million over five years to expand the Mental Health Co-Responder Program across Adelaide, in which mental health clinicians are paired with a police officer respond to mental health triple-zero callouts. A security task force to combat antisocial and violent behaviour across the Adelaide Metro network will also be rolled out as part of a $9.6 million investment in transport safety. A state budget investment will kickstart preparations for Australia to potentially host the world's biggest annual climate change conference. South Australia's budget, to be handed down on Thursday by Treasurer Stephen Mullighan, will commit $8.3 million for Adelaide to get ready for the UN's COP31 summit. The federal government has selected Adelaide as its preferred city to host the event, if Australia's bid for the conference is successful. Analysis shows hosting the event would deliver a potential benefit to SA of $512 million. The budget will fund significant planning for security, transport and infrastructure at COP31, which Premier Peter Malinauskas said would be bigger than the AFL's Gather Round, LIV Golf, the Adelaide Festival and Fringe combined. "To deliver it will take a monumental logistical and planning effort … it is vital that we accelerate that effort and that is exactly what the state budget will do," he said. The budget is the last before the state election in March 2026. Sweeteners are unlikely with the government already locked into two big-ticket, long-term infrastructure projects: the $15.4 billion Torrens to Darlington tunnels project and the $3.2 billion new Women's and Children's Hospital. Those projects are the main reason SA's debt is heading towards $46 billion in four years. Opposition Leader Vincent Tarzia said the government must prioritise cost-of-living relief. "The Labor government has so far failed to deliver where it's most needed, with South Australians paying record high power bills and struggling with a housing affordability crisis," he said. "There are practical solutions that the Liberal Party have put forward, including stamp duty relief, reintroducing the home battery scheme and scrapping the GP payroll tax grab." The government will be expected to respond to calls for increased support for farmers and rural areas, amid the state's worsening drought. With dams running dry, no sub soil moisture, hay stocks at critical levels and farmers selling livestock, the agricultural sector will be hoping for an increase to the $73 million of support already announced. The impact on the budget's bottom line of the joint state and federal $2.4 billion support package for the Whyalla steelworks, announced in March, will also be monitored. The government has already announced $125 million over five years to remove a level crossing on a key northern suburbs thoroughfare, matching a federal funding commitment to the project. A further $171 million will go towards the expansion of a non-government school loan scheme, to increase eligibility for preschool infrastructure projects before the introduction of preschool for three-year-olds from 2026. The government will spend $13.9 million over five years to expand the Mental Health Co-Responder Program across Adelaide, in which mental health clinicians are paired with a police officer respond to mental health triple-zero callouts. A security task force to combat antisocial and violent behaviour across the Adelaide Metro network will also be rolled out as part of a $9.6 million investment in transport safety.
Perth Now
04-06-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
Festival state eyes climate summit amid debt concerns
A state budget investment will kickstart preparations for Australia to potentially host the world's biggest annual climate change conference. South Australia's budget, to be handed down on Thursday by Treasurer Stephen Mullighan, will commit $8.3 million for Adelaide to get ready for the UN's COP31 summit. The federal government has selected Adelaide as its preferred city to host the event, if Australia's bid for the conference is successful. Analysis shows hosting the event would deliver a potential benefit to SA of $512 million. The budget will fund significant planning for security, transport and infrastructure at COP31, which Premier Peter Malinauskas said would be bigger than the AFL's Gather Round, LIV Golf, the Adelaide Festival and Fringe combined. "To deliver it will take a monumental logistical and planning effort … it is vital that we accelerate that effort and that is exactly what the state budget will do," he said. The budget is the last before the state election in March 2026. Sweeteners are unlikely with the government already locked into two big-ticket, long-term infrastructure projects: the $15.4 billion Torrens to Darlington tunnels project and the $3.2 billion new Women's and Children's Hospital. Those projects are the main reason SA's debt is heading towards $46 billion in four years. Opposition Leader Vincent Tarzia said the government must prioritise cost-of-living relief. "The Labor government has so far failed to deliver where it's most needed, with South Australians paying record high power bills and struggling with a housing affordability crisis," he said. "There are practical solutions that the Liberal Party have put forward, including stamp duty relief, reintroducing the home battery scheme and scrapping the GP payroll tax grab." The government will be expected to respond to calls for increased support for farmers and rural areas, amid the state's worsening drought. With dams running dry, no sub soil moisture, hay stocks at critical levels and farmers selling livestock, the agricultural sector will be hoping for an increase to the $73 million of support already announced. The impact on the budget's bottom line of the joint state and federal $2.4 billion support package for the Whyalla steelworks, announced in March, will also be monitored. The government has already announced $125 million over five years to remove a level crossing on a key northern suburbs thoroughfare, matching a federal funding commitment to the project. A further $171 million will go towards the expansion of a non-government school loan scheme, to increase eligibility for preschool infrastructure projects before the introduction of preschool for three-year-olds from 2026. The government will spend $13.9 million over five years to expand the Mental Health Co-Responder Program across Adelaide, in which mental health clinicians are paired with a police officer respond to mental health triple-zero callouts. A security task force to combat antisocial and violent behaviour across the Adelaide Metro network will also be rolled out as part of a $9.6 million investment in transport safety.
West Australian
04-06-2025
- Business
- West Australian
Festival state eyes climate summit amid debt concerns
A state budget investment will kickstart preparations for Australia to potentially host the world's biggest annual climate change conference. South Australia's budget, to be handed down on Thursday by Treasurer Stephen Mullighan, will commit $8.3 million for Adelaide to get ready for the UN's COP31 summit. The federal government has selected Adelaide as its preferred city to host the event, if Australia's bid for the conference is successful. Analysis shows hosting the event would deliver a potential benefit to SA of $512 million. The budget will fund significant planning for security, transport and infrastructure at COP31, which Premier Peter Malinauskas said would be bigger than the AFL's Gather Round, LIV Golf, the Adelaide Festival and Fringe combined. "To deliver it will take a monumental logistical and planning effort … it is vital that we accelerate that effort and that is exactly what the state budget will do," he said. The budget is the last before the state election in March 2026. Sweeteners are unlikely with the government already locked into two big-ticket, long-term infrastructure projects: the $15.4 billion Torrens to Darlington tunnels project and the $3.2 billion new Women's and Children's Hospital. Those projects are the main reason SA's debt is heading towards $46 billion in four years. Opposition Leader Vincent Tarzia said the government must prioritise cost-of-living relief. "The Labor government has so far failed to deliver where it's most needed, with South Australians paying record high power bills and struggling with a housing affordability crisis," he said. "There are practical solutions that the Liberal Party have put forward, including stamp duty relief, reintroducing the home battery scheme and scrapping the GP payroll tax grab." The government will be expected to respond to calls for increased support for farmers and rural areas, amid the state's worsening drought. With dams running dry, no sub soil moisture, hay stocks at critical levels and farmers selling livestock, the agricultural sector will be hoping for an increase to the $73 million of support already announced. The impact on the budget's bottom line of the joint state and federal $2.4 billion support package for the Whyalla steelworks, announced in March, will also be monitored. The government has already announced $125 million over five years to remove a level crossing on a key northern suburbs thoroughfare, matching a federal funding commitment to the project. A further $171 million will go towards the expansion of a non-government school loan scheme, to increase eligibility for preschool infrastructure projects before the introduction of preschool for three-year-olds from 2026. The government will spend $13.9 million over five years to expand the Mental Health Co-Responder Program across Adelaide, in which mental health clinicians are paired with a police officer respond to mental health triple-zero callouts. A security task force to combat antisocial and violent behaviour across the Adelaide Metro network will also be rolled out as part of a $9.6 million investment in transport safety.
