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SPECIAL FEATURE: Festival goers bring their phones. So why not use them to receive tweets about high-dose drugs in circulation, as the UK is doing?

Midnight Oil rocked the place! I felt reconnected to something bigger than myself and a renewed love for my country.

Our guide to the greatest musical extravaganzas across Britain to get your rocks off at this summertime.

Aussie legends Midnight Oil will be shaking down London's O2 Brixton Academy on 13 June. You and a mate could nab a pair of tickets!

One lucky Australian Times reader will win a pair of tickets to the Oils' show at O2 Academy Brixton. Do you know the answer to this 'burning' question?

KRIS GRIFFITHS attends the award-winning show where two Aussie musicians take on the role of an orchestra playing the 1970s prog-folk classic in its entirety

Rob Hirst, Midnight Oil’s inspiring drummer/songwriter/singer, gives Lee Harte a first-class education in music and politics, and hints at new tunes on the horizon.

Know what you really want, but can't get enough? Chain yourself to this awesome giveaway to meet The Black Sorrows and see them play live in London.

Australia's Gang of Youths are bringing authenticity back into fashion. Their music gives you permission to be excited, to admit to loving someone, to confront tragedy, and to "say the unsayable".

KRIS GRIFFITHS is impressed all over again by the Aussie guitar legend, at one of the capital's iconic cultural spaces

INTERVIEW: “Once you’ve got the war paint on I feel a bit like a boxer, moving around the ring. C’mon, let me at em, let me at em," Oz music legend Joe Camilleri tells LEE HARTE ahead of The Black Sorrows' UK shows.

Fronted by the legendary Joe Camilleri, The Black Sorrows are set to hit the UK this April.

In Hollywood's glitziest soiree, "Green Book" took home three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, as did "Roma" and "Black Panther, while "Bohemian Rhapsody managed four, including Best Actor for Rami Malek.

WATCH: Why do Aussies go barefoot to the supermarket? Why is our money made of plastic? And why can't we even say 'Australia' properly?

SPECIAL REPORT: Australians consider other people’s over-sharing or having to see too many ads as more of a problem than alleged political manipulation or other misuse of their information by Facebook.

The 'Oils have announced a string of dates for the European summer, including Manchester and London, with tickets now on sale.

Navigating lunch hour at the office can be tricky.

SPECIAL FEATURE: No, it’s not mostly unemployed people who dropped out of school who use drugs. So who does and what are they taking?

Comedy Carnival promises to tickle our funny bones, Down Under style, in SheBu for Australia Day.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The fact the “War on Drugs” has failed does not mean we should give up. Pill testing will not abolish all the harms associated with drug taking, but if handled carefully, carries the likelihood of reducing them significantly.

Andy Samberg made reference to the Black Panther Party in his Golden Globes speech, with a joke that held a middle finger up towards the establishment.

We all have friends who swear they feel differently when drinking different types of alcohol. But can different drinks really influence your mood in different ways?

Why is it when we set a New Year’s resolution our behaviour doesn’t change, or it only changes for a limited time? There is a common obstacle that could underlie the failure of changing behaviour.

Making your savings and investments go further has been a challenge anywhere in the world over recent years. But whether you’ve been based in the UK for a while or you only recently arrived, you will inevitably have noticed that this country is facing some very specific challenges.

It’s easier than you might think to make small changes now that will reduce your holiday plastic waste, and maybe even start some enjoyable new traditions in your family or household.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Is there real harm in lying to children to prop up a popular myth? And don’t parents deserve the credit for buying all the presents?

Festival presents 26 landmark documentaries selected by legendary Australian political film-maker John Pilger, including a retrospective of his own work.

WATCH: The man who took our imaginations and turned them into action-packed, timeless comic books is no more. However, he will forever live in the works he was famous for.

The very first image of Aboriginal Australians is testament to their resistance by refusal, from very first contact with English to take up their burdens.

VIDEO:: Kalen Allen took a trip Down Under to try some of Australia’s most notable snacks for the first time. His menu includes the almighty Vegemite, lamingtons, fairy bread, Tim Tams and dinky-di meat pies!

SPECIAL FEATURE: Given the comparatively small population of Australia, its inclusion in Pornhub's “top 10” suggests that Australians are, at the very least, curious about online erotica. Here’s a snapshot of the geographies of online pornography Down Under.

The orchestra presents 'Sometimes Home Can Grow Stranger than Space', an evocative concert inspired by stories of those who returned from the battlefields of Gallipoli, the Somme, Passchendaele, and Verdun.

With a new live format and a new album, it's UK audiences' turn to be treated to a bigger and more dynamic live show from John Butler Trio+...

Spiders, dropbears and right-wing yahoos. Australia can be a very frightening place, indeed. Here's why ...

The 'Queen of the World' documentary will offer insight into the Queen’s role and the baton she is passing to the younger members of the royal family.

While we’re not quite floating around on hoverboards just yet, we’re definitely living in the future when it comes to the beauty industry.  Skincare has gone high-tech to keep us looking our best. Here’s a look at our beauty writer’s top five picks: ISSA 2 I have a confession to...

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018 Awards are around the corner. A few incredible pictures have been revealed.

Beauty brushes are the latest craze, but are they right for you?

Answering certain job interview questions can sometimes be like a game of roulette - so here's how to tip the odds in your favour.

The Notting Hill Carnival is a riotous mix of steel band music, flamboyantly colourful costumes and social atmosphere, hosted in London every August Bank Holiday. Here's where, when and what to take.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Have Aboriginal people been in Australia for some 50,000 years or as long as 65,000 years? Either way, they have effectively been on their country as long as modern human populations have been outside of Africa.

REVIEW: WOMAD 2018, Charlton Park, Wiltshire, UK (26-29 July)

Why this lunar eclipse was such a big deal? Well, not only was it the longest 'blood moon' this century, but it coincided with Mars's closest proximity to Earth in 15 years.

Jack confessed to me later, "I could do what I do up there all day long, but tonight it felt a little like ice-skating."

We all know him for Tesla cars and most recently his SpaceX exploits. But there's more to the American based South African businessman and dreamer who wants to change the world and beyond.

FASHION FEATURE: Meghan Markle’s wedding dress will no doubt be photographed, scrutinised and copied by future brides who dream of fairytale romances - the stuff of Hollywood and her former world.

With slick suits and sharp wit, Australia’s finest tap dancing performers are a cocktail of pure entertainment, and they are set to hit the boards at The Peacock Theatre this May.

FOREO’s LUNA mini 2 face brush and its T-Sonic pulsations technology is probably the skincare help you've been waiting for.

INTERVIEW: Ahead of her upcoming gigs in London and Brighton, we dissect Sarah Blasko’s celebrated new album Depth of Field by asking the woman herself.

That time an Australian Times reader was unceremoniously fired from his job in London over a big night with The Cat Empire.