Zoe Daniel:“People are looking for a disruptor. If not a disruptor in Trump form,maybe a disruptor in teal form.”

‘In that moment,everything changed’:Goldstein MP Zoe Daniel’s teenage grief

The TV journalist turned teal MP on the drift from the two-party system,struggling to keep fit – and the day she lost her innocence.

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“If you need cancer to tell you how to live,there’s something wrong with you. Something worse than cancer.”

‘If you need cancer to tell you how to live,there’s something wrong with you’

Irish writer Colm Tóibín on surviving cancer and US politics,overcoming a childhood stammer – and the indecency of looking too much in the mirror.

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“Australia prides itself on religious freedom. But you won’t accept our Welcome to Country?”

‘Honey,we’re not doing it for you’:Rhoda Roberts on the welcome-to-Country backlash

The artist and festival director on the link between songlines and welcomes to Country – and the tragic reason why she hasn’t celebrated her birthday for years.

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“People say grief gets easier over time. That’s bullshit;it gets harder. But you’ve also got to get on.”

‘It gets harder. But you’ve got to get on’:Skye Leckie on the myths around grief

The philanthropist opens up about missing her late husband,TV executive David Leckie – and the day he compared her to Kerry Packer.

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“We’re being treated with cruelty … The fact that someone like me can exist terrifies some people.”

Author Torrey Peters on why her existence ‘terrifies some people’

The prize-winning novelist on the cruelty faced by trans people – and how opponents have used stories of detransitioning to ‘weaponise regret’.

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“Many statues celebrate people who are not – it seems to me – worth celebrating.”

Long before he won a Nobel Prize,this author lugged bodies around in a hospital

Tanzanian-British writer Abdulrazak Gurnah on running out of money – and his take on the toppling of statues of controversial historical figures.

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“I’ve never understood expensive handbags. I just think that’s a tax on stupidity.”

‘A tax on stupidity’:The one extravagance writer Debra Oswald has never understood

The writer and creator of hit TV show Offspring on being careful with money,researching gruesome deaths – and when she’d commit murder.

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‘I’ll never live that down’:SA’s premier on tricky photo shoots – and trickier votes

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas on why he’s a good and bad Catholic,a vote he still struggles with – and those shirtless photos.

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“As I got older,it was easier to find clues that life was worth living,that I deserved happiness,love,friendship.”

‘Clues that life was worth living’:Singer Cat Power on overcoming decades of sadness

The US singer-songwriter on surviving crushing lows,her most deeply held value – and her soundtrack for partying (and heartbreak).

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“There’ve been gigs I’ve had where people have said,‘Well,I guess they needed to tick the diversity box.’ And I’m like,‘No.’ ”

How to stop overthinking:Kumi Taguchi has finally worked it out

The journalist and presenter of SBS’s Insight discusses “diversity pick” accusations,becoming more joyous,and her idea of heaven (and hell).

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