Georgia Hitch

Here are six times clothes, and the people who wore or designed them, helped forge the story of our country — for better and worse.

The creator of Hamilton says the biggest lesson from his late mentor, who wrote the lyrics to West Side Story, came down to a single phrase.

Comedian Celeste Barber is no stranger to the absurdities of the fashion industry, but even she was taken aback to learn the extent to which some clothes – and the women who wore them – were policed in our nation’s past.

When G Flip's emails to music producers went unanswered, the drummer-singer hatched a plan. They gave themselves a year to learn the ropes and make an album, and kicked off a clever campaign to make sure people paid attention.

We asked clinical psychologist Dr Sophie Li, from Old People's Home for Teens, for practical ways to support a teen through wellbeing challenges. These are her tips.

For Gold Logie-nominated actor Mark Coles Smith, David Bowie wasn't just an artist who offered the soundtrack to a transformative period in his life. Coles-Smith tells of a family connection to the much-loved musician. 

Natalie Imbruglia's childhood dream was to become a star. While realising that dream brought unexpected curve balls, she says she wouldn't do anything differently. 

The federal Labor minister was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease during her first pregnancy and says, like others with invisible diseases, she does not want people drawing their own conclusions about her illness. 

When Ken turned 94 in July, there was one birthday card that stood out to him — it was written by a teenager he met in a social experiment who he now counts as a close friend.

When Senator Steele-John became the youngest-ever senator, he put his new paycheque toward removing "that knot of fear in the stomach" that came with his family's debt. 

In 2007, a gallery assistant made a discovery that rocked the Australian art world and led to one of the most controversial, high-profile and enduring art mysteries.

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe reveals her unlikely friendships with political adversaries, and says she was once approached by former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett to run for the Liberal Party.

When David and Julie Bland's house burned down, they wanted to replicate the character and authenticity of their grand old Queenslander — but faced with the increasing costs of building materials and a lengthy wait, they opted to recycle an existing home instead.

The opposition leader says many of the traumatic scenes he witnessed during his time in the Queensland police force have stayed with him, as they do for many current and former officers.

We heard from more than 1,000 of you who shared the little, and big, things you do to reduce your waste footprint. There were plenty of new and novel ideas for reusing and recycling, so we're tapping into the brains trust. 

Ahead of tonight's premiere of War On Waste, host Craig Reucassel, eco stylist Nina Gbor and scientist Veena Sahajwalla answer your recycling questions, bust myths, and provide the inspiration to take action.

From how clean your recycling needs to be to how many donated clothes are actually resold — can you sort your waste facts from fiction.

They're our furry, four-legged best friends, but dogs — like all pets — come with their challenges. We asked for your curly questions on canine ownership and you sent through hundreds. Here are some of the more common experiences, and our experts' advice.

Dog behaviourist Laura Vissaritis and vet Dr Karishma Dahia share their tips and tricks to help you troubleshoot your canine challenges.

For years, Vincenzo D'Agostino terrorised and extorted Italian migrants across Far North Queensland as leader of the mafia group the Black Hand. His rule was a defining period for the regional Italian community, but one fact remains unsolved — who turned the tables, and murdered him?  

He's one half of much-loved comedy duo Roy and HG, but Greig Pickhaver says a diagnosis of dyslexia was both a "blessing and a curse" as he carved out a successful career "making up things on the spot".

The handfeeding of wild dolphins is a lucrative ecotourism industry in parts of Australia, but the impact of the practice has researchers divided. So, why are experts split on the issue, and what does the science say?

Edith Emery's life reads like something from a Hollywood movie script — a successful career as a doctor cut short by Hitler's invasion of Austria, a long-distance romance that landed her in a prisoner of war camp, and her final chapter, breaking new ground in Tasmania.

When Miranda Tapsell appeared on a satire of breakfast TV four years ago and bared her fury at the way the media had been stoking the fires of racism and xenophobia, she also braced herself for a backlash.

Over the past 12 months, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his government have put in place many of their key election promises, signed historic defence deals and re-engaged with China, but the year hasn't been without its curve balls either.