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New ABC drama Fires chronicles the personal stories of people who survived the devastating infernos of 2019 and 2020

'Irish’s old gang is all here for a finale that shifts from the bigger conspiracy to a tale far more intimate … and dark'

'In September 2000, with the country – and most of the world – watching, Cathy Freeman etched her name in Olympic history, inspiring athletes of all races and striking a major blow to racial inequality.' (Introduction)

'Halifax: Retribution is like wrapping yourself in a cosy blanket but lacks surprises.'

'A breakout success from the beginning, Fox’s prison drama returns for a new season with an old face, a botched heist and all the noirish style for which it is rightly becoming famous On its arrival seven years ago, Wentworth — an adaptation of the famous, if creaky, Reg Grundy-produced Prisoner, the jail soapie that was such a hit in the early 1980s — came with low, if not derisive, expectations. The campy, overacted original might have run for 692 episodes but surely this daggy piece of TV history had no place in the emerging new world of high-end HBO-style ­production, in an era when TV was becoming the new cinema?' (Introduction)

'The creative talent behind Rake is at it again with another original series, this time set against the British atom bomb tests at Maralinga in the 1950s.'

'Some new characters and welcome returns will arrive in the second season of this thoroughly satisfying modern-day Australian western with just the right amount of twists and turns.' 

'Playwright David Williamson is putting down his pen after 50 years at the top of Australia’s theatre tree. He tells old friend and fellow theatre veteran Graeme Blundell why now is the time to pass the baton to the next generation.' (Introduction)

'A new drama series, The Commons, set in the not-too-distant future takes a look at the moral dilemmas faced by residents of climate-catastrophe Australia.'