Unit owners are wresting back control of their stratas: ‘If I don’t do it, the building will fall into the street’
By Stephanie Convery

Amid high costs and low confidence in the industry, some owner-occupiers are taking on Australia’s commercialised strata system

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/28/unit-owners-stratas-australia

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Artist accused of winning prize with ‘imitation’ won Australian award with piece ‘influenced’ by Basquiat
By Stephanie Convery

Jane Allan’s winning Darling portrait prize painting has raised eyebrows after her Doyles art award piece was compared to artist Nicholas Harding

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/24/artist-accused-of-winning-prize-with-imitation-won-australian-award-with-piece-influenced-by-basquiat-ntwnfb

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Is Pauline Hanson a liar or the only truth-teller? What voters think on Melbourne’s margins
By Stephanie Convery

After Pauline Hanson’s controversial speech at the National Press Club, Guardian Australia headed to Pakenham, one of the electorates One Nation is targeting in the Victorian state election, to see how the message landed

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/22/pauline-hanson-one-nation-opinion-regional-australia-victoria-melbourne-ntwnfb

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