There appears to be a strong thirst for learning after a sold-out event in Melbourne, with a series of 20 talks in 10 different bars, which participants say is a new way for people to engage and tell stories in an informal setting.

Comedian Shaun Micallef was moved to tears when he recorded the final program in the ABC's famed Studio 31, known as The Dream Factory, the incubator of decades of iconic Australian television programming.

Brightly coloured murals are said to be having the unintended effect of saving Darwin businesses money.

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Watch as two French daredevils turn boarding a plane into an extreme sport, making their entrance mid-air.