Does Missy Higgins or Nick Cave have the more verbose lyrics? And between Courtney Barnett, Paul Kelly and Kasey Chambers, whose lyrics are more readable?

An 18-year-old man is critically ill after nine partygoers were taken to hospital following a mass drug overdose at a Melbourne dance party, prompting health warnings and renewed calls for pill testing at events.

From the revival of baking, pickling and beards to the fetishisation of former public housing and terraces, austerity nostalgia has taken prominence in our cultural landscape. But one expert believes it's also obscuring our political reality.

The critically acclaimed American rapper becomes the first artist of colour to take out top spot on triple j's annual Hottest 100. Take a look back over our live blog.

Once driven by social responsibility and the dream of affordable housing for all, architects now favour profits over people, architectural theorist Reinier de Graaf says.