NEW EDITION - OUT NOW JESSICA MAUBOY: AND THE MOMENT THAT CHANGED HER LIFE “I just knew that from that moment that I wanted to do music and sing like that for the rest of my life,” says Jessica Mauboy of the defining moment, the song, that changed her life when she was just 11 years old. In this edition we speak to the Australian Idol alumni about growing up in Darwin, the life wisdom she learned from Oprah, her work with the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, and how a dance-floor crab-claw led to true love. But, most importantly, she talks about the power of family: “To be truly honest, if it wasn’t for my parents and if it wasn’t for my siblings going, ‘You’ve got this, Jess. You got this, Bubba,’ I would probably be doing a different job.”
ALSO IN THIS EDITION... • Stephen Page celebrates 30 years as artistic director of Bangarra Dance Theatre; 30 years of “awakening and shifting people’s consciousness” through First Nations culture and storytelling. • We head to Mulletfest in NSW to discover the long and short of the nation’s most infamous haircut. • Affordable housing is a right not accessible to all Australians, writes life-long renter Carly Rawson. • Horror-movie maestro John Carpenter reveals how he’s making a shift from cult film director to touring musician. • For fans of the moving image, we take you on a tour of the new-look ACMI, the recently reopened Melbourne museum that celebrates screen culture. • Author Rebecca Lim discusses her new YA novel Tiger Daughter, an own voices story about growing up Asian in Australia. • Mel Baker shares her family’s favourite recipe for Spicy Sweet Potato and Mexican Bean Enchiladas – a scrumptious vegan dish.