Obituaries
Prolific producer with the golden touch brought fame to Australian musicians
As Ed Kuepper would note, “The Saints were lucky that Mark Moffatt was in the producer’s chair that night and not some drone.”
- by Glenn A Baker
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Member of rebellion to bring back Utzon as Opera House architect
Les Reedman went to London and managed the upgrade to Australia House in the Strand.
- by Philip Drew
Information advocate penetrated government and company secrecy
Former diplomat Peter Timmins was one of Australia’s leading and most-respected authorities on open government and freedom of information.
- by Peter White
Costume designer who worked with Charlton Heston, Sam Neill and Meryl Streep
Expressing boredom on the set of Antony and Cleopatra, Charlton Heston told Wendy Dickson: “Let’s go for a drive, instead”.
- by Tod Moore
Photo turned Twiggy from gawky schoolgirl into ‘face of ’66’
Barry Lategan helped shape the image of one of fashion’s icons.
ABC broadcaster behind first coverage of Mardi Gras and Compass
From early on, media and public service had been in Vaughan Hinton’s DNA.
- by Noel Debien
Target for the wrath of conservative authorities
A personal reflection. Pete Steedman was a colourful figure in alternative journalism and Australian politics over many years.
- by John Sinclair
‘My heart is broken’: Nicole Kidman confirms mum Janelle’s death
She carved her own path and wanted her daughters to have the same opportunity, Nicole once said of beloved Kidman family matriarch Janelle.
- by Michael Idato
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Farewell to the incomparable Pete, a prankster and activist for the ages
Pete Steedman was a one-off in all his many pursuits: student activist, journalist, MP, promoter of Australian music, Labor man of the Socialist Left. We will not see his like again.
- by Tony Wright
Playwright with dazzling ability to reconfigure dramatic form
Jack Hibberd was recognised as one of our greatest dramatists, cutting through conservative convention to bring the Australian vernacular to the main stage
- by Peter Craven
Compassionate and commonsense therapeutic approach
George Szego brought powerful insights on the nature of desire, the trauma of migration and the long shadow of history’s worst genocide.
- by Julie Szego and Klara Szego