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Jamie Durie: devoted yogi, TV star, designer, horticulturist, author and ardent environmentalist.

Cover story by Karen Farrell

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Editor - iQ magazine - November 2018 issue

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Editor - iQ magazine - November 2019 issue

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Archibald winner, Ben Quilty, counts friends in high places, including the late Margaret Olley. (Part 1)

By Karen Farrell

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EDITOR

Editor of the lifestyle publication Focus magazine (Fairfax Rural Press subsidiary). Editor of iQ magazine. iQ publishes works by eminent authors in Australasia and overseas. 

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Simone Callahan walks-the-talk to live a contended life both on and off the mat.

Cover story by Karen Farrell

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Editor - iQ magazine - February 2019 issue

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Editor - iQ magazine - February 2020 issue

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Ben Quilty on the war in Afghanistan and 'masculine' rights of passage. (Part 2)

By Karen Farrell

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SENIOR WRITER

Senior writer for Australian Yoga Life. Interview yoga practitioners, experts and well-known identities for cover placement on AYL - Australia’s longest-running yoga magazine.

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Ashtanga devotee, and Boost Juice founder, Janine Allis.

Cover story by Karen Farrell

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Editor - iQ magazine - May 2019 issue

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Editor - iQ magazine - May 2020 issue

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An Australian gallerist in China: an interview with Brian Wallace.

By Karen Farrell

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"We used to build civilisation. Now we build shopping malls,” Bill Bryson.

By Karen Farrell 

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Clean up your act, Australia: the dire effect of discarded litter on marine mammals and bird life.

By Karen Farrell 

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Certified Fairtrade products contribute to greater equity in international trade.

By Karen Farrell 

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INXS

Performed to 25 million people across 50 countries.  Tim Farriss tells that it's rare for a band to perform together for 34 years. 

By Karen Farrell

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GRACE KNIGHT

Metamorphosed from an edgy pop singer into a sensuous jazz singer in the space of just a few short years.

By Karen Farrell

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TROY CASSAR-DALEY

I was never a fan of country music, that is, until I had lunch with TCD - the king of ARIA, APRA, Golden Guitar and Deadly Awards.

By Karen Farrell

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Thalidomide: the chemistry mistake given to pregnant women that killed and disfigured countless babies.

By Karen Farrell

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In Australia 30,000 children are annually reported abused or neglected. Protecting children is a community business.

By Karen Farrell 

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WaterAid is a charity dedicated to providing safe and drinkable domestic water to the world's poorest people.

By Karen Farrell 

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Wellbeing

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Toni Childs' amazing life.

By Karen Farrell

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The great yoga teacher training debate. 

By Karen Farrell

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The life and times of Bryan Kest.

By Karen Farrell

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The Yin and Yang of Yoga: a 'Pechakucha' presentation.

By Karen Farrell (pictured)

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 Bryan Kest introduced donation-based yoga to the West.

By Karen Farrell

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Yoga and surfing have more in common than you might think.                  

By Karen Farrell (pictured)

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Meet self-confessed “syrupy and effortless” wave rider, pro surfer, Craig Anderson.

By Karen Farrell

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Chengwu Guo: soloist in the Australian Ballet talks Don Quixote.                                    

By Karen Farrell

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An interview with Stephanie Alexander AO - the cook, restaurateur, writer and founder of the Kitchen Garden Program.

By Karen Farrell

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Freedom seeker: German born artist, Claire Schmidt.

By Karen Farrell

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Actor Ruth Cracknell's Archibald painting hung in the Salon de Refuses. 

By Karen Farrell 

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Yvette Hugill achieved Master Pastellist status.

By Karen Farrell

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TONI CHILDS

A triumphant return to performing after a 10-year Hawaiian Island sabbatical.

By Karen Farrell 

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THE MCCLYMONTS

Why the sisters don't mind being compared to the Dixie Chicks.

By Karen Farrell

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ICEHOUSE

Iva Davies talks about his uncompromising approach to musicianship. 

By Karen Farrell

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On Anzac Day we gather to remember those who served and died in wars and conflicts, past and present, and peacekeeping operations. 

By Karen Farrell 

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The Battle of Beersheba - one of the great last traditional Calvary charges in the military history of infantrymen on horseback.

By Karen Farrell 

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NRMA President and former politician, Wendy Machin, is sick of empty promises from politicians' to fix Australian roads.  

By Karen Farrell 

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Winter Splendour: Yellowstone National Park. (Part 1)

By Karen Farrell   

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Winter Splendour: Yellowstone National Park. (Part 2)

By Karen Farrell

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Annual Report 2016-2017 Animal Welfare League Queensland

 

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Actor John Waters channels John Lennon on the 31st anniversary of the music icon's death.

By Karen Farrell 

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Comedies, histories and tragedies: celebrating the world's most lauded playwright, The Bard. 

By Karen Farrell

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Veteran thespian, Nancye Hayes, performs in the Green Room Award winner, 'Turns'.  

By Karen Farrell

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