Anthony Segaert

1 week ago | backchina.com | Anthony Segaert

Even if you don’t know Shen Yun’s name, you’ll know its ads: on a laminated A3 poster, a brightly dressed Chinese dancer leaps through the air, the words “CHINA BEFORE COMMUNISM” plastered above. Ostensibly, Shen Yun promises a two-hour musical, dance and cultural performance that takes audiences through 5000 years of Chinese history, reviving traditional Chinese culture after what it highlights as a cultural purge by the country’s communist leadership.

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Anthony Segaert

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Parramatta’s $915 million Powerhouse Museum is being targeted to open in September next year after four years of construction on the largest new cultural institution in the state since the Sydney Opera House. The intended opening date puts it close to two years behind its promised opening date, which has been pushed back due to unseasonal rains and a complex building process.

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Anthony Segaert

As Parramatta’s Powerhouse Museum reaches full height, secret lifted on target opening dateSaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeParramatta’s $915 million Powerhouse Museum is being targeted to open in September next year after four years of construction on the largest new cultural institution in the state since the Sydney Opera House.

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Anthony Segaert

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The contentious plan to make Rosehill Gardens racecourse a mini-city of 25,000 homes has failed, but the “Plan B” that Premier Chris Minns said he was searching for could be one metro stop away: Sydney Olympic Park.

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Anthony Segaert |Mostafa Rachwani |Ellie Busby

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In the lead-up to the federal election, Dr Andy Marks was everywhere. Less than a week after the vote, Marks, a well-regarded voice for western Sydney, was gone. The upbeat, preppy academic from Parramatta, acting in his role as deputy vice chancellor at Western Sydney University, has spent the past decade as the go-to analyst for political and cultural events in the region.