Fallen Leaves was newly installed at the Namadgi National Park Visitor Centre to reflect on how climate change contributes to severe weather events in the ACT, particularly bushfire. Sculpted out of blackened bronze and granite, artist Rebecca Selleck said the work reflects the sense of fear she felt watching the Orroral Valley bushfire approach her home. "It was a pretty intense time, to be honest ... just watching the fires coming closer and closer while holding this little newborn," Ms Sellec

Warning: This story contains details some viewers may find confronting. On December 11, 2005 violence erupted on the streets of Cronulla. Thousands of mostly young Australian men gathered at the beach for a "Leb and Wog bashing day". The racial tension reached a crescendo after a confrontation between local lifesavers and young Middle Eastern men at the beach, which resulted in a fight and one arrest. Spurred on by talkback radio and media coverage of the incident, later described by police as "