The Syrian war and its child refugees
“I’m 20 years old, I don’t want to fight. I don’t want to walk towards death with my own two feet.” Text by Angus Smith. Photography by...
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Angus is a multimedia journalist who contributes regularly to leading Australian and international publications.
He has experience with breaking news, investigative and feature stories as well as extensive experience ghostwriting and editing op-eds for leading CEOs and various private and public figures.
Award winning and standout
Ben Quilty Opens Up About His Friendship With Myuran Sukumaran
The artist describes how Myuran changed him, changed Australia, and how he might yet change perceptions of the death penalty around the...
The Lost Opera: Composer George Dreyfus and the sound of silence
In 1969, Opera Australia commissioned one of Australia’s most notable composers, George Dreyfus, to compose an original Australian opera....
Best of 2022 (so far)
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As always, some of my favourite pieces are stories or opinion pieces that I have helped clients write so I can't publish them here. To...
Breaking the glassy ceiling
It’s been two years since the World Surf League Championship Tour last visited the Surf Coast. In that time much has changed in the sport...
Drawing on tradition
Lowell Hunter creates spectacular sand art at some of the Surf Coast’s most iconic locations. Although his preferred medium means the...
Features
CRIKEY: To catch a thief: who stole Picasso’s Weeping Woman?
To catch a thief: who stole Picasso’s Weeping Woman? For the police who investigated the crime, the theft of Picasso’s Weeping Woman from...
TRACKS MAGAZINE: Fear, Splendour and Flow States
Surf by day, Jam by night: A new book from the surfing blues musician, Ash Grunwald. When Ash Grunwald looked up the definition of “flow...
CRIKEY: Part 2 - To catch a thief: who stole Picasso’s Weeping Woman?
In one of the most daring art heists in Australian history, a thief or thieves took a world-famous Picasso from the walls of the NGV. The...
Local news
SURF COAST TIMES: CFA turning heads with new helmet design
TORQUAY CFA Brigade has received shiny new firefighting helmets that not only look great but more importantly have increased...
SURF COAST TIMES: Scott’s journey from Torquay go-karts to world champion race cars
LIFE was relatively simple at first for Scott Andrews. He was raised in your typical Surf Coast family – his dad a mechanic and car...
KATHERINE TIMES: Remote community marches to highlight family violence
Women and men from the remote NT community of Lajamanu rallied for their second annual International Women’s Day march, held on Tuesday....
State and national news
THE AGE: Security bollards spread from Melbourne's centre to St Kilda tourist spots
Some of Melbourne's most iconic locations are having protective bollards installed as anti-terror security measures spread beyond the...
THE AGE: Melbourne CBD attack: How safe do people feel today?
The day after a driver ploughed into a crowd of people at the corner of streets, we ask pedestrians passing through there on Friday how...
THE AGE: Hungry termites marching on Melbourne with homeowners warned it 'could get ugly'
First came the clouds of mosquitoes, then the swarms of flies and now insect experts are warning that teams of termites could be hard at...
International news
NEWS CORP: Syrian children learning to read and write in camp schools after escaping war-torn homes
Story note: For this story I travelled to the Beqaa Valley with World Vision and VICE. I wrote this story in collaboration with New...
HKFP: ‘Beaten black and blue’: Domestic workers face abuse, wage theft and cramped living in HK
A modern slave in one of the world’s most modern cities. Surapi travelled to Hong Kong with the dream of providing a better life for her...
NEWS.COM.AU: Paris attacks 4 years on: What Islamic State and suburban gangs have in common
It was Paris’ darkest night this century. On November 13, 2015, Islamic jihadists wearing suicide vests and brandishing AK-47s murdered...
Lifestyle
GEELONG + SURF COAST LIVING: Mortadeli brings the Mediterranean to the Surf Coast
Three months after opening its first café, Mortadeli has quietly opened a second store. Owner Jake Cassar tells Angus Smith about the...
TIMES LIVING: Workwear label Ranger puts quality above all
Jess Cooper had the dream career. She started at the Rip Curl retail store in Torquay and worked her way up through the company,...
TIMES LIVING: From busking in Byron to taking on the world
Following a series of pre-pandemic sold-out shows across the globe, ARIA award winning singer-songwriter Ziggy Alberts is set to tour...