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When the Australian High Commission’s Facebook page recently announced that Melbourne-based artist Abhijit Pal’s exhibition was on display at Kingston Arts, Moorabbin, it felt like an invitation into a world where photographs speak softly through thread. The exhibition, currently showing at Kingston Arts, 979 Nepean Highway, Moorabbin, is not simply a display of photographs. It is a deeply personal body of work where memory, imagination, and storytelling are literally stitched onto images. Pal’s work stands apart because it blends photography with Bengal’s traditional Kantha embroidery and Bengali text. The result is both visually striking and emotionally intimate. Each piece feels almost…

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History‑making trailblazer and youth support worker, Elyse Sene-Lefao has been crowned the 2026 winner of the Rising Women of Western Sydney Scholarship at an International Women’s Day event held at Parramatta Town Hall this morning. The 25-year-old former fitness trainer was the first Australian-Samoan female to conquer the UTA100 run and is the founder of the Elyse Sene-Lefao Run Club (ESRC) which provides a safe space for people to run together in Western Sydney. Taking the reign from Kirstene Ciappara, last year’s inaugural winner, Sene-Lefao said the scholarship will help her reach her goal of coaching and inspiring people of…

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