We’ve all shamelessly pinched a flower or taken a cutting on our afternoon stroll, but don’t feel too bad as a new multisensory exhibition on the Scenic Rim explains how floral petty larceny can be therapeutic.

The First Nations Writers Festival to be held over two days in Townsville at the end of May is a welcome addition to the literary circuit.

With more than 50 plays staged over 50 years, David Williamson is arguably Australia’s greatest playwright and at 83 – those retirement rumours quashed – he’s as busy as ever.

It’s one of the world’s favourite musicals and now Les Miserables The Arena Spectacular is a new production of this classic for a mass audience.