A collection of striking images from three leading Australian photographers exploring the distinctive cultural and social diversity of communities in the north west of New South Wales opens at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra this week.

An exhibition featuring the previously unseen works of a young English artist who travelled the Birdsville Track more than 50 years ago opens at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra this Thursday, 23 June.

Three high school students will question Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia Diana Bryant about the rights of children in custody and other court decisions at a Talkback Classroom forum at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra on Thursday.

Canberra visitors to the National Museum of Australia's exhibition of the best political cartoons of 2004, Behind the Lines, have a strong preference for those featuring the fall of Mark Latham.

A striking photographic essay which features the faces of Bougainvilleans - young and old - opens at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra next week.

Birdsville Track mailman Tom Kruse will join Tanami Desert trekker Kieran Kelly and four-wheel-drive expert Allan Whiting for a discussion on desert survival at the National Museum of Australia this Sunday.

Three high school students from around Australia will put ABC TV interviewer Andrew Denton in the interviewee's hot seat in a Talkback Classroom forum to take place at Abbotsleigh School in Sydney on Wednesday.

Author Bryce Courtenay is unable to attend tomorrow's launch of Hans Christian Andersen 2005. The exhibition will be opened by Danish consul-general Mr Jorgen Mollegaard.

Australian author Bryce Courtenay will delight Canberra students with tales about master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen at the opening of a commemorative exhibition at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra next Tuesday.

Three high school students will grill Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews about the impact of individual workplace agreements in a Talkback Classroom interview at Parliament House on Wednesday.