The biggest electoral reforms in 40 years have been criticised as a plot to entrench the two-party system, which would deliver millions in extra funding to Labor and the Coalition.

Sneakers Unboxed at Hota draws a line from the earliest commercial sports shoes to the hypebeast mania of today Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email What was the world’s first sneaker? Was it made in the 1830s, when the UK’s Liverpool Rubber Company fused canvas tops to rubber soles, creating beach footwear for the Victorian middle class? Or was it a few decades later, around 1870, with the invention of the tennis shoe? If you’re especially definitionally generous, perhaps it was back in the Athenian golden age, when Olympians began wearing sandals to protect their feet while running. “Everyone has a different answer,” the curator of Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street, Ligaya Salazar, says of the new exhibition at the Gold Coast’s Home of the Arts (Hota) tracing the history, design, and cultural implications of the sports shoe. “It just depends on what story you want to tell.” Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...