A group of winemakers is setting the pace for diversity and change in the Barossa Valley.

SEVEN people faced court last night after police rescued three alleged kidnap victims in early morning raids.

THIS is where Sydney's big night out begins, where some of its most spectacular moments are imagineered: in a humble tin shed, signposted The Lab, that sits in a backyard at Leppington, about 50 kilometres from the city.

A HEAVENLY new take on the good old Aussie sports shed that captures elements of an endless clean blue sky and a starry, starry night has made it to the finals of next month's World Architecture Festival awards in Barcelona.

David Marr visited immigration detention facilities on Christmas Island and encountered the complexity of sorting legitimate refugees from the rest.