Plus: A guide to Best Picture nominee, Tár
| | | | Kai Ryan is one of the most talented tennis players with a disability his coaches have ever seen.
The 17-year-old, who has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia, has his list of sporting dreams, but one stands out.
"I want to be a Paralympic gold medallist for tennis," he told RN Drive.
But under International Paralympic Committee rules, his goal looks unlikely, if not impossible.
As Kai's father, Nathan, explained: "Currently, for people with physical disabilities, there's only wheelchair tennis".
Now, the pair are on a two-man mission to lobby sporting organisations to allow Kai to play his sport, on his terms.
Read the full story in our online article.
Then, hear from journalist and author Jill Stark, whose 2013 best-selling book about drinking made her the unwitting "poster girl for sobriety".
But, as Jill explains, when the book tour came to an end, her journey with alcohol continued.
Discover Jill's personal and brutally honest account in our online story, or tune in to the full interview on Life Matters.
Until next time,
Anna Levy, deputy digital editor
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| Kai Ryan and his supporters are lobbying for the tennis world to become much more inclusive. |
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| After a devastating New Year's Eve, Jill quit drinking. The experience inspired her first book, but her journey with alcohol wasn't over. |
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| Professor Mark McKenna discusses with Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens why any proposal to change the constitution must navigate Australians' conservative disposition and underlying national pride. |
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| Questions have been raised about how Australia ensures the quality of its imported medicines after a major pharmaceutical company was warned over lapses in contamination control and manufacturing practices. |
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| Jerry Saltz is the Pulitzer prize-winning art critic for New York Magazine, but before that, he drove long-haul trucks and was a failed visual artist. Jerry reckons the gatekeepers of the art world have "effed off" and now anyone can —and must— take part. |
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| Tár just picked up six Academy Award nominations, yet hardly anyone has seen it. Luckily, we have; here's everything you need to know about this Oscar contender. |
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| Some say elite physical performance is essentially a mindless phenomenon, and that thinking is counterproductive to success. But the reality is more complex — and more interesting. |
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| When the US annexed Hawaii, it prompted many, including musicians, to leave. Their music travelled with them and, by the 1930s, Australians couldn't get enough of it. |
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| Benjamin Law and Beverley Wang sip all the British monarchy tea spilled in Prince Harry's tell-all memoir, Spare. |
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| Experts say there are many reasons why medical practitioners struggle to treat migraine but there are ways to address it. |
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