Sydney’s summer art blockbusters include the master of a smiling flower, and a celebrated French “exhibition producer” who once floated gold helium balloons in the Guggenheim.

Embattled radio King Kyle Sandilands has been bunkered down in his luxury mansion as he plots his commercial future.

In a meeting with Japan’s prime minister, Donald Trump said he didn’t warn allies about his attack on Iran because he wanted it to be a surprise, like the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.

Asked by a Japanese reporter why he did not inform allies about the war in advance, Trump said he did not want to give away his plans.