We stood together against anti-Palestinian racism and they cancelled our festival. So we organised our own.
Very tired now, but very proud of Constellations!
Great in depth coverage from Hannah Story here
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
And 10 dingoes were murdered for nothing. Still, this finding is a relief, and if there's anything positive to come out of it, perhaps it will deter others from taking unnecessary risks on K'gari.
This is what we need a Royal Commission on if we're in the mood to call for RCs.
Trump and Netanyahu must be held accountable for these murders! Where is our collective global outrage that 165 school girls and teachers were killed in Iran? It's as though the world has become numb - and these atrocities are now normalised. Imagine if this had occurred in the US.
Australians impacted by Robodebt have until 4pm on Friday, March 6, to register for a new class action settlement with payouts between $1,000 and $50,000 au.finance.yahoo.com/news/centrel...
Same (though through a different research process), though I had learned about the horrors of animal experimentation much earlier in the 80s. No one wants to know, but once you do, it haunts you forever after.
Sorry to interrupt the collective denial, but this is happening, whether we want to face it or not.
It's a great move for QUT, for sure, and it would be even if they didn't have a CW program (because surely one role of university humanities should be to support literary culture). Just saying, the problems re CW programs run much deeper, and this probably won't make much of a dent overall.
I doubt it will do much to help university creative writing, but it's a good and important development for writers and culture. And so fitting for QUT to pick it up.
Which makes sense of why and how it can affect every bodily system.
Good on QUT for coming to the rescue.
NSW cops taking inspiration from US ICE thugs to squash peaceful protest. Dark times.
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
This is about AU gov Zionist appeasement, not community 'unity.'
And on it goes.
Rays of hope.
Australia: still wilfully, knowingly, ruining the lives of those with the least.
I wish Australian media would read Israeli media.
And it's ethically criminal.
Invasion Day 2026: where will events be held around Australia?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The young woman's end is a true tragedy, and I dearly hope she drowned first, but there is something deeply wrong with the cultural reflex to punish living beings in their natural environment simply for trying to survive.
The Australian literary world has been in the news lately, so why not support the Vagabond Press 'Just one book' campaign? It's aiming to shift 300 books in Jan to help fund the publication of new works. Some great titles on the list. Get amongst it.
vagabondpress.net
Best of 2025: Medicare’s promise was clear: no-one denied care because of cost. Today, split federal–state funding is breaking that promise for millions. Real reform must start there, writes Graeme Stewart. #Medicare #HealthPolicy #AusPol #PublicHospitals #HealthReform
Attempts to silence writers often achieve the opposite: they amplify dissent, expose power without legitimacy, and deepen division, writes Raghid Nahhas.
#auspol #FreeSpeech #Writers #PublicDebate #PearlsAndIrritations
What kind of monster doesn't like dogs? (That was a joke - given the context of the article, but also a true question). Also, word is this journo is not an alarmist: Lordy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Agreed.
If Israel passes this horrific death penalty law, it is yet another reason for Canberra to end its timidity and impose sanctions on this rogue state. #auspol #Israel #Palestinian #Death penalty
A sad and predictable outcome in the sorry debacle that is this year's Adelaide Festival: Louise Adler has stepped down. This is her articulate and powerful statement. She pulls no punches - cites McCarthyism, and I don't think that's drawing a long bow. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Everyone with any non-racist, fair-minded decency rejects this decision.
