In Adelaidology, the golden rule is you don't embarass the city. Adelaide has it tough enough. If other artists start pulling out of Adelaide Festival proper, the board and state government have a real problem.

The Melbourne based Sikh Volunteers Australia have been out providing meals + drinks to people in the #VictorianBushfire areas today + they’ll be there every day they’re needed. If you can chip in a few $’s to help them go to: sikhvolunteersaustralia.org/donation/ Give them a follow on FB too.

Looking forward to the new program of panel discussions among various columnists from The Australian, and a day-long session where Tony Abbott reads his history of Australia in a loud voice.

Zadie Smith and Masha Gessen will also withdraw from Adelaide Writers Week, according to InDaily. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

That they’re coming after the judges reflects their belief that they now completely own the public square. This is late-stage McCarthyism.

I hope Dr Abdel-Fattah sues his arse to hell. It’s utterly disgusting how she has been defamed directly by Malinauskas and indirectly, mealy mouthedly by the AWW. Social cohesion is being attacked by those who profess to protect it

Malinauskas: “I do not support the inclusion of those who actively undermine the cultural safety of others, who celebrate the death of innocent civilians, or those who doxx other artists simply because of their faith or cultural background.” www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-a...

Malinauskas: “By law, I, as Premier, am prevented from directing the board ... however, when asked for my opinion, I was happy to make it clear that the State Government did not support the inclusion of Dr Abdel-Fattah on the Adelaide Writers’ Week program” www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-a...

It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is our client and we are proud to represent her. This cancellation is unjustifiable, morally and legally.

If you can leave, leave now. Vic Emergency at tonight’s briefing in Seymour. Emergency services will *not* be able to swoop into the middle of these fires tomorrow. #VicFires

No Adelaide Writers Week for me. I can’t in any good conscience now appear at a festival seeking to mute a very necessary public conversation … Randa Abdel-Fattah is an important voice. Here’s something I published from her on, guess what, Palestinian marginalisation. meanjin.com.au/latest/the-g...

Extraordinary how much of Australia’s literary and cultural leadership more broadly are completely out of step with the writers and artists without whom they would not exist at all

So do I. WTF is wrong with everybody??! Yes, OK, Bondi was an horrific act of terror committed against innocent ppl. The number of children killed in Gaza during this genocide now surpasses 20,000, according to Save the Children. Where's the outrage for the MURDER of TWENTY THOUSAND CHILDREN??!

I stand with Randa and everyone standing against hate, genocide, oppression and terror. In all its forms.

Following the decision from the Board of the Adelaide Festival, The Australia Institute is withdrawing its support from this year’s literary festival. Here is our statement, and a personal one from me.

Statement from @australiainstitute.org.au on Adelaide Festival.

Well, I was going to be on a panel at the Adelaide Writers' Festival but I'm not any more.

Zionist are a hate group. Any Royal Commission needs to as a priority look into how the Israeli govt is interfering into Australia domestic politics.

This has the stench of threats by Segal and her media monitoring crew all over it.

this noise is designed for pre-emptive compliance with laws not passed and policies not in place. In her statement published here, Segel cites “community expectations” as a standard. Which community? Expectations of what? Upholding international law? thejewishindependent.com.au/antisemitism...

Absolutely disgraceful from the Adelaide Festival. I hope other participants reconsider their part in it.

Well If Josh Frydenberg has serious concerns then I'm satisfied that she will be impartial. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

• Israeli Govt ministers praise the rape of Palestinian prisoners • IDF soldiers boast of murdering Palestinian children & babies • Israeli settlers cheer destruction of Palestinian homes & the ethnic cleansing of Gaza & the West Bank. And our Western media is silent #IsraeliTerrorism #FreePalestine

If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Zionists want a Royal Commission because they see it as the ultimate ‘flex’ of cultural posturing and hammering their critics. Should they succeed we must protect, even step up, free speech, peaceful protests, and calling out Israel’s genocide.

Look, as legal people have pointed out, a royal commission into an ongoing legal case will not help achieve any kind of justice. But also, shut up about a royal commission unless you’re prepared for it to look into all kinds of racism and discrimination, especially against Muslims and women.

Quietly, without much scrutiny, NSW has climbed into the global top 10 rankings of jurisdictions with the most heavy-handed anti-protest laws. The media treats this normal. It’s isn’t. #auspol

the elites demanding that the elected government bend to what zionists want - another antisemitism headline generating machine - are not “wider society”. This campaign is an extremely privileged minority flexing their power. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

One from the Canberra Times, which accused Albo of gaslighting the population. I’ve never seen the CT go so hard on an issue and I noted in an earlier post that it looks like the Zionist lobby has got to them big time.

We got half a million signatures demanding a royal commission into the Murdoch press. It was ignored. Can the Murdoch press get that many washed up swimmers and cricketers to sign up for a royal commission (that will be abused to justify Zionist encroachment on our rights)?

If ya don’t know (how a Royal Commission is completely incompatible with the Bondi murder trial not yet having taken place), vote no.

I can not get past Australia’s very generously publicly funded Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism reciting social cohesion to advance zionist agenda when her husband and brother in law are among the biggest donors to Advance.

Hot week coming up

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Laura Tingle on #ABC has slammed Trump’s actions in Venezuela as an “extraordinary breach of international law.” Says if this is about oil, “well, actually, natural resources belong to the country where they come from.” 💥 #Venezuela

Laura Tingle with a bit of Australian understatement: “It’s not really legal to nick someone else’s head of state.”

More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

ABC reporting a “period of rising tension between the United States and Venezuela” Venezuela hasn’t done anything. There is no rising tension, it’s just Trump.

They’ve just … kidnapped the leader of a foreign nation (and his wife). What the fuck do they think is going to happen next?

Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business

Blue sky, perfect day💙

“The response to the Bondi massacre has been seriously strange.” Essential writing from one of Australia’s great thinkers:

I've been following Yukio Akamine online for 20 years. During this time, the world has seen Myspace and Facebook get overtaken by blogging platforms such as WordPress and Tumblr, which in turn got overtaken by social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter. 🧵

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

This is absolutely despicable.

Reconnecting with reading doesn’t need to feel like a challenge, here's how to create good reading habits in 2026 (and beyond!) Read the full article here: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/h5b4bo9jjw