The lead story on the ABC website is about Iran, it based on an interview with only one anonymous source, who is begging Trump to bomb their country. Very weird sourcing this thin, with such specific and contentious demands, is able to be published www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

"Just trust us bro" Also - queer groups should not have their endorsements bought. Criminalisation frameworks are incredibly problematic, and this is transparently a hackneyed bribe to get queer support for criminalising protest.

Adelaide Festival Board & Premier Peter Malinauskas made a race-based consience choice by erasuring the 10,000+ First Nations people who were massacred by British soliders, Aust police & settlers during 1788 to 1930. Some single massacres resulted in 100s of deaths. australian.museum/learn/first-...

In Albo's new antisemitism bill, the definition of "hate crime", which underpins the new regime to proscribe "hate groups" like the Nazis, specifically excludes "advocating genocide". That is, advocating genocide is treated as not being a racist hate crime. Now, why would that be?

This law would, if applied equitably, put every Zionist in jail. Zionists by definition are race supremacists, and genocide is the core tenet of their ideology. But of course it's not going to be applied that way - as is made abundantly clear with the example provided below.

No respect for the pain of a community being genocided by our own and the Israeli Government of course.

You can tell from his commentary what was the driving force behind the decision that brought down Adelaide Writers' Week

It's "culturally unsafe" to have a Palestinian Aus author advocate against the systematic slaughter of hundreds of thousands of her people, but it's "a good thing" for the president of apartheid Israel, which has committed daily massacres and mass starvation for 2yrs, to visit us. Unbearably racist.

"can you imagine if a far-right zionist-" yes, mr SA premier

Holy shit, this way beyond the pale. archive.is/ngaMG

Adelaide Writers Week is officially cancelled, with all remaining board members stepping down. This is a travesty. Not only did they refuse to reverse course and save the festival, they “apologised” to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah… and then once again tried to justify their decision by citing Bondi.

The Guardian: KILL THEM. KILL THEM ALL. KILL THEIR LEADERS. DEATH TO ANYONE WHO STANDS AGAINST THE WEST. At the bottom of the page: Please support indepedent journalism with a donation

1) Blow up entire festival in an act of genocidal racism 2) Offer no explanation or apology 3) It's been immensely enjoyable 😁

I’m profoundly uninterested in the “cultural safety” of the status quo, especially when that culture is predicated on a violent, racist and discriminatory dominance. You do not get to invoke this language to erase those already disadvantaged and discriminated against - it is entirely obscene.

My information is that this is an out and out lie. It's extraordinary that the SA Premier sees no problem trashing the reputation of one of the few organisations in his state that is internationally celebrated as a leader in its field. Don Dunstan must be turning in his grave.

BREAKING: 3 members of the Adelaide Festival Board have resigned after it refused to reverse its decision to rescind Dr Abdel-Fattah's invitation. No statement has been issued but their names have been quietly removed from the website. Four people are now responsible for the ongoing crisis.

Another withdrawal from Adelaide Festival, again part of the Tryp contemporary music program.

Adelaide's last standing metropolitan newspaper weighs into the Adelaide Writers Week decision by backing in the Premier, suggesting he played a more active role in the decision than let on and describing reaction online as a "tantrum".

Sleeper issue in all this 👇

Former leaders of the Adelaide Festival have written to the board. They call it a grave mistake which brings the Festival and Writers Week into disrepute and which may have far-reaching consequences for both the Festival and Writers Week well into the future."

Pro-Israel writers absolutely should not be heard. It is a genocidal and apartheid state. And Tony Abbott should not be heard either. What liberal bullshit. The point isn't that cancelling is bad, the point is the material reality of Israel committing genocide against Palestinians.

First withdrawal from the Adelaide Festival proper, DJ Haram www.indailysa.com.au/citymag/cult...

So far 42 writers have withdrawn from the Adelaide Writers Week, and I think this understates the number because they don't for eg have Peter Fitzsimons on the list, and he is definitely out. ✊ www.artshub.com.au/news/news/ad...

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

Holy fuck they actually did it

My statement regarding my decision to withdraw from this year’s Adelaide Writers Festival.

people are withdrawing from Adelaide writers week faster than can be reported. In addition to the names listed here are Ren Wyld, Emma Shortis, and Fiona Katsaukas. Important detail: the only creative, Stephen Page, has left the Adelaide Festival board. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

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...

they're talking about "cultural sensitivity" while in the middle of rabid colonial racism 😅😅🤣🤣 **In the interests of creating a safe space and listening to marginalised voices, we must ensure the richest, whitest, and most colonial among us have a monopoly on all areas of life**

Mossad Minns hard at work. Seems the only thing keeping me from prison right now is the fact that I’m in hospital or caring for my son pretty much 24/7, otherwise I would be in the streets wearing or waving something that says Globalise the Intifada.

The right to public assembly is now legally subordinated to *feelings* in NSW

Excellent article by Alana Lentin. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/unde...

Also, this is the tweet that they selected as a key example of my antisemitism. Need I say more?

While the media continues to whip up a frenzy over a royal commission into the Bondi attack, the chief of staff to Chris Minns fought a summons to appear to a NSW Parliamentary Inquiry to answer questions about the Dural carvan hoax -- and won. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

We should be deeply alarmed that the Premier is talking about permanently arming the “Community Security Group”, a Mossad-linked Zionist organisation that runs paramilitary training camps in Israel. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

and what if i want my olive oil loose and used and ran through?

I started learning how to draw last week, so I made a cover for my new mix. Listen here :) on.soundcloud.com/8iXUl31ZjlOE...

Fell down the rabbit hole of looking at Big Bird's feet pics last night

i finished writing my next EP

Also gentle suggestion to check out scavengers reign, it's amazing and these two destroyed me

A summary of laws passed, or soon to be passed, in Australia in order to ensure Israel and the entire Western axis can continue its genocide in Palestine uninterrupted:

The deluge of censorship in Australia continues apace. Criticism of Israel, and protesting for Palestine, quickly on its way to being totally outlawed across all arenas - the streets, social media, journalism, education, the workplace

I need everyone to learn their lesson from the overpolicing during Covid, TODAY. They will target "undesirables" ie the thin end of the wedge with their fascist laws first, to make it hard to oppose. Then they'll expand to their actual targets.

In case you missed it, the Australian Government's 'Operation Avalight' has begun making its first arrests for social media posts and holding flags (in this case, a Hezbollah flag)

Re: Lattouf dismissal case - Fagir calling Oliver-Taylor's testimony "nonsense" and "shambolic" just about sums it up lol