“The state’s media should not turn its back on the people in Kalgoorlie dying waiting for houses that are empty.” Chelsea Daniel on the challenges of reporting on, and by, Western Australia.

The 2026 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers is CLOSING THIS FRIDAY 11:59PM! Make sure to get your poetic entries in, and spread the word! Link to submit → overland.submittable.com/submit/24622...

“It’s theft, and more than that. Class warfare of a particular character.” Joshua Mostafa on the first strike in the Australian software industry and the struggle against the privatisation of the general intellect.

Here at Overland we are staunch fans of Elese Dowden's work. Here's her new poem, BIG DADDY

“This is what happens when environmentalism is done to Indigenous peoples rather than with them.” Sara Relli on the long tail of the campaigns, by Brigitte Bardot and others, to end sealing in the Arctic.

“For a first-time offender, that is a life-altering penalty”. Sam Elkin on the case of Lauren Ashley Mastrosa and the books we don’t want to defend.

We're absolutely delighted to share that our EOFY appeal has raised $18,787 in donations, an extraordinary result that far exceeded our initial target of $12,000. Thank you for reading, sharing, donating—and for being part of the Overland community. We are all deeply grateful.

In an incredible turn of events, we have exceeded our initial goal. Thank you once again for your incredible support, especially in these tough times. With just nine hours remaining before EOFY, we're hoping to reach $20,000—and we need your help to get there. overland.org.au/donate

Here's Sophie McNeill handing Peter Garrett a copy of Gwenaël Velge's eye-opening piece on AUKUS in Overland, 'Sacrificed for the Pentagon: on Australia’s “security” crisis' Read here: overland.org.au/2026/05/sacr... Support Overland at the link below!👇

As our EOFY campaign draws to a close, our wonderful online editor @gtiso.bsky.social has selected a few recent pieces to give you a taste of what we cook up on a daily basis. First, Jeff Sparrow dissects Professor Greg Craven's "audit":

Our latest Friday Fiction is none other than the runner up in this year's Peter Carey Short Story Award: FAMOUS FRIEND by Oscar Revelins.

We have until Tuesday to raise the rest of our goal. All donations over $2 are tax deductible and every dollar goes directly towards sustaining our future. Please share the word! overland.org.au/donate

Seriously excellent article on inequality and heat death from Noa Wynn in @overlandjournal.bsky.social — and a reminder that Overland need your help to keep going — donate!

We are almost halfway to our goal! With only five days remaining, can you help us get there? overland.org.au/donate

“Masculinity, these men tell us, is the ability to get what you want.” Clem McNabb on Louis Theroux’s INSIDE THE MANOSPHERE and the construction of gender.

We are just over a third of the way there! Six days remain for us to reach our goal. Thank you so, so much to everyone who has chipped in so far - the support has been phenomenal. overland.org.au/donate

Reminder that @overlandjournal.bsky.social is the best, and it needs your help to survive. Chuck them some cash!

Hey mates! The literary landscape has been drying tf up but Overland continues to support staunch voices traditionally excluded from mainstream media. If you have the means, please throw some support behind Overland 🙏

Some of my favourite reads in the past year were from Overland Journal Definitely happy to chip in towards their $12K goal‼️

Today we have some beautiful testimonials from friends of Overland: Dan Hogan, Rachel Ang, and Sick Leave! We've got one week left to raise $12,000 - times are tough, and any donation amount means the world to us. overland.org.au/donate

Overland eofy call.

oh, this fucks too, gonna send a fiver myself

Can you help us reach $12,000 by July 1st? All donations are tax-deductible and go directly towards sustaining Overland's future. overland.org.au/donate/

“Heat kills more Australians than floods, bushfires, and cyclones combined, yet it remains one of the least discussed public health problems in the country.” Noa Wynn on Australia’s unequal summer.

Some kind words here from @nickriemer.bsky.social and @ysl.bsky.social - we wouldn't exist without our monumental contributors.

Production has almost wrapped for our next edition, issue 260. Make sure your subscription is up to date by July 1st to ensure that you receive your copy. 260 will be arriving in your mailboxes in mid-late August. overland.org.au/shop/

"alongside the deadpanned river whited-out with salinity, a triptych of three blue trees" Our latest #FridayPoem is THE STRAINS OF SURREALISM IN SAD REALITIES by John Kinsella.

Our annual EOFY donation drive is now on. We know these aren't easy times, so we're grateful for any contribution you're able to offer. Every dollar is tax-deductible and goes directly to the costs of producing Overland both in print and online. overland.org.au/donate/

More kind words coming through from Panda Wong, John Kinsella and Pi-O - how truly lucky we are. You can help Overland keep on publishing by donating today: overland.org.au/donate/

If you value what we do at Overland, here's an opportunity to show it through the medium of money.

Our annual EOFY donation drive is now on. We know these aren't easy times, so we're grateful for any contribution you're able to offer. Every dollar is tax-deductible and goes directly to the costs of producing Overland both in print and online. overland.org.au/donate/

“The intergenerational work we do is the public university’s most essential long-term asset, but formal accounting records it as a cost to be minimised.” Beck Pearse on the exercise of financial power at ANU

“The final trick of OR is that it stages something utterly universal: the search for a momentary recognition of ourselves in language.” Grace Roodenrys reviews Toby Fitch, brilliantly.

“What is now being reassembled under the banner of fighting antisemitism is a shift in the figure of the ‘bad’ Muslim: from the radical Muslim to the antisemitic Muslim.” Sara Cheikh Husain on the future laid out by the Royal Commission.

“To remain in place without the means to move is to experience a narrowing of possible futures.” Emma Goldrick on how distance in Australia is political.

“We crossed the half-buried railway line and the crazy man known as Treadly Tim turned a corner around the van park on Simeon Street and came toward us on his Malvern Star bicycle.” Any more of this new micro fiction by Patrick Holland, and we’d give the whole thing away.

“CALENDAR is a unique object in and of itself as much as it is about objects.” Courtney Powell on Vanessa Berry’s new book, its origins in zine culture and the material world as an ecology of signs.

“GeoCities remains an important reminder that collective labour on the internet is not new — and that recognising ourselves as workers is the first step towards organising as such.” Maria Dudko on social media as work.

“More than four decades on, Edward Said’s famous observation that ‘permission to narrate’ is denied to the Palestinian perspective has lost none of its currency.” Nick Riemer reviews the transcripts of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

Save the date and RSVP now to book your spot at GET STARTED, SOMEONE WILL FINISH, a night of readings from writers working in the left tradition in Naarm. RSVP here: tally.so/r/J9WKDY

“Because there’s no doubt that more people are being screwed than ever in the housing market, including the middle-class Boomers’ kids. But some people have always been screwed.” May Ngo reviews Fiona Wright’s KILL YOUR BOOMERS - with the generous support of @copyright.com.au.

A piece on the ‘audit’ of higher education overland.org.au/2026/05/behi...

“To conduct her so-called “audit”, Jillian Segal appointed a man who’d had not only found the universities guilty of tolerating antisemitism but had described them as “subscribing” to it.” Jeff Sparrow on Greg Craven's antisemitism audit.

“… We knew they could / only be betrayed by their own.” Our latest #fridaypoem is JUDAS GOATS by Caitlin Maling

“In order to be what it is, poetry has to cross the line and keep on crossing it.” Louis Armand reviews Pam Brown’s GUESS THE EXPERIENCE

“The AI arms race is inherently an energy arms race. And Australia is being conscripted into both.” Gwenaël Velge on Australia’s manufactured security crisis

“It rose into the sky, this gigantic column made of stones and items of clothing, mainly underwear.” From THE STRUCTURE, a new story by Dominic Carey and our latest #fridayfiction

Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne, the 2026 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers is now open for your best poetic submissions. Judges are Evelyn Araluen and Luke Patterson. Submissions close 17th July. SUBMIT: overland.submittable.com/submit/24622...

“In the last decade, chance mechanics have been increasingly exploited by the video game industry to attract players, including very young ones. And while the government is clearly aware of the risks, it really isn’t clear what the right step forward is.” Tom Gurn on loot boxes.

“Today memory culture means that Germany supposedly makes up for the Holocaust by its commitment to Israel.” Jewish author Janey Stone reflects on a visit to Germany.