
New Start
Jasmine Shirrefs writes about their experience of being on the Centrelink unemployed pension.
Jasmine Shirrefs writes about their experience of being on the Centrelink unemployed pension.
This story follows Luke, whose legal name is Leila, as he navigates what it means to be trans as a young person in the school yard and at the gender diverse clinic. We see the prejudice and pressures that can exist in both places.
Sandra Renew’s poem ’Rising’ portrays a parched planet, and explores the way the climate crisis is changing our environment.
Through the lilting analogy of the orchestra, this piece examines the interwoven nature of relationships with family, mental health and music.
Do you believe in God? Why? Author Eli Glasman ruminates on the religious themes that have characterised his life.
In Amirah Al Wassif’s poem, she captures the cadence of many women’s voices and unites them all with a sense of resilience and hope.
Bidjara Dreaming is a poem based off true stories handed down to Leroy Wilson from his grandfather and great-grandmother from the Bidjara country
Some observations from Awabakal Country, at the delivery of the findings of the inquest into the death of Rebecca Maher.
Claire Hansen’s poem ‘Eurydice on Wangetti Beach’ considers the intersections of Greek mythology and contemporary sexual violence, as they play out on a Queensland beach.
Isobel Hodge’s poem considers the rise of the far-right in Spain, after Vox gain 24 seats in Congress on a platform of anti-immigration, anti-feminism and nationalism.
Geoffrey Aitken’s poem ‘Arrhythmic’ captures with brevity a world in disarray.
Sex and the City, Shallow Hal and Kim Kardashian have more in common than you think. For one, they all tacitly profit off fat jokes.