Death Trap Tower
Mark Marusic reflects on the Grenfell Tower fire in this poem Death Trap Tower.
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“University is Not Seen as a Black Space”
Dr Katelyn Barney on the need to create pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into Research Higher Degrees.
Manus
In this poem writer John Bartlett considers the plight of the asylum seekers on Manus Island detention centre.
City of Sirens
Performance poet Saoirse Nash reflects on inequality and housing affordability in her latest piece, City of Sirens.
Civic marches
Everything changes – In this poem Edward Caruso considers the importance of speaking up.
Another Hour Passes
Trauma counsellor and writer Dinesha Perera evokes the human toll of detention in her short story ‘Another Hour Passes’.
Vocabulary for migrants
Sanam Sharma considers the effect of everyday racism on the next generation.
Drifting
This creative work argues that it’s time to change the violence of offshore detention.
Rewind
Writer John Bartlett asks if different decisions could lead to a more hopeful world.
She Keeps Asking
Writer Kelly Walker considers the impact of the same sex marriage plebiscite on the daily life of families.
Doctor
Writer Gary Smith considers the aftermath of war.
Friday Ghost
Writer Kelly Walker draws insight from Stanford student Emily Doe and her 2015 encounter with Brock Turner.
On nothing
Poet PS Cottier considers the cost of not listening to the water lapping at our doors.