Dice playing
By Virginia LoweAfter an unprecedented bushfire season, the curious protagonist of Dr Virgina Lowe’s prose poems considers our planet, the climate crisis and chance.
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Solastalgia: a review
By Amy WaltersThe theme of Tuggeranong Arts Centre’s yearly program is ‘solastalgia’ which asks what the response of art will be in face of destruction, dispossession and the climate crisis. The program was kicked off with moving works from Nick Moir, Tony Curran and Waratah Lahy, and Hannah Bronte.
Transitions Film Festival: Right Now’s Top Picks
By Caitlin Cassidy and Samaya BoromThe documentaries of the 9th annual Transitions Film Festival’s are ground-breaking and urgent as they encourage us to see global issues and ways to change
Fear, Paranoia and Love: a review of 5B
By David BraniganThe story of a terrifying period in modern history, 5B chronicles how one ward became a standard of genuine human care in a realm of fear mongering and paranoia.
Fires show the threat of climate change to our human rights
By Hugh de KretserThe need to take urgent action on climate change is clear, for our environment, for our economy and for our human rights, Hugh de Kretser from the HRLC explains.
After the Flames – A fortnight of frustration, fury and fatigue
By Cate TregellasI don’t know whether to be intensely irritated, that he is telling me the reality I don’t want to hear, or profoundly grateful that I can tell him my darkest thoughts and he responds with love.
Room service or the nation’s service? It’s a tough time to be a leader
By Angus SmithThe government was armed with rhetoric for a climate change debate, but not prepared for any disaster a changed climate brings.
Voluntary Assisted Dying: A matter of life and death?
By Janelle KohIn light of the voluntary assisted dying bill currently before the Western Australian parliament, Janelle Koh considers voluntary assisted dying from a critical rights perspective, and queries whether a right to a good death may operate with unequal effect upon minority populations.
Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean
Angus Smith in conversation with Joy McCannJoy McCann has travelled extensively in the Southern Ocean; from the icy shores of Antarctica to beaches teeming with life in South Georgia. There are many threats facing the Southern Ocean in the decade ahead but there is also a little bit of good news.
Quantum Words Interviews: Baba Brinkman
James Atkinson in conversation with Baba BrinkmanJames Atkinson interviews rap artist, science communicator and playwright Baba Brinkman about rap, science, the politics of politicking and the importance of human engagement in talking about science.
Rising
By Sandra RenewSandra Renew’s poem ’Rising’ portrays a parched planet, and explores the way the climate crisis is changing our environment.
Surviving: a review of Shout
By Gabrielle EverallLaurie Halse Anderson’s autobiographical collection of poetry is a story of survival more than it is a story about rape.