Art and Journalism - Introducing EXTRA!EXTRA!
An introduction to my contributions to EXTRA!EXTRA! newspaper, which was part of the Art Gallery NSW exhibition, Making Art Public'.
Education
STAND WITH TESS
Hundreds of artists, staff and students support UNSW Art and Design Director of Indigenous Programs Tess Allas, whose contract was terminated in October.
Ideas for investigating developments in your area - an open Frontyard workshop
On November 27th, I will give two workshops in investigative skills at 'Not-Only-Artist Run Initiative' Frontyard that will be free and open to anyone.
№ 33 in Inside Westconnex
Dangerous pollution at St Peters School—why didn't anyone tell the parents?
A WestConnex St Peters public school monitor recorded the highest average levels of PM 10 of any monitoring site in Sydney in the first 3 months of 2018
We all have a public interest in the National Curriculum
The National Curriculum is of huge significance which is why it's of public interest that a dramatic rewrite has been recommended by a racist and sexist.
Professor Spurr's emails
This is a partial transcript of Barry Spurr's emails first published in New Matilda
More bible study, less dreaming stories, less enjoyment, more memorising
Professor Spurr's report on the English literature syllabus of the National Curriculum Review calls for a return to tradition including more Bible study
A figment in Miranda's imagination
Journalism, education, accuracy and activism. A short response to News Corp Australia's Miranda Devine.
Media Report interviews me about leaving full-time employment as a journalism academic at UTS
Richard Adey from the ABC Radio National's Media Report interviewed me last week about leaving UTS after 21 years.
Letter from 200 academics on Refugee policy - Objections and solutions.
In early July, Murdoch University academic Anne Pedersen and others wrote a letter about Australian refugee policy. The letter was circulated and along with 200 others, I was glad to support this initiative as I had become increasingly frustrated with the way the political choices in the refugee debate was being portrayed by the media.