Australian Poetry has announced the three judges for the Anne Elder Award 2024 panel. They are Jeanine Leane, Theodore Ell, and Ella Skibeck-Porter. Theodore was the 2022 Anne Elder Award co-winner with Harry Reid (a judge last year) and Ella was Highly Commended in the 2023 Award. 2024 Anne Elder Award panel: Jeanine Leane is a Wiradjuri writer,…
Month: February 2025
US politics — The client’s the voter…
There’s a thoughtful interview on the New York Times web site … ‘The Interview’ Feb 15, 2025, Lulu Garcia-Navarro in conversation with Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona … Senator Gallego: “The base Democratic voter wants to be rich. And there’s nothing wrong with that. And so our job is to expose when there are abuses…
Tim Winton on the lack of effective nature laws
(Tim winton, ‘The Guardian’, 22nd Feb 2025) Having acknowledged our extinction crisis and the climate emergency, Anthony Albanese promised to introduce more effective nature laws. His government hasn’t delivered on that promise. A policy failure this monumental isn’t just politically embarrassing – in the real world of blood and fur and feathers, it’s calamitous. Because…