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Adelaide Writer’s Week: ‘Ensure moments of tragedy do not deepen fractures’

Adelaide Committee chief Sam Dighton calls for unity as the Writers’ Week controversy causes “further division” – arguing SA should be...

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Sam Dighton

‘If it was the board’s decision, why did half its members resign?’: Boycotting author reflects on Writers’ Week wake

In the wake of the Adelaide Writers’ Week fallout, local author and InReview editor Walter Marsh tells how “this episode has left our small...

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Walter Marsh

Smithson: Premier has more ‘flies buzzing in ointment’ than Writers’ Week fiasco

As the Premier deals with a ‘public relations disaster’ over Writers’ Week, Mike Smithson ponders potential tensions with Labor’s frontline MPs who...

wednesday 2

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Mike Smithson

Your Views: On the Adelaide Festival Board’s decision to drop a Palestinian writer

The Adelaide Festival Board’s decision over Writers’ Week has sparked strong reactions from readers. Read the Letters to the Editor. Mask dropped...

11.01.2026 7

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Indailysa Your Views

Smithson reveals top SA journos driving party election spin

Spare a thought for those remaining journalists left to report on this year’s state election campaign after Labor and Liberal continue to lure top...

07.01.2026 2

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Mike Smithson

Federal royal commission into Bondi is wrong option

Former federal Labor government minister Craig Emerson tells why he thinks a royal commission into the Bondi Beach massacre would be the wrong...

06.01.2026 9

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Craig Emerson