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Brisbane Times

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Politicians shouldn’t decide who appears at writers’ festivals. It’s a dangerous path

Australia’s best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa...

previous day 4

WA Today

Richard Flanagan

Politicians shouldn’t decide who appears at writers’ festivals. It’s a dangerous path

Australia’s best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa...

previous day 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Flanagan

Politicians shouldn’t decide who appears at writers’ festivals. It’s a dangerous path

Australia’s best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa...

previous day 5

The Age

Richard Flanagan

Politicians shouldn’t decide who appears at writers’ festivals. It’s a dangerous path

Australia’s best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa...

previous day 5

Brisbane Times

Richard Flanagan

If Tony Abbott is welcome at Adelaide Writers’ Week, Randa Abdel-Fattah should be too

Australia’s best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa...

previous day 9

WA Today

Richard Flanagan

If Tony Abbott is welcome at Adelaide Writers’ Week, Randa Abdel-Fattah should be too

Australia’s best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa...

previous day 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Flanagan

If Tony Abbott is welcome at Adelaide Writers’ Week, Randa Abdel-Fattah should be too

Australia’s best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa...

previous day 20

The Age

Richard Flanagan

If Tony Abbott is welcome at Adelaide Writers’ Week, Randa Abdel-Fattah should be too

Australia’s best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa...

previous day 5

Brisbane Times

Richard Flanagan

A footy club meant to unite Tasmanians is bitterly dividing them

The brutal irony is that the AFL’s demand for a near-bankrupt state to build a stadium to get a football team may lead to loathing and even failure...

28.10.2025 6

WA Today

Richard Flanagan

A footy club meant to unite Tasmanians is bitterly dividing them

The brutal irony is that the AFL’s demand for a near-bankrupt state to build a stadium to get a football team may lead to loathing and even failure...

28.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Flanagan

A footy club meant to unite Tasmanians is bitterly dividing them

The brutal irony is that the AFL’s demand for a near-bankrupt state to build a stadium to get a football team may lead to loathing and even failure...

28.10.2025 4

The Age

Richard Flanagan

A footy club meant to unite Tasmanians is bitterly dividing them

The brutal irony is that the AFL’s demand for a near-bankrupt state to build a stadium to get a football team may lead to loathing and even failure...

28.10.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Richard Flanagan

To defend our democracy, PM must disavow and abandon Segal report

Combating antisemitism is a noble mission, but Jillian Segal’s report risks stoking it.

18.07.2025 4

WA Today

Richard Flanagan

To defend our democracy, PM must disavow and abandon Segal report

Combating antisemitism is a noble mission, but Jillian Segal’s report risks stoking it.

18.07.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Flanagan

To defend our democracy, PM must disavow and abandon Segal report

Combating antisemitism is a noble mission, but Jillian Segal’s report risks stoking it.

18.07.2025 20

The Age

Richard Flanagan

To defend our democracy, PM must disavow and abandon Segal report

Combating antisemitism is a noble mission, but Jillian Segal’s report risks stoking it.

18.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Richard Flanagan

Labor now rules the centre right. The left is on the brink of irrelevance

Not being MAGA does not make Labor a party of progress. It has emerged as the new party of corporate Australia.

11.05.2025 10

WA Today

Richard Flanagan

Labor now rules the centre right. The left is on the brink of irrelevance

Not being MAGA does not make Labor a party of progress. It has emerged as the new party of corporate Australia.

10.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Flanagan

Labor now rules the centre right. The left is on the brink of irrelevance

Not being MAGA does not make Labor a party of progress. It has emerged as the new party of corporate Australia.

10.05.2025 10

The Age

Richard Flanagan

Labor now rules the centre right. The left is on the brink of irrelevance

Not being MAGA does not make Labor a party of progress. It has emerged as the new party of corporate Australia.

10.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Richard Flanagan