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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 3d

Australian Republic Movement members! See you in just under an hour: republic.org.au/events/20251...

Members’ Event: When Australia Became a Republic — Australian Republic Movement

Join Australian Republic Movement Co-Chair Esther Anatolitis in conversation with Vice Chair Adam Spencer on her new book.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 3d

Join me on RRR rrright now with Dylan Bird talking When Australia Became a Republic!

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 8d

It's publication day! Are you in Brisbane or Canberra and is it drive time? Well get off your phone and tune into your local ABC, because I'm about to join you!

Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 11d

and not a class hierarchy permanently fixed time; in a democracy, we decide. My next book—out Wednesday—speaks to the need for renewed democracy movements that question privilege and power. Seems quite timely today in light of the prime minister's remarks: estheranatolitis.net/2025/05/28/w...

When Australia Became a Republic: out 1 October 2025

Monash University Press: In the National Interest seriesPublished October 2025 Australia became a republic many years ago—culturally, if not yet constitutionally. We’ve long stopped identifyin…

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 10d

"Britain’s pride of place in the Australian psyche, and on every young Aussie’s travel itinerary, appears to be receding rapidly." Comprehensive analysis by @hansvanleeuwen.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/e205730...

Australians used to flock to Britain. Now the expat dream is all but dead

The UK’s appeal Down Under is fading just as both countries need an ally on the world stage

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 11d

There's an exciting book I'm working on which looks ambitiously at Australian culture, and another bringing art, tenacity and democracy together. My first book on all of this thinking was Place, Practice, Politics (2022) which you can still find in ebook formats: estheranatolitis.net/2022/04/26/w...

Where to buy Place, Practice, Politics

What futures are we designing by default? What collaborations are we complicit in? How can we incorporate an active civic engagement into our professional and creative practice – into our everyday …

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 11d

and not a class hierarchy permanently fixed time; in a democracy, we decide. My next book—out Wednesday—speaks to the need for renewed democracy movements that question privilege and power. Seems quite timely today in light of the prime minister's remarks: estheranatolitis.net/2025/05/28/w...

When Australia Became a Republic: out 1 October 2025

Monash University Press: In the National Interest seriesPublished October 2025 Australia became a republic many years ago—culturally, if not yet constitutionally. We’ve long stopped identifyin…

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 11d

recognising that tax incentives and disincentives communicate their own ethical and cultural messages as well as financial ones. Who we privilege financially in a democracy says everything about the people we are today, and the Australia we want to become. Who we privilege is a choice that we make,

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 11d

and that work has never seemed more crucial. Now more than ever, it requires all of us—and demands our very best.
Last week's Art of Tax Reform Summit (stay with me on this!) was a valuable first: govts are thinking well beyond subsidy, embedding the arts across policy and into treasury operations,

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 11d

Art, tenacity, democracy. The ways we create and experience new work, sustain the courage of our convictions, and make important decisions together: they're all intertwined. I've devoted my career to the ethics of creative and civic practice, working to expand public spaces and champion new voices,

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · Sep 1

I'm proofing @meanjin.bsky.social 84.4 Summer 2025—only AI thinks it's got a better idea on how to engage with Australia's finest writers.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · Sep 1

Big thanks to Tom Shakespeare, Scott Avery and Lorna Hallahan talking the social model with Anne Kavanagh just now. The model is only just gaining traction and while there are limitations, we need to keep building on it; the medical model still excludes too many. about.unimelb.edu.au/diversity-in...

Critical Disability Studies Seminar Series

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · Aug 31

Devastatingly excellent reporting by @roycerk2.bsky.social—

Tim Baxter @timinclimate.bsky.social · Aug 30

This piece is so good that I feel weird and kind of gross for both discovering it four days after the fact and sharing it after midnight.

But anyway this is an exceptionally affecting piece of writing and @roycerk2.bsky.social is a very good journalist.

But you all already knew that. Didn't you?

“There Was So Much Death.” A Toxic Algal Bloom Is Ravaging Australia’s Southern Coast—Warming Waters Are to Blame.

Three ingredients are required for an algal bloom to get going – temperature, the right conditions and food. South Australia had all the preconditions necessary, thanks to climate change.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · Aug 31

PSA: Be careful today, Melbourne. And if you’re headed into the city, fyi the Swanston St trams aren’t running through the CBD. Stay safe 🙏

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · Aug 30

It was only the other night that I heard the news of Fiona's death… I was so shaken that my whole world just stopped. What a powerhouse. May she rest knowing just how appreciated and admired she was x
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Vale Fiona Winning – The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)

It is with great sadness that NIDA acknowledges the passing of Fiona Winning.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · Aug 30

Racism. Turns out you *can* both-sides it! Who knew. Spoiler: “mixed reaction” means that one and only one person has expressed a view about assimilation.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Nationwide March for Australia sparks mixed reactions among migrants

The upcoming March for Australia has drawn mixed reactions among migrants, with some fearful of anti-immigration sentiment, while others say they are not concerned.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · Aug 28

“Let’s hope that the present regime doesn’t say, OK, we’re only going to make movies about this… we’re going to clamp down on streaming… Authoritarianism is a very frightening concept when it comes to the arts. But… the curiosity is still there… You can’t kill that. Artists will always find a way.”

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 28

David Strathairn: ‘Authoritarianism is a very frightening concept when it comes to the arts’

Oscar-nominated actor, known for Good Night, and Good Luck and the Bourne franchise, talks about his new film

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · Aug 28

It’s been a little while, RRRadiowaves! Tonight we unspin the week’s politics with these legends. Let’s talk AI and the dangers of normalising industrial-scale theft from writers, journalists and artists—and how that’s transforming democracy as we know it:

Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · Aug 28

Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we welcome @rachelwithers.bsky.social back from her never ending holiday and @anatolitis.bsky.social is back to chat all things AI and copyright, with Nicholas Pickard. Plus @theshufflediary.bsky.social in the studio. Listen in 7pm or on demand later.

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · Aug 28

Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we welcome @rachelwithers.bsky.social back from her never ending holiday and @anatolitis.bsky.social is back to chat all things AI and copyright, with Nicholas Pickard. Plus @theshufflediary.bsky.social in the studio. Listen in 7pm or on demand later.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Art of Agony: Percy Grainger's speech as music.
Robert Davidson's astonishing 2012 work— youtu.be/kqeYoCfEFJY

The Art of Agony: Percy Grainger's speech as music

YouTube video by Robert Davidson

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · Aug 24

A book I’m editing references this and fyi @geofflemon.bsky.social I am now deceased youtu.be/T0kLDpK_YNo?...

Warwick Capper - I Only Take What's Mine

YouTube video by aussie80s

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · Aug 23

Something quite tragic happens when I hit that link, dearest Fiona 😭

Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · Aug 22

Onya @richarddenniss.bsky.social. Let’s reverse the normalisation of brazen daylight robbery: artists’ work is not content fodder. Art and knowledge are our most valuable treasures. They’re our culture. They’re our future. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · Aug 20

Congratulations to @meanjin.bsky.social’s Cultural & Literary Advisory member, the excellent @danbourchier.bsky.social, about to return to NITV as their General Manager! www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...

Respected journalist Dan Bourchier has been announced as NITV's new general manager

The 25-year veteran of news and broadcasting has returned to the fold, 15 years after starting at the Indigenous broadcaster as a reporter.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · Aug 14

Universities must remain spaces for rigorous ideas and demonstrable truths, just as writers’ festivals must remain spaces for expert, honest conversations, no matter how difficult.
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Writers festival requires ‘complete self-censorship’ over Gaza war, academic says, as speakers withdraw in protest

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah among those to boycott Bendigo Writers festival, saying she cannot appear ‘as a Palestinian’ due to speaker code

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · Aug 14

Aeons ago I was working on a plucky film mag start-up and David took the time to write to us—a letter! An actual letter!—about how much he enjoyed it. Total career highlight, that letter. Loved this man. So grateful for all the ways he made cinema real and powerful and special and moving.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · Aug 14

David Stratton, esteemed Australian film critic, dies aged 85

The international cinema expert was beloved for his film reviews, particularly on television with Margaret Pomeranz * David Stratton’s closing credits: ‘I’ve done the best I could’ David Stratton, the revered Australian film critic and beloved co-host of television programs The Movie Show and At The Movies with fellow critic Margaret Pomeranz, has died aged 85. Born in the English town of Trowbridge in 1939, Stratton was sent to live with his grandmother in Hampshire during the second world war. An avid filmgoer, she took Stratton to the cinema almost every day, which changed his life. In the 2017 documentary David Stratton: A Cinematic Life, Stratton said he watched “at least one” film he hadn’t seen every day, and had seen more than 25,000 films in his life. Continue reading...

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