Sharon Connolly
@sharonconnolly.bsky.social
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More in our new report out today...
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 PM
More in our new report out today...
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In Australia, the government will allow tax-deductible donations to charities supporting the IDF and illegal settlements in the West Bank.
But donations to local journalism are not permitted the same status.
But donations to local journalism are not permitted the same status.
Revealed: Australian taxpayers subsidising the IDF, illegal settlements in Israel - Michael West
Australian taxpayers are subsidising the Israel Defense Forces and illegal settlements in the West Bank via the ACNC charities regulator
michaelwest.com.au
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 AM
In Australia, the government will allow tax-deductible donations to charities supporting the IDF and illegal settlements in the West Bank.
But donations to local journalism are not permitted the same status.
But donations to local journalism are not permitted the same status.
Ronni Salt is spot on when she writes that the Israel lobby's "primary concern, like the McCarthyites they model themselves on, is to stamp out dissenting voices."That our governments and institutions enable the lobby's efforts to censor and witch-hunt is inexcusable.Good night and good luck indeed!
January 21, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Ronni Salt is spot on when she writes that the Israel lobby's "primary concern, like the McCarthyites they model themselves on, is to stamp out dissenting voices."That our governments and institutions enable the lobby's efforts to censor and witch-hunt is inexcusable.Good night and good luck indeed!
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🧵 Decades of concerted, networked, well-funded effort to demonise Muslims unites the disparate factions trying to build new nationalisms around a faith identity. Christofascists around Trump, Israeli-Jewish nationalists around Bibi & Modi’s Hindutva cooperate. lucyham29.substack.com/p/australian...
Australians' freedom of speech is under attack because Palestinians are seen as less than human
A coalition of forces is working to stop Australian speech and protest that criticises Israel. Cultural landmarks like Meanjin and the 2026 Adelaide Writers Week festival are victims.
lucyham29.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:10 AM
🧵 Decades of concerted, networked, well-funded effort to demonise Muslims unites the disparate factions trying to build new nationalisms around a faith identity. Christofascists around Trump, Israeli-Jewish nationalists around Bibi & Modi’s Hindutva cooperate. lucyham29.substack.com/p/australian...
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Some thoughts on Adelaide Writers' Week and the moment we find ourselves in. It's all just so grinding. rick-morton.ghost.io/the-great-si...
The Great Silencing
Last week it snowed heavily twice in Paris, turning the city into a frigid, monochrome fantasy land over three days, and at the weekend I popped into the Musée Marmottan Monet for a spot of impression...
rick-morton.ghost.io
January 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Some thoughts on Adelaide Writers' Week and the moment we find ourselves in. It's all just so grinding. rick-morton.ghost.io/the-great-si...
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"My community’s security will not be possible at the expense of others. That is not safety. It is scapegoating."
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
"My community’s security will not be possible at the expense of others. That is not safety. It is scapegoating."
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"Malinauskus was regularly agitating for Abdel-Fattah’s cancellation... Eventually, the board relented. They had seen what had happened at Bendigo, and they did it anyway."
New: On the background to the Adelaide Writers' Week debacle, and the involvement of Premier Malinauskas.
New: On the background to the Adelaide Writers' Week debacle, and the involvement of Premier Malinauskas.
The implosion of Adelaide Writers’ Week
An autopsy of a festival
nickfeik.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:37 AM
"Malinauskus was regularly agitating for Abdel-Fattah’s cancellation... Eventually, the board relented. They had seen what had happened at Bendigo, and they did it anyway."
New: On the background to the Adelaide Writers' Week debacle, and the involvement of Premier Malinauskas.
New: On the background to the Adelaide Writers' Week debacle, and the involvement of Premier Malinauskas.
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God this is just unending. The pro-genocide lobby group delights in trying to destroy livelihoods and honest reporting.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: pro-Israel activists go after ABC journalists John Lyons and Laura Tingle
A new email campaign is targeting the respected journalists for withdrawing from the Adelaide Festival
www.deepcutnews.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 PM
God this is just unending. The pro-genocide lobby group delights in trying to destroy livelihoods and honest reporting.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
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"The unfair burden we put on our independent writers" @leanneminshull.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
The unfair burden we put on our independent writers
Independent writers ventilate what is bubbling under the surface and, through their work, provide an agora for modern Australia. Without the input of creative thinkers, Australia would be duller place...
thepoint.com.au
January 13, 2026 at 9:59 PM
"The unfair burden we put on our independent writers" @leanneminshull.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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I complained about this to the Press Council, and you can too: presscouncil.org.au/complaints/m...
January 12, 2026 at 7:09 AM
I complained about this to the Press Council, and you can too: presscouncil.org.au/complaints/m...
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Piffle. 'Divisive' isn't a rebuke for a cartoonist, it's a requirement. People express their divided opinions & beliefs on every political cartoon, opinion piece, whether they want a cup of tea & increasingly, on scientific facts. Often in articles & 'letters to the editor' solicited by the SMH.
January 12, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Piffle. 'Divisive' isn't a rebuke for a cartoonist, it's a requirement. People express their divided opinions & beliefs on every political cartoon, opinion piece, whether they want a cup of tea & increasingly, on scientific facts. Often in articles & 'letters to the editor' solicited by the SMH.
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When this blows over I might have to share some of the emails I’ve received over the days which really make me wonder why I am the one accused of hatred. There is deep unresolved trauma being spewed by some of these people and we cannot consent to living according to their warped reality.
January 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
When this blows over I might have to share some of the emails I’ve received over the days which really make me wonder why I am the one accused of hatred. There is deep unresolved trauma being spewed by some of these people and we cannot consent to living according to their warped reality.
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"Recent decisions were bound by certain undertakings" is utterly bizarre for a Chair to say publicly.
A *very* weird statement by Tracey Whiting announcing her resignation as chair of the Adelaide Festival board.
January 11, 2026 at 8:32 PM
"Recent decisions were bound by certain undertakings" is utterly bizarre for a Chair to say publicly.
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🙏🏽 to so many writers withdrawing from WritersWeek in solidarity with Dr Abdel-Fattah & against racism & discrimination. This grave error (backed by the Premier!) is 💔. It must be reversed. We need these spaces for talk like never before. First they came for the artists…
January 11, 2026 at 8:45 AM
🙏🏽 to so many writers withdrawing from WritersWeek in solidarity with Dr Abdel-Fattah & against racism & discrimination. This grave error (backed by the Premier!) is 💔. It must be reversed. We need these spaces for talk like never before. First they came for the artists…
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My information is that this is an out and out lie.
It's extraordinary that the SA Premier sees no problem trashing the reputation of one of the few organisations in his state that is internationally celebrated as a leader in its field.
Don Dunstan must be turning in his grave.
It's extraordinary that the SA Premier sees no problem trashing the reputation of one of the few organisations in his state that is internationally celebrated as a leader in its field.
Don Dunstan must be turning in his grave.
January 10, 2026 at 10:51 AM
My information is that this is an out and out lie.
It's extraordinary that the SA Premier sees no problem trashing the reputation of one of the few organisations in his state that is internationally celebrated as a leader in its field.
Don Dunstan must be turning in his grave.
It's extraordinary that the SA Premier sees no problem trashing the reputation of one of the few organisations in his state that is internationally celebrated as a leader in its field.
Don Dunstan must be turning in his grave.
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Some of us have been over there fighting the good fight for you Ms Cathy
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Exquisite observation made by a friend, that one of the websites where the most outrage has been expressed about my cartoon is the website owned by the guy who did the Nazi salute.
January 10, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Some of us have been over there fighting the good fight for you Ms Cathy
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Fuck Israel, free Palestine. Say it loud and say it often, because you won’t have the right to say it much longer.
January 10, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Fuck Israel, free Palestine. Say it loud and say it often, because you won’t have the right to say it much longer.
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Adelaide Festival board member Tony Berg AM is of course a governor of the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce.
In case you were wondering. #auspol
aiccwa.org.au/leadership/
In case you were wondering. #auspol
aiccwa.org.au/leadership/
LEADERSHIP - AICCWA
Leadership AICC(WA) Board Members AICC(WA) PRESIDENT Mr Graham Laitt Managing Director, Milne AgriGroup; A Governor, Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce AICC(WA) Vice-PRESIDENT Mr Larry Lopez Partner...
aiccwa.org.au
January 10, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Adelaide Festival board member Tony Berg AM is of course a governor of the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce.
In case you were wondering. #auspol
aiccwa.org.au/leadership/
In case you were wondering. #auspol
aiccwa.org.au/leadership/
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Have Melbourne or Sydney branches of PEN International actually spoken up about Adelaide Writer’s Festival yet?
January 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Have Melbourne or Sydney branches of PEN International actually spoken up about Adelaide Writer’s Festival yet?
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Sleeper issue in all this 👇
PM & Premier have backed Segal’s recommendations to
withhold funding from arts and cultural bodies that fail to address antisemitism
remove deductible gift recipient status from any charitable institution which promotes speakers or engages in conduct that promotes antisemitism
(IHRA definition)
withhold funding from arts and cultural bodies that fail to address antisemitism
remove deductible gift recipient status from any charitable institution which promotes speakers or engages in conduct that promotes antisemitism
(IHRA definition)
January 10, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Sleeper issue in all this 👇
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Former leaders of the Adelaide Festival have written to the board. They call it a grave mistake which brings the Festival and Writers Week into disrepute and which may have far-reaching consequences for
both the Festival and Writers Week well into the future."
both the Festival and Writers Week well into the future."
January 10, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Former leaders of the Adelaide Festival have written to the board. They call it a grave mistake which brings the Festival and Writers Week into disrepute and which may have far-reaching consequences for
both the Festival and Writers Week well into the future."
both the Festival and Writers Week well into the future."
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The Adelaide Writers Festival now wrecked by the Adelaide Festival Board, half of which was appointed late last year: a marketing executive; a former politician; a local councillor/real estate agent; an airport manager; a lawyer; a media consultant; and a banker. Another public arts takeover fiasco.
January 10, 2026 at 12:11 AM
The Adelaide Writers Festival now wrecked by the Adelaide Festival Board, half of which was appointed late last year: a marketing executive; a former politician; a local councillor/real estate agent; an airport manager; a lawyer; a media consultant; and a banker. Another public arts takeover fiasco.
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Where’s Tony Burke?
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
January 9, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Where’s Tony Burke?
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
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It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide
January 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM
It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide