GIVEN THE GOVERNANCE track record of the federal Liberal and National Parties Coalition, the Bulletin agrees with those who say it’s TIME FOR A CHANGE on May 21. The mainstream media’s insistence on covering the federal election like a horse race between the two main party leaders, like a beauty contest
Author: Maria Taylor, Bulletin Editor
‘We need to let country do what it’s going to do’
The 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony is at the National Gallery of Australia until 31 July. THE CURRENT INDIGENOUS art triennial celebrates Aboriginal knowledge in ‘the heartland of whitefella sacred ground’ — Canberra. 'Ceremony' features the work of 38 artists from across Australia. The exhibition reveals how ceremony is at the intersection of Country,
Backwards on climate action, flood victims see what’s in store
WHEN I WAS researching and writing about Australia’s sorry policy history (after the early 1990s) on accepting that a climate catastrophe was imminent, a common political pushback was to say scientific climate warnings were all theory and let’s wait for on-ground evidence. The on-ground evidence arrived notably with fire and flood
Big event December 4. Bulletin looks at the record, suggests calls
WORD WAS CIRCULATING on 23 November that outgoing National Party representative for Monaro, John Barilaro, was doing the announcement rounds — delivering infrastructure promises, some high school location controversy, and plenty of pork — with Nicolle Overall, his pre-selected party successor in tow. As documented on Barilaro’s fb [facebook] page. Overall,
Tough little koalas make a recovery from last year’s fires
IN JULY 2020 we reported on the fallout of the raging bushfire and firefighter plane crash catastrophe at the Two Thumbs Wildlife Trust Koala Sanctuary at Peak View in Palerang. When we got there, recovery was underway, with new shelters and rehabilitation of fire-affected koalas directed by landowner and wildlife