Nick Feik

Spent more than 8 months on this, and it’s the wildest story I’ve ever worked on. The Tasmanian government covered up literally thousands of cases of child abuse over two decades. The cover up continues to this day. #politas themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/feb…

@cadelucas Be careful mentioning the stadium to him then

@NickFeik I'd show my father but he's 80 this year and his head almost explodes whenever this is brought up. The fact it barely got a look in at last year's state election makes him even more irate.

How the Spirit of Tasmania became the greatest infrastructure disaster in the state’s history. A tragicomedy: open.substack.com/pub/nickfeik/p…

@Dingleberry888 That also happened with an Antarctic vessel down in Hobart theguardian.com/australia-news…

@NickFeik Great article. Thought it was april fools when hearing about the port not being ready, then it turns out to be too shallow. WTF?? Consolation prize to NSW for replacing existing rivercats with ones that can't pass under some bridges at high tide and don't line up with the dock.

Biggest infrastructure disaster SO FAR. Putting a stadium investigation into my work diary for 2027.

@ali_kyteler It ABSOLUTELY will

@NickFeik Will the Hobart Stadium be another example? $1.13 billion & more than $40M already spent despite no contractors yet (Examiner)!!

New - An almost comic history of the worst infrastructure disaster in Tasmanian history, the rolling disaster of the new Spirit of Tasmania ships. A story of astonishing ineptitude: themonthly.com.au/february-2026/…

Time to leave this site theguardian.com/technology/202…

They pulled out a grenade then threw the pin away

Btw

Time to move people

@madconnaughton Great work, M

Great to talk with ABC News about the Eloise Worledge case and the new $1 million reward

Sharing my thoughts to the committee overseeing the rushed hate speech bill. I encourage you to submit by 4pm today(!): aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_…

Abdel-Fattah launches defamation proceedings against Premier Malinauskus. This will be a very revealing case, if it gets to court abc.net.au/news/2026-01-1…

“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 nickfeik.substack.com/p/the-implosio…

So Malinauskas was agitating for Abdel-Fattah’s removal long before Bondi, then horribly exploited that awful event to further his cause? Who is this man?

@NickFeik This is astounding. Premier of South Australia had been lobbying for the removal of this author months before Bondi but then justified his position by citing the Bondi massacre. Using the horrific Bondi massacre to justify your actions months earlier is so unethical

New: The background story on the Adelaide Writers’ Week debacle

Louise Adler goes out with a bang theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Letter from my lawyers to the Adelaide Festival board sent.