John Sutherland
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John Sutherland
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Angus Taylor is “absolutely not” the best answer for the Liberal leadership, says former Lib PM Malcolm Turnbull. Taylor is just “the best qualified idiot.”



Not a single one of my peers in the music industry has been prepared to speak up during the two-year witch-hunt I’ve endured. A totalitarian, fascistic groupthink has a grip on our arts sector — and the public has finally got a glimpse. Read the full comment: bit.ly/3ZsNhKe









Thank you Laura Tingle, Peter Greste, Helen Garner, Yanis Varoufakis — along with the rapidly growing list of writers who have shown moral conviction by withdrawing from the Adelaide Writers Festival. Their courage will not be forgotten.


Amid the turmoil of covering US politics, I’ve finally had a chance to catch up with the controversy surrounding the Adelaide Writers Festival. I was due to attend to discuss my new book on Ukraine. I’ve decided I do not want to be part of this event this year so I'm withdrawing.


The Adelaide Festival board should have been honest. It isn't removing a Palestinian writer from the Writers' Week because of "cultural sensitivity" after the Bondi massacre but because of its own sensitivity to pressure to remove yet another voice that might criticize Israel.









PM gave some odd reasoning on 730 saying he held off announcing it for so long because he didn't want to make several media announcements.












