Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen, winner Stella Prize 2022 & Fire Front: First Nations Power and Poetry Today ed. Alison Whittaker by Wallace McKitrick The Stella organisation is, in its own words, ‘a major voice for gender equality in Australian literature. Stella drives significant cultural change by elevating the work of Australian women writers – cis, trans, and non-binary inclusive. We promote …

The 10 o’clock Thursday lecture on twentieth-century Australian History had barely begun when one of my students, Steve Padgem, burst into the Hayden-Allen tank shouting: ‘The cops are pulling down the tent embassy! We need help to stop them!’ The class moved from thinking back on what had happened in this country, into playing our small part in shaping its future. …