I tried to watch Go Back to Where You Came From on SBS last night, but when they got to the border camp in Jordan, where 200 of the 4 million-and-rising refugees fleeing Syria arrive by the day, I welled up. Every time I picture the camps I cry. Appearing in my newsfeed a littleContinue reading “Don’t stop the boats, stop the injustice”
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Colonisation in Reverse
Louise Bennett (1919-2006) I’m sharing a poem I first came across in the 80s when I was studying a course with the Open University, UK, called, ‘Third World Studies.’ It was a brilliant multidisciplinary introduction to the North South divide. Hats off to the OU for that seminal moment in my life. The 80s seemContinue reading “Colonisation in Reverse”
Silencing the lambs: Asylum seekers are a metaphor for our times
On Line Opinion have just published my latest piece on asylum seekers, for which I am very grateful. The photo here sums up my belief in what Australians are capable of. If this many can gather behind a banner in a tiny village in the middle of a wilderness, then we can only imagine theContinue reading “Silencing the lambs: Asylum seekers are a metaphor for our times”
Welcome to Australia
I woke this morning at about five o’clock to the sound of cock crows and magpie chortles, knowing that my third piece, Welcome to Australia, would appear in On Line Opinion today. It’s a controversial piece and in the pre-dawn darkness I feared some would misread it and accuse me of being anti-Australian. Then I thoughtContinue reading “Welcome to Australia”
Isobel Blackthorn 