Bob sure thinks he did. You've obviously read about the capital gains and negative gearing changes, with the Herald Sun referring to the Federal Treasurer as 'Jim the Reaper'. Of course these changes just mean that everyone who benefited from them in the past will continue
The short of it is it's something that happens every two years and yes, Venice matters just maybe not for the reasons it thinks it does. Just remember the old cliched saying 'the purpose of a system is what it does' (Stafford Beer, 1979). The Venice
Not even a week ago I wrote an essay doing my best to explain the idea of 'soft power' and did my very best to try persuade anyone silly enough to read it that they should care about it. Especially if they were an artist or arts worker
Kind of like a hammer made from asbestos that looks like fairy floss. Monied interests, those in power and over to the right of the Overton Window understand soft power. And yet many artists and arts organistions utlised for these means still don't seem to understand not only
Quitting big tech, is kind of like trying to give up smoking but if we were still living in the time when doctors were prescribing cigarettes to pregnant mothers and you needed cigarettes to chat to your racist uncle. Here we are in 2026 and already its been a week
News
I often get asked where I get my information from and usually I respond with a really vague "well umm". Which isn't particularly helpful for anyone. This ramble of words probably isn't going to be either. If you've been to my house
art
An exhibition review of sorts. Confronting Femininity - Institute of Modern Art 4 October–21 December 2025 Curated by Sal Edwards, Robert Leonard Artists: Michaela Stark, Natalya Hughes, Rosemary Laing Positionality Statement: For brevities sake, you can skip this and go straight to the review if you like, there will
social media ban
It would be safe to assume that so called Australia’s pending teen social media ban was being led and designed by experts, not a breakfast radio guy and an ad man, sorry producer. But here we are. I guess I should start this by saying, I’m not accusing
If you’re as online as I am and if you also like comedy you’ve probably recently been made aware of the formerly, little known place of Riyadh. Pronounced "REE" + "ad" in case you were wondering. Jokes aside, it’s actually the capital of Saudi
art
More of a guttural response than a review and definitely not a critique of the exhibitions ‘Terra Culture’ by Bianca Tainsh and ‘A man that didn’t have betrayal in his heart’ by Anastasia Booth at Metro Arts, West End from 4 Sep - 15 Nov 2025. Redacted Redacted Redacted
Warning, you might need to have watched Paddington 2 (2017) and Eddington (2025) before reading this. I only watched Paddington 2 and then subsequently the prequel because of a strangely funny meta scene in movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Tears in their eyes, Pedro Pascal and Nicholas Cage
collective shout
A short story about a little known collective in so-called Australia convincing international major payment providers to think twice about providing payment services to anyone creating or platforming NSFW content. In a story first published by Ana Valens for Vice (formerly), Valens reported that Collective Shout weaponised the ‘save the
