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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After three weeks of global protests against the systemic racism shown towards people of colour by law enforcement and courts right across the world, local campaign organiser Claudia Wyatt-Power wonders if it's just her that is getting exhausted talking about all this. Claudia says she's 100% behind Black Lives Matters, but does worry the whole movement might be starting...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A recent study by SBS analysed 1,366 media articles in a 6-month period, examining the sentiment towards minority communities in them. Over a third of hard news stories contained negative sentiments towards minority communities, while more than half of the editorials and commentary pieces portrayed minority communities in a negative light. Those who are capable of basic mathematics would...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says her Government will consider laws to better protect monuments that symbolise Australia's proud history of being English, after a second statue of Captain Cook was vandalised in Sydney at the weekend. The statue, which is more than 100 years old, which is roughly 39900 younger than that ancient Aboriginal site that Rio Tinto refuses...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Netflix's decision to remove several of Chris Lilley's sitcoms from their catalogue is reportedly the last straw for Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, after a scary week of watching unruly blacks destroy statues dedicated to historical figures of white supremacy. Dutton says he's had to draw the line, after learning that he was no longer able to watch Chris...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Prime Minister Morrison has today admitted that the country DOES have a history of slavery, after being met with bipartisan outrage for his comments yesterday that attempted to erase the dark chapter in Australian settlement known as 'blackbirding'. The comments arose during a radio interview which saw Morrison defending the legacy Captain James Cook, arguing why the English explorer’s...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s attempts to quash the Black Lives Matter protests has resulted in him revisioning Australian history today, after declaring that there was “no slavery in Australia”. Queenslanders as a whole have kept pretty quiet on this one, with not one of his LNP colleagues working up the courage to tell him he probably shouldn't die on...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The public broadcaster has today stood behind iconic comedian, Chris Lilley’s new character: the flamboyant transgender WWI zombie infantryman, Frank Sweetman. This comes as four Chris Lilley programs were pulled from Netflix in New Zealand and Australia over the use of blackface and makeup - which appears to be a specific type of comedy that not one gen-x comedian...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After record-breaking bushfires, the cancellation of all live sport and hundreds of thousands of deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia can today finally take in the first feel good news story of 2020. This comes after news broke that an autistic teenager who spent two almost-freezing nights missing in dense bushland has been found alive, ending a search...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Betoota Arboretum was overwhelmed with Finnish joy this afternoon, after a group of young urban professionals took part in an ancient Nordic throwing game, as they often do after a few Stone and Woods. With lockdown restrictions on socialising easing, parks and ovals across the country have been littered with groups of young adults picnicking in places that...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australia’s poor record on Aboriginal deaths in custody is back in the spotlight after over 500,000 protestors turned out across the nation over the weekend, in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Columnist from The Australia, Herald Sun, Courier Mail, Daily Telegraph have immediately dismissed these alarming statistics as 'imported ideas' that have no relevance in this country...