WATCH: Something Special #7
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don't want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read /...
Category: Oceania
Australia’s art industry is too white. A unique regional curatorial program provides a model to help change this
Stephanie Beaupark, University of Wollongong and Aneshka Mora, University of Wollongong Non-white artists and curators are underrepresented in the Australian art industry. The art industry has made...
Australia has voted against an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Here’s what happened
Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle A majority of Australian voters have rejected the proposal to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, with the final results...
Nicola Sturgeon and Jacinda Ardern – what two shock resignations tell us about good leadership
Rainbow Murray, Queen Mary University of London Leading two small countries on opposite sides of the planet, Nicola Sturgeon and Jacinda Ardern have both won widespread respect and admiration for...
What we know so far about the volcanic eruption in Tonga
On Saturday, the underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai erupted, with a roar so violent that it was heard thousands of kilometers away in places such as New Zealand, Fiji and Alaska. Experts...
“Significant discrimination”: Covid, disabled people and the Global South
A new study from the University of Birmingham has shown that disabled people across the Global South have faced ‘significant discrimination’ during the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving them at greater...
Britain’s shameful treatment of its nuclear test veterans
Virgin coral reefs, crystal blue ocean, flourishing wildlife - on the face of it The Montebello Islands are every tourist’s dream. Comprising over 265 low-lying islands and islets off the coast of...
How did Labor lose an unloseable election in Australia?
In mid May 2019, the centre right Liberal National Coalition defeated the centre left Labor Party in a general election held in Australia. It was a win that surprised everyone, even the governing...
Two Poems
Half-Life here on planet earth we watch sad movies, cry, and eat popped corn with salt when we want to feel things cheaply. I wonder what the aliens make of us tucked up on the mothership the surface...
2015: The Year in Books
2015 has been an interesting and sometimes controversial year in the world of literature in English. (I am not equipped to comment on the rich and varied non-English-language literary scene, so this...