I have emerged (finally) from government documents.<\/p>\n
Australia is an interesting place and how Australia handles being in interesting places is through calling for submissions from the public. I\u2019ve written two on matters of antisemitism and hate (one of which being 22 pages long and still too short, and containing far too many typos because I had to do it in a time of physical pain) and one on cultural policy. My cultural policy one was for the government consideration of what Australia\u2019s cultural policy should look like in the future. Last time I wrote on this, I pointed out how impossible our policies are towards writers. They\u2019re still not generous. There is an opera company that gets as much money from the Federal government in a year as all writers and writing organisations and festivals. Or there used to be. I haven\u2019t looked it up this year because, while it\u2019s still a major concern, a bigger one is the direction our Arts are heading. Erasure, hate, purity tests\u2026 federal spending that supports hate is unwise. I wrote 1300 words explaining this (a short submission!) and using examples from close to home.<\/p>\n
What have I emerged to? I\u2019m so glad you asked.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m at Balticon online. And then at Swancon in person. When I return from both… I will have news.<\/p>\n
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