It’s all going to hell

Today, some of the indi­gen­ous lead­ers at Camp Sov­er­eignty decided they didn’t want non-indi­gen­ous people in the camp after dark and some people expressed a desire that non-indi­gen­ous people stop help­ing out. As a result, the food not bombs people...

Conversations around a campfire

Tonight at Camp Sov­er­eignty, I was wel­comed by an Elder and placed gum leaves onto the sacred fire. For the first time, I feel like I have asked per­mis­sion to be in this land and been wel­comed by its people rather than being here by default,...

How I love that tango

Last night, I ended up at the Kristina Olsen and Peter Grayling gig around the corner at the Clifton Hill Hotel. As I walked in, they star­ted play­ing “How I love that tango” and a couple of tango dan­cers got up. It was beau­ti­ful, sen­sual. She...