Inside Story, August 2017 Originally published in the Griffith Review  Nowra showground is a ten-minute walk from the centre of town: past Best & Less, Jolly Olly’s Discount Variety Store, the Postman’s Tavern and the Bowling Club, along a wide, tree-lined residential street. The gateway is a towering, seven-metre-high sandstone structure with four entrance archways, … Continue reading Rush to judgement

ABC Radio National Background Briefing 25th June 2017 He warns we're facing an infestation of radical clerics, and he's called for Islamic schools to be shut down. But Mohammed Tawhidi has a mysterious history that sits awkwardly alongside his new image as reformer-in-chief of Islam in Australia. FULL PROGRAM

ABC Online 28th February 2017 It's often prescribed as a solution for those struggling with the lack of affordable housing in cities like Sydney: just move to the country. However, those people living on low incomes in coastal regions of NSW are faring just as badly as city dwellers as they hunt for an affordable … Continue reading Housing affordability squeeze pushed down coast as city dwellers flee Sydney

ABC Radio National ‘Background Briefing’ 26 February 2017 An Australian town rises up against homeless people who set up a tent shantytown at the local showground. Bronwyn Adcock reports on a big city problem that's come to Nowra on the NSW south coast. FULL PROGRAM  

The Saturday Paper November 26, 2016 It starts out like any other booking. A woman advertises her services as a sex worker – usually online – and a man either calls or texts. She tells him what she’s offering and for how much, and, after agreement, they meet in a small apartment or studio close … Continue reading Sex workers fight against stigma for equal justice

The Saturday Paper 26th September 2015 In late winter, when the coastal wattle blooms yellow, Wayne Carberry knows it’s time to collect lobster. His education in the ways of the sea began as a boy. Camping on the coast with his extended family from the Walbunga clan, the elders taught the young the indicator plants … Continue reading Indigenous fishing rights caught in the net

The Global Mail April 2nd 2012 In early February this year, in an online forum frequented by Western computer hackers and internet security buffs, an urgent call to arms was sent out: "This kind of help is not for the technically faint of heart but it's absolutely needed for people in Iran, right now." The … Continue reading Iran: Not Tweeting, Hacking.

New Matilda, 2nd March 2012 A week before Christmas last year, the independent authority that acts as a watchdog over Australia’s Intelligence agencies handed the results of a year-long investigation to the Prime Minister. The investigation was into the involvement of Australian government officials in the illegal arrest, detention, and torture overseas of Australian citizen … Continue reading The Truth About Mamdouh Habib