This year I reached a milestone I did not know I had reached. More than A$206,000 in documented gross event sales and invoiced activity across nine calendar years, from what was essentially a part-time creative side hustle. I did not believe the number when I first saw it. I had to go back through old Wix records, invoices, event files and years of paperwork before I could see the business as a whole. There were jobs I had forgotten, towns I had forgotten travelling to and early events I...

Listening to Kerry O’Brien’s Thea Astley Address, Lessons from History, delivered at the Byron Writers Festival. “Acclaimed journalist Kerry O'Brien has seen it all, but nothing like right now. And he's not mincing his words. On AI, neoliberalism, education, equality, gutless governments, and more. For over 50 years, he covered the world's biggest stories and change-makers, and asked tough questions of power. Hear why he thinks a perfect storm threatens our society and our politics, and what...

A Brief History of the Dot For the past 12 months, working at Miniritchi Gallery has given me a front-row seat to some colourful questions from tourists. Anything from, ‘Is the art real?’ to, while looking at our children’s section, ‘Does Longreach actually have schools?’ Not much surprises me anymore. But one question comes up more than any other when visitors look at my artwork: ‘Is this Aboriginal art?’ I have a fairly well-rehearsed answer about the dot. For many people outside the arts,...