It’s safe to assume our Treasurer Joe Hockey would not have enjoyed a trip to France with Prime Minister Tony Abbott earlier this month. There’s just too many wind turbines across the French landscape. Hockey would have been offended every few kilometres. I should know, I spent hours admiring the French commitment to clean wind-generated […]
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Ballerinas and blue pole dancing: @burgewords #CreatingWaves on #Budget2014
May 14, 2014
I have never paid much attention to the fallout of budget week, simply because the Arts are always sufficiently financially knocked-around long before the Treasurer makes our economic disenfranchisement official. If a body like The Arts Council or Screen Australia were to be closed, that would register. Hearing they’ve had cuts only blends into […]
Try stopping the bleeding hearts: @burgewords #CreatingWaves
May 5, 2014
There’s no use beating around the bush: The Abbott Government has stopped the boats. I am arts columnist for No Fibs, and I probably should be writing about the Arts. However, like many artists in Australia at the moment, I am experiencing plenty of distractions of the political kind. I find it difficult to focus […]
Carbon Cate takes direct action on the cultural cringe @burgewords #CreatingWaves
March 4, 2014
With two Academy Awards under her belt, Australian-born actress Cate Blanchett has been granted a position within an international cultural elite. It’s been fascinating to watch the response of the Australian media, particularly News Corp, who dubbed her ‘Carbon Cate’ when she joined a 2011 advertising campaign encouraging Australians to understand the benefits of the […]
Three questions on the Arts Minister @artsculturegov: @burgewords #CreatingWaves
February 18, 2014
The federal Minister for the Arts has a standing invitation to participate in an interview for No Fibs’ Arts column #CreatingWaves. Contact was made with his office in January 2014, and I followed-up his staffer’s reply with full disclosure of my interview parameters. I am keen to ask him about his government’s approach to independent […]
Long live The Yartz! @burgewords column
November 24, 2013
When Margo Kingston asked me to consider writing a regular arts column for No Fibs, I thought she was pulling my leg, simply because art and politics didn’t seem like a natural blend. Aren’t artists a government’s greatest nightmare, grudgingly budgeted-for, the black sheep’s back on which Australia’s great nation couldn’t possibly be built? The […]
Michael Burge
WITH his regular column Creating Waves, Michael Burge was No Fibs’ Arts Editor from 2013 to 2014, a search for that perfect blend of art and politics Margo Kingston challenged him to find. He continues to write occasionally for the site, and was responsible for creating its first editorial style guide – a self-sufficient […]
Bundaberg focus of the week – The Queensland Weekly Blogazine: @Qldaah #qldpol
October 19, 2015
The living blog. The week in Queensland politics and news. Check back for updates. Table of contents (October 24, 2015) – Annastacia’s tells. (October 23, 2015) – Newman Govt warned not to close Barrett Centre. (October 22, 2015) – Women at work. (October 21, 2015) – Steven Wardill turns gossip columnist. (October 20, 2015) – […]
Stung: Abbott #CSIRO budget cuts halt #Queensland marine stinger forecasting research reports @Takvera
January 22, 2015
Jellyfish, jellyfish. I hope you love jellyfish! We are creating just the right conditions in our oceans for more jellyfish, including the deadly species of Box jellyfish and Irukandji. We are changing our marine environment giving an advantage to jellyfish over the fish we love to catch and eat, and also giving jellyfish a chance […]
Grassroots spark catches winds of change: @jansant reviews #NoFibs 2014 coverage of #auspol
December 31, 2014
No Fibs editor Margo Kingston comments on her 2014 highlights So, the second year of No Fibs is nearly over. Personal highlights? It’s hard to go past getting back on the ground after so long to report civil disobedience at the #leardblockade (my first Twitter report, No Fibs tribute). As a print journo it was […]
