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Friday essay: Joanna Bourke, the NSW arts minister, and the unruly contradictions of cancel culture

An earworm has gnawed its way into my brain, looping the same melody over and over. It is Italy’s most famous resistance song, Bella Ciao, which I recently heard played as a high-decibel dance remix in an exclusive Balinese bar overlooking the Indian Ocean. Well-heeled patrons of diverse nationalities bopped…

The Conversation

Arts minister demands Festival of Dangerous Ideas cancel bestiality talk by British historian Joanna Bourke

Bourke set to present The Last Taboo on history of ‘sex between humans and animals’ at Sydney festival but NSW minister wants it scrapped

The Guardian - AU

Historic Victoria Theatre gets a $4m funding boost

The oldest surviving theatre in NSW was one of 23 projects to receive funding as part of the NSW Government's $72 million Creative Capital program.

Newcastle Herald

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Aboriginal flag to replace NSW flag atop Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Aboriginal flag — which has flown on Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of NAIDOC Week — will remain where it is, replacing the New South Wales flag.

ABC News

Host city Sydney cheers WorldPride 2023

Over 1000 supporters wearing brightly-coloured T-shirts gathered on the Sydney Opera House steps to celebrate the city hosting the WorldPride festival in 2023.

AAP

Koalas found living in NSW national park

Koala sightings in Kosciuszko National Park are rare, but recent surveys have found populations that could help protect the endangered marsupial.

AAP

SCOTUS gets religion — the law suffers

Alito's draft opinion is full of specious legal and historical language — but it's just religious doctrine in drag

Salon

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LAYUP LINES: Joel Embiid is still as lonely as ever in Philadelphia after all these years

Joel Embiid needs some help. Still.

USA Today Sports Media Group

'Ghosts' showrunners hope for a Mark Hamill cameo in Season 2

Joe Port and Joe Wiseman turned a plucky sci-fi-y British sitcom into one of the biggest new comedies of the year. Now, they're prepping more.

Inverse

Ben Franklin, pop culture darling

The founding father who keeps popping up (but was cut from “Hamilton”) is arguably our true national treasure

Salon

‘Opposite of levelling up’: Cost of living crisis set to widen gap between north and south, research warns

Former red wall constituencies which switched allegiance from Labour to Conservatives at last election make up majority of areas set to be hit hardest

The Independent UK

Ken Burns on the flawed Ben Franklin

PBS' two-part documentary shows our country's most relatable Founding Father – statesman, inventor ... rascal

Salon

New this week: Camila Cabello, Tony Hawk and 'Tokyo Vice'

This week’s new entertainment releases include Camila Cabello's third album, a documentary about the life of professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, and Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe starring in “Tokyo Vice,” a HBO Max crime drama

The Independent UK

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