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Michael Burge
@burgewords
Editor and journalist
@GuardianAus
; director of
@CountryWriters
and author of TANK WATER published by
@MidnightSunOne
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Deepwater NSW/Ngarabal Countryburgewords.comJoined February 2013
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Michael Burge
@burgewords
I never follow sport… it just doesn’t float my boat. But I’ve quietly followed the career of this legend. Don’t come at me quibbling with the numbers. It takes more than winning to be considered a champion. This one will be remembered by marginalised communities forever. #Serena
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Michael Burge
@burgewords
Two hypocrisies here: Barnaby Joyce has quietly overseen massive wind and solar projects in the electorate of New England; and the type of family/community schisms Vikki describes are more widely caused by infidelity. #JustSaying
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Andrew Mercado (he/him)
@andrewmercado
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Vikki Campion today on wind farms: “The politics of the Teal seats has inspired one of the greatest schisms of regional areas in living memory, pitching brother against brother, cousin against cousin, and generational family friends against each other”
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Michael Burge
@burgewords
Not true. We all got solar panels when there was money to be made from it, and we'll all get EVs and renewables shares when the same circumstances eventuate. The schism only ever comes when you call it climate-change action. Family gatherings are the conduit for the latest info.
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Andrew Mercado (he/him)
@andrewmercado
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Vikki Campion today on wind farms: “The politics of the Teal seats has inspired one of the greatest schisms of regional areas in living memory, pitching brother against brother, cousin against cousin, and generational family friends against each other”
Michael Burge
@burgewords
Yes!
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Virginia Eddy
@virginia_eddy
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Replying to @burgewords
On nuance, is it not time to banish the word 'job'? Rooted in history, it is hardly uplifting and futuristic. It onomatopoeically evokes burden, servitude, inequality by 'dropping' like a lead weight in a dry well. Semantics maybe. Even 'occupation' lets in a sliver sunshine.
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Michael Burge
@burgewords
I'm all for nuance, but if this #JobsSummit could just commit to legislating fair wages and shifts so that employers wean themselves of their addiction to exploiting the most amount of desperate casuals and part-timers, that would be a major and easy win. #Auspol #JobsSummit2022
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Michael Burge
@burgewords
Amazingly elastic reactions to the evidence… there’s a likely La Niña we know about but can’t admit, and a pandemic we think we can bargain with. #DontLookUp is a documentary after all!
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Michael Burge
@burgewords
We really do expect everything our own way in Australia: we want more staff to serve us, but we won’t do the work ourselves. We don’t want more migrants to do it, and we won’t pay decent wages to whoever fronts up for work. What are we? Hyper privileged hedonists springs to mind.
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Michael Burge
@burgewords
If you don't know
@marygarden
yet, you're missing out on a great memoirist. Her book 'The Serpent Rising' is a must-read. Buy it this weekend: booktopia.com.au/serpent-rising and buy her acclaimed 'Sundowner of the Skies' for Father's Day: booktopia.com.au/sundowner-of-t #Authors #memoirs
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Mary Garden
@marygarden
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That's the end of my posting about @bbwritersfest & @CountryWriters I've got a trip to New Zealand to organise where I've organised my own tour/ speaking events, like many other authors who don't have publicists behind them and who never get invited to the main writing festivals
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Michael Burge
@burgewords
I can only echo all this.
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Chrys Stevenson 🌻 🇺🇦
@Chrys_Stevenson
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Really poor form from the @bbwritersfest muscling in on @CountryWriters territory. Seems to me @bbwritersfest should be offering some compensation to help fund next year’s @CountryWriters Festival - without competing with it. twitter.com/marygarden/sta…
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Michael Burge
@burgewords
Plenty at stake when we made a difficult decision to cancel the annual
@CountryWriters
after
@bbwritersfest
muscled into our heartland.
@marygarden
’s article was able to cover only some of it; but accomodation, catering, venue hire and more missed out too
abc.net.au
Big Brother Byron
Writers’ festivals are often criticised for lack of diversity, for being too woke and shunning conservative authors, and for showcasing only celebrity authors. One thing you don’t hear about is a big...
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Michael Burge
@burgewords
At the time, I didn’t want this story told.
@bbwritersfest
needed clean air. But when the full scope of this incursion on our grassroots
@CountryWriters
event became known, I got angry enough to agree to become part of the story. We deserved clean air too!
abc.net.au
Big Brother Byron
Writers’ festivals are often criticised for lack of diversity, for being too woke and shunning conservative authors, and for showcasing only celebrity authors. One thing you don’t hear about is a big...
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Michael Burge
@burgewords
This hit me in the heart, because Hayes validates generations of #LGBTQIA creatives. Our coming out was right, but we forfeited many career opportunities in terribly skittish industries. Now, there's time to salvage our stories from the great gay silence. Onwards, queer artistes!
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Darren Hayes
@darrenhayes
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Thank you @guardian for telling my story theguardian.com/music/2022/aug
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Michael Burge
@burgewords
Love that Kate Bush is still at No. 1 on ABC's Rage with her 37-year-old hit. Each week she soulfully sees off the endless wannabes gives me a spring in my step.
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Michael Burge
@burgewords
Beware of martyring the man. Every barb is fuel for the pyre. I took one look at the presser and could see how much rapture the attention lends to his next role as preacher. There's a Hillsong-sized hole in the market, and he's already sermonised about spurning government #auspol
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Michael Burge
@burgewords
Don’t miss this exploration of grief literacy, kindness and what they have to do with 9/11 and Call The Midwife. Far out I needed someone to give me permission to say I’ve been processing grief with that show for years! Thank you, Mona!
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Mona Eltahawy
@monaeltahawy
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Since the pandemic began, 5 members of my extended family and my Beloved's father have died. I wrote this in May 2021 about how June Jordan, Vivaldi & concept of grief literacy helped me. It's one of my most read essays. I hope it helps those grieving. feministgiant.com/p/essay-some-o
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Michael Burge
@burgewords
Amen to this ‘ah…men’ statement!
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Tara Moss
@Tara_Moss
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If stories seem 'woke' or overly feminist or political to you simply because the protagonist is a woman, non-white, gay, or disabled, you might want to reflect on why white male straight cis non-disabled characters are the only normal for you in a world where most people are not.
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