Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

INSANE: 5 | Vintage Vibes

SA premier ‘fundamentally opposed’ Randa Abdel-Fattah appearing at Adelaide writers’ week, letter to board shows

Three-page letter acknowledged that while Peter Malinauskas could not direct festival board, he was ‘deeply concerned’ Palestinian Australian author’s invitation not rescinded

The Guardian - AU

Civilised but casual, often hilarious, Adelaide writers’ week is everything a festival should be – except this year

Australia’s longest-running literary festival has been reduced to a cratering hole in 2026. Here’s hoping it turns a page next year

The Guardian - AU

Call this social cohesion? The war of words that laid waste to the 2026 Adelaide writers’ festival

How a boardroom flare-up sparked an international boycott – and a looming defamation battle

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

War of words overshadows dumped author's apology

While an apology from Adelaide Festival is welcome, a dumped Palestinian-Australian author says her words continue to be "twisted" by an unapologetic premier.

AAP

'Their career is toast': writers' festival anguish

The consequences of cancelling a major literary festival are far-reaching, publishers and writers say, despite a premier declaring there is no economic impact.

AAP

Adelaide Festival Apologises To Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah & Invites Her To 2027 Writers’ Week

Adelaide Festival has issued an official apology to author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah after disinviting her from Writers' Week.

Pedestrian.tv

Adelaide festival apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah and invites her to participate in 2027 writers’ week

Apology comes as former Adelaide festival board member accuses Louise Adler of hypocrisy after she resigned citing free speech concerns

The Guardian - AU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Dumped author to consider festival return after apology

A major writers' festival is in damage control as it apologises for dumping a Palestinian-Australian author in a move that triggered a mass boycott.

AAP

Teal MPs call out Coalition over stance on hate speech laws – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Palestinian writer threatens legal action against Australian politician for linking her to ‘Bondi atrocity’

The Palestinian-Australian author accused the premier of suggesting she was an ‘extreme terrorist sympathiser’

The Independent UK

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah Launches Legal Action Against SA Premier For Defamation

“This was a vicious personal assault on me, a private citizen, by the highest public official in South Australia. It was defamatory and it terrified me,” Dr Abdel-Fattah claimed.

Pedestrian.tv

Randa Abdel-Fattah threatens defamation action against South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas

Prominent Palestinian author’s removal from Adelaide writers’ week lineup led to unprecedented turmoil culminating in cancellation of festival

The Guardian - AU

‘Masterclass in poor governance’: what was the board’s role in the end of Adelaide Writers Week?

This afternoon, Adelaide Writers Week was cancelled for 2026 – less than a week after Palestinian-Australian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah was disinvited by the Adelaide Festival board. This came despite the “strongest opposition” from Writers Week director Louise Adler, who resigned this morning. The board has announced its remaining members will…

The Conversation

Louise Adler resigns as director of Adelaide writers’ week

Exclusive: Writing for Guardian Australia, Adler says she ‘cannot be party to silencing writers’ after Adelaide festival board cancelled Randa Abdel-Fattah’s invitation to appear

The Guardian - AU

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

Festival dumping calculated, says Palestinian author

Dumped author Randa Abdel-Fattah says attempts to police speech will backfire as more than 100 writers quit a besieged literary festival in solidarity.

The Guardian - AU

SA premier denies pressuring Adelaide festival to drop Randa Abdel-Fattah

Letter from 11 South Australian cultural leaders labels cancellation of Palestinian-Australian’s participation a ‘grave mistake’ which brought festival into disrepute

AAP

Labor figure fights for life after alleged assault

A prominent Labor figure who helped lead his party to a massive state election win is fighting for his life after allegedly being assaulted.

The Guardian - AU

Former Labor senator Nick Bolkus, minister in Hawke and Keating governments, dies aged 75

The Adelaide-born senator is remembered for his role in ‘shaping modern multicultural Australia’

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

Tributes as Labor stalwart, champion for migrants dies

Labor stalwart and long-standing senator Nick Bolkus has died at the age of 75, prompting tributes from senior party figures.

The Guardian - UK

Christmas Test a window to the world as Australia reels in wake of Bondi atrocity

Adelaide reflects a nation’s state of slow-motion shock after Sydney shootings leave the country irrevocably changed

AAP

DV royal commission prompts $674 million response

South Australia has committed $674 million across 10 years to implement recommendations of its Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence.

The Conversation

Labor gains in Resolve poll as DemosAU poll has One Nation winning 12 House seats

Labor expanded its national lead in a Resolve poll as a DemosAU MRP poll had One Nation winning 12 House seats. In Victoria, the Coalition has a 51–49 lead in a Resolve poll. As the SA Liberal leader resigned, a new poll gave Labor a 61–39 lead.

AAP

Fifth woman joins frontline of Liberal Party leadership

Australia's newest female state Liberal leader is leaning on advice from a fellow premier-hopeful and a former AFL premiership captain to guide her in the role.

AAP

Notorious child killer dies, taking truth to the grave

One of Australia's most notorious murderers - and a suspected serial killer - has died while serving a life sentence for the slaying of an Adelaide teenager.

AAP

State Liberal leader quits 'worst job in politics'

A third state Liberal leader in as many weeks has fallen on their sword as polls point to an election drubbing that could wipe out most of the party's MPs.

1 … 4 5 6 7

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.