Stephanie Convery
@gingerandhoney.bsky.social
Writer. Reporter at Guardian Australia. Stories and tips: stephanie.convery@theguardian.com or stephanieconvery@protonmail.com; DM for Signal
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Some micro-reviews of books I have read over the last few months, not counting the multiple Georgette Heyer re-reads (a coping mechanism). Mostly novels, because writing a literary PhD ruined me for novels, and it’s taken me a decade to really enjoy them again.
Starting with…
Starting with…
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Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."
When I first considered learning the violin, I was startled by how many people insist you cannot pick it up as an adult, or if you do, you can't expect to get really good.
Fuck those people. Starting to learn the violin at age 40 was one of the best things I've ever done.
Fuck those people. Starting to learn the violin at age 40 was one of the best things I've ever done.
My rookie era: nobody sounds good when they first play a violin
The instrument’s biggest difficulty is simultaneously its greatest joy – to make a sweet sound you must relax
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January 1, 2026 at 11:20 PM
When I first considered learning the violin, I was startled by how many people insist you cannot pick it up as an adult, or if you do, you can't expect to get really good.
Fuck those people. Starting to learn the violin at age 40 was one of the best things I've ever done.
Fuck those people. Starting to learn the violin at age 40 was one of the best things I've ever done.
Like many of the extremely elderly people we are fast becoming, J and I went to see the early NYE session of The Choral last night. It was exactly the kind of 3-star semi-fluff you'd expect, but jfc the conducting scenes were deeply infuriating. Wtf was Ralph Fiennes even DOING with his arms
January 1, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Like many of the extremely elderly people we are fast becoming, J and I went to see the early NYE session of The Choral last night. It was exactly the kind of 3-star semi-fluff you'd expect, but jfc the conducting scenes were deeply infuriating. Wtf was Ralph Fiennes even DOING with his arms
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There is no credible evidence that the perpetrators of the Bondi terrorist attack had anything to do with recent protests www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW will move to ban phrase ‘globalise the intifada’ in crackdown on ‘hateful’ rhetoric. Here’s what we know so far
NSW parliament will sit next week to consider legislation to limit protests and ban hate speech in response to the Bondi attack, Chris Minns says
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December 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
There is no credible evidence that the perpetrators of the Bondi terrorist attack had anything to do with recent protests www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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'The banning of protests will not stop antisemitism, and the premier is wrong to disgracefully link years of peaceful protest to such a horrific and unrelated event. The attack was antisemitic. The protests have not been.'
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The NSW premier’s outrageous rhetoric on peaceful protests sows division in our community. It’s unbecoming of his office
The antisemitic attack in Bondi was an act of hate-fuelled violence. Rushing through regressive laws in such distressing times is poor leadership – and dangerous
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December 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
'The banning of protests will not stop antisemitism, and the premier is wrong to disgracefully link years of peaceful protest to such a horrific and unrelated event. The attack was antisemitic. The protests have not been.'
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www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/12/medi...
“The Jewish Council urges the Prime Minister to ensure that the Government’s response remains grounded in evidence, focused on prevention, the widest possible consultation and committed to unity.”
“The Jewish Council urges the Prime Minister to ensure that the Government’s response remains grounded in evidence, focused on prevention, the widest possible consultation and committed to unity.”
Media Release: Unity, safety and prevention — not fulfilling divisive pro-Israel wishlist — must guide the Government’s response to Bondi attack
In the wake of the horrific antisemitic attack in Bondi, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today made a series of announcements […]
www.jewishcouncil.com.au
December 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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“The Jewish Council urges the Prime Minister to ensure that the Government’s response remains grounded in evidence, focused on prevention, the widest possible consultation and committed to unity.”
“The Jewish Council urges the Prime Minister to ensure that the Government’s response remains grounded in evidence, focused on prevention, the widest possible consultation and committed to unity.”
If you haven't read @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social's article for @overlandjournal.bsky.social yesterday on the politics of what's happened in the aftermath of the Bondi massacre, let me recommend you do so now.
overland.org.au/2025/12/on-t...
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On the need for a renewed democratic universalism - Overland literary journal
If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral, in which one form of identitarian chauvinism spurs the next, we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the abili...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
If you haven't read @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social's article for @overlandjournal.bsky.social yesterday on the politics of what's happened in the aftermath of the Bondi massacre, let me recommend you do so now.
overland.org.au/2025/12/on-t...
overland.org.au/2025/12/on-t...
"Now they’re hacking away at the actual librarians? Shame on them. They bring disgrace on the name of our city.”
Helen Garner says State Library of Victoria turned into ‘party central’, with planned job cuts to ‘bring disgrace’ on Melbourne
Acclaimed author ‘sick’ about 171-year-old institution’s proposed restructure as hundreds of writers sign open letter in protest
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December 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Now they’re hacking away at the actual librarians? Shame on them. They bring disgrace on the name of our city.”
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There were hundreds if not thousands of people searched using these designated area powers that didn’t comply with the law, and 33 people were charged or fined. VicPol notifying IBAC.
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Hundreds potentially affected by Victoria police weapons searches that breached law
Exclusive: wide-ranging police powers used to conduct non-compliant searches that resulted in 33 people being charged or fined
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December 2, 2025 at 5:31 AM
There were hundreds if not thousands of people searched using these designated area powers that didn’t comply with the law, and 33 people were charged or fined. VicPol notifying IBAC.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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“At the end of the day, most people do not give a shit about Ned Kelly’s rotating three-dimensional helmet…Most people come into the library to use a computer, to use wifi, to look something up, to ask a librarian for help.”
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State Library of Victoria faces job cuts as staff accuse management of pursuing ‘digital vanity projects’
Under the plan, 39 jobs would be lost and the public-facing workforce of reference librarians would be cut from 25 staff to 10
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November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“At the end of the day, most people do not give a shit about Ned Kelly’s rotating three-dimensional helmet…Most people come into the library to use a computer, to use wifi, to look something up, to ask a librarian for help.”
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I had a very nice time writing about this new/old shipwreck found down at Point Lonsdale
Look what the tide brought in: shipwreck found on Victorian beach may have lain there for a century
Only half of the 660 known wrecks in the state have ever been found, so the discovery of a timber vessel poking out of the sand is exciting archaeologists and locals alike
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November 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I had a very nice time writing about this new/old shipwreck found down at Point Lonsdale
Idly remembering when I would agree to spend hours reading a new-release book and writing my critical thoughts about it to be paid a grand total of $30 for my efforts by a magazine that is a household name
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Idly remembering when I would agree to spend hours reading a new-release book and writing my critical thoughts about it to be paid a grand total of $30 for my efforts by a magazine that is a household name
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I made a custom dashboard for bird of the year votes for our ANNOUNCEMENT LIVESTREAM today because today I am the Antony Green of bird voting (i did not have time to do a label collision algorithm do not @ me about it pls)
You can see it in action here shortly www.theguardian.com/environment/...
You can see it in action here shortly www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I made a custom dashboard for bird of the year votes for our ANNOUNCEMENT LIVESTREAM today because today I am the Antony Green of bird voting (i did not have time to do a label collision algorithm do not @ me about it pls)
You can see it in action here shortly www.theguardian.com/environment/...
You can see it in action here shortly www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Follow our live blog with best birder @gingerandhoney.bsky.social for the official 2025 Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year winner announcement www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birds #birdoftheyear
Australian bird of the year 2025 winner announcement – live
Follow live as we announce the winner of the 2025 Australian bird of the year
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October 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Follow our live blog with best birder @gingerandhoney.bsky.social for the official 2025 Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year winner announcement www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birds #birdoftheyear
Hello! I am helming the @australia.theguardian.com Bird of the Year winner liveblog today - probably the best job you could have on a Thursday?? You can join me for all the bird fun here:
Australian bird of the year 2025 winner announcement – live
Follow live as we announce the winner of the 2025 Australian bird of the year
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Hello! I am helming the @australia.theguardian.com Bird of the Year winner liveblog today - probably the best job you could have on a Thursday?? You can join me for all the bird fun here:
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"The federal government should listen to the concerns of child sexual abuse survivors and allow Australian honours to be rescinded after perpetrators and enablers have died, campaigners say."
From the desk of @gingerandhoney.bsky.social
From the desk of @gingerandhoney.bsky.social
Time to change rules and strip honours from child abusers who’ve died, victims and advocates say
Survivor John Jolley says issue has been in ‘too-hard basket’ for too long and Australian government should posthumously rescind awards
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October 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"The federal government should listen to the concerns of child sexual abuse survivors and allow Australian honours to be rescinded after perpetrators and enablers have died, campaigners say."
From the desk of @gingerandhoney.bsky.social
From the desk of @gingerandhoney.bsky.social
The federal government should listen to the concerns of child sexual abuse survivors and allow Australian honours to be rescinded after perpetrators and enablers have died, campaigners say. “Stop for a minute and think about the lives that have been ruined."
Time to change rules and strip honours from child abusers who’ve died, victims and advocates say
Survivor John Jolley says issue has been in ‘too-hard basket’ for too long and Australian government should posthumously rescind awards
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The federal government should listen to the concerns of child sexual abuse survivors and allow Australian honours to be rescinded after perpetrators and enablers have died, campaigners say. “Stop for a minute and think about the lives that have been ruined."
A little story about our local tawny frogmouth family for @australia.theguardian.com’s Bird of the Year
Tawny frogmouths take patience to appreciate. They will reward you with insights into their remarkable lives | Stephanie Convery
Spotting tawnies is a bit like completing a crossword: it’s easier once you are familiar with the patterns, but you can always get stumped
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October 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A little story about our local tawny frogmouth family for @australia.theguardian.com’s Bird of the Year
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The federal environment minister has conceded that successive governments acted unlawfully when they failed to create mandatory recovery plans for native species threatened with extinction
Government required to create plan to protect greater glider in major legal win for Wilderness Society
Murray Watt agrees recovery plans for greater glider, ghost bat, lungfish and sandhill dunnart were not made by successive governments
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September 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The federal environment minister has conceded that successive governments acted unlawfully when they failed to create mandatory recovery plans for native species threatened with extinction
Exclusive: distinguished Prof Fiona Stanley was ‘ashamed’ after the hospital named after her abruptly cancelled an event featuring Palestinian-Australian doctors speaking about their experiences in Gaza, and says she even considered asking the hospital to remove her name
Fiona Stanley ‘ashamed’ after hospital bearing her name cancelled event featuring Australian Palestinian doctors
Exclusive: Distinguished professor says she considered asking hospital to remove her name after event on doctors’ experiences in Gaza was abruptly called off
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September 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Exclusive: distinguished Prof Fiona Stanley was ‘ashamed’ after the hospital named after her abruptly cancelled an event featuring Palestinian-Australian doctors speaking about their experiences in Gaza, and says she even considered asking the hospital to remove her name
I "made" @birdmichael.bsky.social come to the Western Treatment Plant with me on a workday to look for brolgas and orange-bellied parrots so I could write this article
September 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I "made" @birdmichael.bsky.social come to the Western Treatment Plant with me on a workday to look for brolgas and orange-bellied parrots so I could write this article
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Meanjin’s performance and sustainability were the focus of a review commissioned by MUP in February. The final recommendations of the report, which was never released publicly, did not include closing Meanjin.
Who killed Meanjin?
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September 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Meanjin’s performance and sustainability were the focus of a review commissioned by MUP in February. The final recommendations of the report, which was never released publicly, did not include closing Meanjin.
Exclusive: Complaint letter emerges after the Royal Children’s Hospital decided to cancel a ‘children and war’ panel, angering staff
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Complaint letter emerges after Melbourne hospital’s decision to cancel ‘children and war’ panel angers staff
Exclusive: Letter to CEO argued event would pose a risk of ‘moral injury, vicarious trauma and harmful workplace behaviours’ to staff and patients
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September 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Exclusive: Complaint letter emerges after the Royal Children’s Hospital decided to cancel a ‘children and war’ panel, angering staff
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It’s ludicrous and insulting to suggest that the richest university in Australia can’t afford the two part-time wages to run Meanjin.
Also: did they even try to save it? Donation drive? Philanthropic efforts? Offering it to another institution?
No.
The university council shut it down intentionally.
Also: did they even try to save it? Donation drive? Philanthropic efforts? Offering it to another institution?
No.
The university council shut it down intentionally.
Exclusive: Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, Meanjin, is being shut down today for "financial" reasons, Crikey can reveal.
Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing
Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.
www.crikey.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It’s ludicrous and insulting to suggest that the richest university in Australia can’t afford the two part-time wages to run Meanjin.
Also: did they even try to save it? Donation drive? Philanthropic efforts? Offering it to another institution?
No.
The university council shut it down intentionally.
Also: did they even try to save it? Donation drive? Philanthropic efforts? Offering it to another institution?
No.
The university council shut it down intentionally.