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…
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
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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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.
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Since our very first issue Meanjin and Overland have been comrades, mates, rivals, and drinking buddies. The UMP board’s decision is a shockingly myopic act of cultural vandalism which will grievously harm the Australian literary community.
September 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Since our very first issue Meanjin and Overland have been comrades, mates, rivals, and drinking buddies. The UMP board’s decision is a shockingly myopic act of cultural vandalism which will grievously harm the Australian literary community.
What the actual fuck
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 1:03 AM
What the actual fuck
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Genuinely shocked to read this paragraph in The Australian today, as a take on yesterday's racist, anti-immigrant marches.
August 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Genuinely shocked to read this paragraph in The Australian today, as a take on yesterday's racist, anti-immigrant marches.
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I'd suggest that today's events constitute an opportunity for those opposed to Nazism & fascism to take a moment to reflect on the ease with which neo-Nazis can assume leadership in these moments.
August 31, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I'd suggest that today's events constitute an opportunity for those opposed to Nazism & fascism to take a moment to reflect on the ease with which neo-Nazis can assume leadership in these moments.
Important seal news: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
New Salvatore in town? Seal spotted in Yarra River brings excitement to Melbourne
Frolicking seal surprises locals who caught a glimpse – and revives memories of visitor who appeared during lockdowns
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August 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Important seal news: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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well this is very depressing...everyone in this country should learn and know how to swim, by @gingerandhoney.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Australia’s drowning death toll highest since records began three decades ago
Report reveals 357 deaths from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025 – 27% more than the 10-year average
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August 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
well this is very depressing...everyone in this country should learn and know how to swim, by @gingerandhoney.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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A follow to yesterday's story: A growing number of Australian GPs have reported being subjected to frivolous or vexatious complaints to the health regulator about social media posts opposing Israel’s war in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australian doctors subjected to vexatious complaints over social media posts on Gaza, GP peak body says
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners letter to health regulator cites ‘growing number’ of complaints
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August 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A follow to yesterday's story: A growing number of Australian GPs have reported being subjected to frivolous or vexatious complaints to the health regulator about social media posts opposing Israel’s war in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
New from me today: High-profile emergency physician Dr Stephen Parnis has stepped down as chair of the board of a leading medical insurance provider in an apparent response to concerns about statements he has made on social media opposing the war in Gaza.
Concern Australian doctor ‘pushed’ out as chair of medical insurer board over social media posts on Gaza war
Dr Stephen Parnis says public comments based on ‘my views and conscience’ in resignation email that has prompted letter-writing campaign in his support
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August 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
New from me today: High-profile emergency physician Dr Stephen Parnis has stepped down as chair of the board of a leading medical insurance provider in an apparent response to concerns about statements he has made on social media opposing the war in Gaza.
Sitting outside my violin teacher’s house because I’m five minutes early and being treated to an absolute virtuoso performance between him and his current student and it’s glorious to hear
August 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Sitting outside my violin teacher’s house because I’m five minutes early and being treated to an absolute virtuoso performance between him and his current student and it’s glorious to hear
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Writers festival requires ‘complete self-censorship’ over Gaza war, academic says, as speakers withdraw in protest
Writers festival requires ‘complete self-censorship’ over Gaza war, academic says, as speakers withdraw in protest
Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah among those to boycott Bendigo Writers festival, saying she cannot appear ‘as a Palestinian’ due to speaker code
A number of authors and academics have withdrawn from this weekend’s Bendigo Writers festival over a speaker code that one says requires “complete self-censorship” over Israel’s war in Gaza.
Academic and author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, First Nations poet Dr Evelyn Araluen and Wiradjuri writer and poet Jeanine Leane are among those who have withdrawn from the festival over the code. Continue reading...
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August 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Writers festival requires ‘complete self-censorship’ over Gaza war, academic says, as speakers withdraw in protest
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One of the many devastating things about making this video was that we had to update it about three times during the making to account for further killings of journalists, including (you'll see at the end) a special mention of the 6 Al Jazeera journalists targeted by Israel. Please watch to the end.
August 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
One of the many devastating things about making this video was that we had to update it about three times during the making to account for further killings of journalists, including (you'll see at the end) a special mention of the 6 Al Jazeera journalists targeted by Israel. Please watch to the end.