Fiona Kelly McGregor
@fionakellymcgregor.bsky.social
Just arrived!
Novelist, essayist, art writer based on Gadigal country in Sydney, Australia
No generative AI pls.
Novelist, essayist, art writer based on Gadigal country in Sydney, Australia
No generative AI pls.
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HEAT Series 3 Number 18 | Australian International Literary Magazine
In this edition of Australia’s international literary magazine, discover new writing by Lena Andersson (trans. Sarah Death), π.O., Fiona Kelly McGregor, Leah Muddle, Debbie Lim and Hannah Fink.
giramondopublishing.com
New essay out today: ‘What’s in a Name’. A sorta polyphonic look at names - the whys, hows and wheres of humans naming their progeny.
This essay is lit up by contributions from seven friends and colleagues from around the world.
#names #essays #polyphony
This essay is lit up by contributions from seven friends and colleagues from around the world.
#names #essays #polyphony
November 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Less and less difference between em …
BREAKING: The Albanese Labor Government just joined with the Coalition to vote against an inquiry into AUKUS proposed by the Greens.
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Less and less difference between em …
Erm … what about that apartheid state in the Levant and its secret service that starts with M? And you don’t have to click far to get your Hasbara, just watch ABC news.
Three countries are ‘willing and capable’ of assassinating political dissidents on Australian soil, Asio head warns
Three countries are ‘willing and capable’ of assassinating political dissidents on Australian soil, Asio head warns
Spy chief Mike Burgess says it’s possible the unnamed regimes ‘would try to hide their involvement’ in any killings
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Foreign agents from at least three countries are “willing and capable” of assassinating perceived political dissidents on Australian soil, Australia’s spy chief Mike Burgess has claimed.
While not naming the three countries on Tuesday evening, Burgess, the director general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, warned of the risk of a politically motivated assassination in Australia and said: “This threat is real.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Erm … what about that apartheid state in the Levant and its secret service that starts with M? And you don’t have to click far to get your Hasbara, just watch ABC news.
So loving these videos of Gestapo ICE. Scream them down, barefoot in your PJs, drive them out!
October 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
So loving these videos of Gestapo ICE. Scream them down, barefoot in your PJs, drive them out!
"In 2025 alone, Germany purchased 315 million euros' worth of Israeli weaponry – more than in the previous four years combined ... "
Germany is buying Israeli-made Spike anti-tank missiles in 2 billion euro deal
The Major Deal Was Signed Through NATO With EuroSpike, Rafael's European Joint Venture, in Which It Holds a Stake. In 2025 Alone, Germany Purchased 315 Million Euros' Worth of Israeli Weaponry – More ...
www.haaretz.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
"In 2025 alone, Germany purchased 315 million euros' worth of Israeli weaponry – more than in the previous four years combined ... "
Well this is incred. In Berlin in 2009-10 around 30-50,000 pa came from France to live, escaping Sarkozy’s neo-liberal hellhole.
EN DIRECT - Incarcération de Sarkozy : «Il y est pour un minimum de trois semaines ou d’un mois», assure l’un de ses avocats
www.liberation.fr/societe/poli...
EN DIRECT - Incarcération de Sarkozy : «Il y est pour un minimum de trois semaines ou d’un mois», assure l’un de ses avocats
www.liberation.fr/societe/poli...
EN DIRECT - Incarcération de Sarkozy : «Il y est pour un minimum de trois semaines ou d’un mois», assure l’un de ses avocats
Condamné à cinq ans de prison ferme dans le cadre de l’affaire du financement libyen de sa campagne de 2007, l’ancien chef de l’Etat est sur le point d’être incarcéré ce mardi matin.
www.liberation.fr
October 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Well this is incred. In Berlin in 2009-10 around 30-50,000 pa came from France to live, escaping Sarkozy’s neo-liberal hellhole.
EN DIRECT - Incarcération de Sarkozy : «Il y est pour un minimum de trois semaines ou d’un mois», assure l’un de ses avocats
www.liberation.fr/societe/poli...
EN DIRECT - Incarcération de Sarkozy : «Il y est pour un minimum de trois semaines ou d’un mois», assure l’un de ses avocats
www.liberation.fr/societe/poli...
Reposted by Fiona Kelly McGregor
Australian activists who took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla claim Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, personally threatened to “gas” them.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/shut-the-f...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/shut-the-f...
'Shut the f--k up or we'll gas you' – Australian flotilla activists allege direct threats from Israeli minister
Australians aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla claim Israeli soldiers sexually assaulted them in captivity
www.deepcutnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Australian activists who took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla claim Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, personally threatened to “gas” them.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/shut-the-f...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/shut-the-f...
Please come in person or online to celebrate the life of this stellar person. It will be a wonderful event of tributes in music, song, dance and talk. vimeo.com/event/538680...
Fiona Winning was a visionary curator and producer of performance in Australia. She is irreplaceable.
Fiona Winning was a visionary curator and producer of performance in Australia. She is irreplaceable.
Fiona Winning's Memorial Service
vimeo.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Please come in person or online to celebrate the life of this stellar person. It will be a wonderful event of tributes in music, song, dance and talk. vimeo.com/event/538680...
Fiona Winning was a visionary curator and producer of performance in Australia. She is irreplaceable.
Fiona Winning was a visionary curator and producer of performance in Australia. She is irreplaceable.
My review of the awe-inspiring art festival DESERT MOB in Moarntwe- Alice Springs.
#desertmob #indigenousart #desertart #aboriginalart #artcriticism #artwriting
www.smh.com.au/culture/art-...
#desertmob #indigenousart #desertart #aboriginalart #artcriticism #artwriting
www.smh.com.au/culture/art-...
October 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My review of the awe-inspiring art festival DESERT MOB in Moarntwe- Alice Springs.
#desertmob #indigenousart #desertart #aboriginalart #artcriticism #artwriting
www.smh.com.au/culture/art-...
#desertmob #indigenousart #desertart #aboriginalart #artcriticism #artwriting
www.smh.com.au/culture/art-...
« Australian universities in general, helmed by an overpaid stratum of neoliberal executives, are no loner reliable custodians of culture. »
Great piece on the Meanjin debacle by @catrionamp.bsky.social
Great piece on the Meanjin debacle by @catrionamp.bsky.social
Opinion | Melbourne University Press says it shut down Meanjin for "purely financial reasons". Perhaps the university could have used some of its $273 million surplus to safeguard the seminal journal, @catrionamp.bsky.social writes.
Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up
www.crikey.com.au
September 16, 2025 at 2:50 AM
« Australian universities in general, helmed by an overpaid stratum of neoliberal executives, are no loner reliable custodians of culture. »
Great piece on the Meanjin debacle by @catrionamp.bsky.social
Great piece on the Meanjin debacle by @catrionamp.bsky.social
5 salient facts -
Heat related deaths
Coastal flooding
Environmental impacts
Services unable to keep up
Underinsurance (I’m there already due to bad experience)
Heat related deaths
Coastal flooding
Environmental impacts
Services unable to keep up
Underinsurance (I’m there already due to bad experience)
‘Cascading, compounding’: five key takeaways from Australia’s national climate risk assessment
From rising heat-related deaths to the environmental and economic cost of climate change, here’s what the landmark report warns
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
5 salient facts -
Heat related deaths
Coastal flooding
Environmental impacts
Services unable to keep up
Underinsurance (I’m there already due to bad experience)
Heat related deaths
Coastal flooding
Environmental impacts
Services unable to keep up
Underinsurance (I’m there already due to bad experience)
A panel on children and war at Melbourne Hospital has been cancelled after a complaint letter from Sydney psychiatrist Dr Samuell.
#censorship
#censorship
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
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
A panel on children and war at Melbourne Hospital has been cancelled after a complaint letter from Sydney psychiatrist Dr Samuell.
#censorship
#censorship
‘Will there be anyone left in Gaza to benefit if the tide finally turns?’
Adam Shatz · Berlin Diary
Throughout my stay in Berlin, I kept hearing from Germans quietly critical of Israel that ‘cracks’ had begun to...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
‘Will there be anyone left in Gaza to benefit if the tide finally turns?’
On Israel’s bombing of Even Prison in Tehran on 23 June -
« Kayvan had often thought about what he would do if he saw his tormentors out in the world … The head guard appeared, brushing down his uniform … spotted Kayvan, embraced him and began to sob. »
« Kayvan had often thought about what he would do if he saw his tormentors out in the world … The head guard appeared, brushing down his uniform … spotted Kayvan, embraced him and began to sob. »
‘Long before Israel’s strikes, rumours had circulated that Evin was going to be shut down, but the city authorities couldn’t get the agreement of the security forces. The Israeli strike seemed to offer an opportunity.’
Amir Ahmadi Arian on Evin Prison’s bombing: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amir Ahmadi Arian on Evin Prison’s bombing: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amir Ahmadi Arian · In Evin Prison
In the early morning of 23 June, the day before Iran and Israel agreed a ceasefire, Israel bombed Evin Prison in...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
On Israel’s bombing of Even Prison in Tehran on 23 June -
« Kayvan had often thought about what he would do if he saw his tormentors out in the world … The head guard appeared, brushing down his uniform … spotted Kayvan, embraced him and began to sob. »
« Kayvan had often thought about what he would do if he saw his tormentors out in the world … The head guard appeared, brushing down his uniform … spotted Kayvan, embraced him and began to sob. »
August 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Iris has legs! 🦵🏻🦵🏼
July 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Iris has legs! 🦵🏻🦵🏼
Fabulous news this rainy afternoon. Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino have been reinstated as representatives of Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale.
Love and solidarity to Khaled and Michael. And 🙏🏻🙏🏻 to all those who spoke up in support of them.
#artactivism
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Love and solidarity to Khaled and Michael. And 🙏🏻🙏🏻 to all those who spoke up in support of them.
#artactivism
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Khaled Sabsabi reinstated as Australia's representative at 2026 Venice Biennale
After controversially and suddenly withdrawing Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino from the 2026 Venice Biennale, Creative Australia has announced it has reversed its decision.
www.abc.net.au
July 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Fabulous news this rainy afternoon. Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino have been reinstated as representatives of Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale.
Love and solidarity to Khaled and Michael. And 🙏🏻🙏🏻 to all those who spoke up in support of them.
#artactivism
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Love and solidarity to Khaled and Michael. And 🙏🏻🙏🏻 to all those who spoke up in support of them.
#artactivism
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Yes, an unlawful attack.
Another murder of civilians.
Another murder of civilians.
On June 13, Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran. Airstrikes hit buildings across the capital, Tehran, striking residential neighborhoods as well as military sites. In just one night, close to 100 people were killed. Among the dead were dozens killed while asleep in their beds.
“I’m Afraid a Bomb Will Kill Me in My Sleep”: Iranians React to Israel’s Attacks
Israel has killed at least 250 Iranians as it strikes residential buildings, civilian infrastructure and military bases.
truthout.org
June 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Yes, an unlawful attack.
Another murder of civilians.
Another murder of civilians.
Reposted by Fiona Kelly McGregor
10 years after gas exports from Queensland began, all of the gas companies involved, bar one, have not paid a cent in company tax.
This is despite them selling $125 billion worth of LNG out of Queensland, and reporting $330 billion in total Australian revenue. #auspol
This is despite them selling $125 billion worth of LNG out of Queensland, and reporting $330 billion in total Australian revenue. #auspol
June 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
10 years after gas exports from Queensland began, all of the gas companies involved, bar one, have not paid a cent in company tax.
This is despite them selling $125 billion worth of LNG out of Queensland, and reporting $330 billion in total Australian revenue. #auspol
This is despite them selling $125 billion worth of LNG out of Queensland, and reporting $330 billion in total Australian revenue. #auspol
More censorship of genocide and its protesters
A statement from @asauthors.bsky.social on the appalling rescindment of the black&write! fellowship this week.
"This represents yet another alarming instance of the undermining of freedom of expression and arms-length arts funding from a major institution."
www.asauthors.org.au/news/state-l...
"This represents yet another alarming instance of the undermining of freedom of expression and arms-length arts funding from a major institution."
www.asauthors.org.au/news/state-l...
State Library of Queensland fellowship decision - Australian Society of Authors
The ASA is disturbed by the decision of the State Library of Queensland to rescind author KA Ren Wyld’s 2025 black&write! Fellowship.
www.asauthors.org.au
May 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
More censorship of genocide and its protesters
Still relevant
“The British chief prosecutor of the court, Karim Khan KC, recently described the situation in Gaza as ‘hell on earth’. ‘We’re at a pivotal point in the world order,’ he said. If ‘some people are denied protection of the law’, it ‘undermines the rule of law everywhere, for everyone’.”
“The British chief prosecutor of the court, Karim Khan KC, recently described the situation in Gaza as ‘hell on earth’. ‘We’re at a pivotal point in the world order,’ he said. If ‘some people are denied protection of the law’, it ‘undermines the rule of law everywhere, for everyone’.”
Selma Dabbagh | ‘You can read the writing on them’
I asked Raji Sourani of the Palestine Centre for Human Rights if it was true that Gazans can hear the difference between...
www.lrb.co.uk
May 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Still relevant
“The British chief prosecutor of the court, Karim Khan KC, recently described the situation in Gaza as ‘hell on earth’. ‘We’re at a pivotal point in the world order,’ he said. If ‘some people are denied protection of the law’, it ‘undermines the rule of law everywhere, for everyone’.”
“The British chief prosecutor of the court, Karim Khan KC, recently described the situation in Gaza as ‘hell on earth’. ‘We’re at a pivotal point in the world order,’ he said. If ‘some people are denied protection of the law’, it ‘undermines the rule of law everywhere, for everyone’.”
This is the oldest rock art in the world. 50,000 years. Degraded by pollution from #woodside for years now.
Shame job #labor.
Shame job #labor.
In PM Albanese's 1st term, Labor approved 30 🤯 NEW coal & gas projects
Labor made NO election commitment regarding NEW coal & gas
Woodside's massively-polluting, Murujuga rock art-destroying North West Shelf extension will be Labor's test of what mandate they think they got in their election win
Labor made NO election commitment regarding NEW coal & gas
Woodside's massively-polluting, Murujuga rock art-destroying North West Shelf extension will be Labor's test of what mandate they think they got in their election win
We have less than 10 days to stop this. I've just signed the petition calling on the new Environment Minister to reject Australia's biggest fossil fuel project. SIGN NOW! nb.australiainstitute.org.au/reject_north...
#rejectnorthwestshelf #nonewcoalandgas
#rejectnorthwestshelf #nonewcoalandgas
May 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Well whaddaya know?? #nswpolice strikes again. Then denies. Then withdraws witnesses.
Taxpayers fork out $Ms every year to defend a public service who attacks and humiliates the vulnerable on a daily basis. Go the plaintiffs!
#penalcolony
Taxpayers fork out $Ms every year to defend a public service who attacks and humiliates the vulnerable on a daily basis. Go the plaintiffs!
#penalcolony
‘Absolutely no evidence’: how NSW police backflipped on unlawful strip-search
Shortly before court hearing class action involving 3,000 people, force admitted to unlawfully strip-searching Raya Meredith and withdrew all its witnesses
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Well whaddaya know?? #nswpolice strikes again. Then denies. Then withdraws witnesses.
Taxpayers fork out $Ms every year to defend a public service who attacks and humiliates the vulnerable on a daily basis. Go the plaintiffs!
#penalcolony
Taxpayers fork out $Ms every year to defend a public service who attacks and humiliates the vulnerable on a daily basis. Go the plaintiffs!
#penalcolony