‘Well, you’d have done a lot of good for the women in your community just by turning up,’ she says, nodding at my hijab. My throat stiffens at her words. ‘I was a lawyer, not an activist,’ I mumble in response.
By Patrick Masterson May 25, 2021 What a difference a year makes. Two years ago, we said Memorial Day weekend opened car-shopping season sure as the buds spring. You know how that looked 12 months ago. Now, a year on from that, we re in an odd limbo between those two extremes, thanks not just to the COVID-19 pandemic but also an ongoing microchip shortage. In short, cars are hard to come by - which means deals are, too.
Related: One reliable indication of the demand on new-vehicle sales comes from J.D. Power, which said in late Aprilthat it expected transaction prices to reach an all-time monthly record. It also projected incentives to be down 36% versus April 2020 and 11% versus April 2019. We ve seen similar trends in compiling May s best deals overall, too.
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Racism: Stories on fear, hate and bigotry
Editors of Racism: Stories on Fear, Hate & Bigotry – Tongan-Australian writer and Western Sydney University graduate Winnie Dunne ( right); Vietnamese-Australian writer, Stephen Pham (left); and Kuku Djungan and Muluridji writer, Phoebe Grainer (centre).
Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement has released a new publication which showcases thirty-nine stories by Indigenous writers and writers of colour. In this powerful, urgent and timely anthology, each of the writers share their personal experiences with racism, xenophobia and prejudice.
Racism: Stories on Fear, Hate & Bigotry – co-edited by Tongan-Australian writer and Western Sydney University graduate Winnie Dunne – will be officially launched at this weekend’s Sydney Writer’s Festival. The anthology has been co-edited by Winnie; Vietnamese-Australian writer, Stephen Pham; and Kuku Djungan and Muluridji writer, Phoebe Grainer.
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There is one thing that unites FOBs, Asians and white people , says writer Winnie Dunn, and that is pork rolls.
The ubiquitous Vietnamese snack happens to be a convergent and climactic plot point for a Quentin Tarantino-esque multi-channel art installation premiering at Sydney Festival that explores the lived experience of growing up in multi-cultural western Sydney.
Inspired by life in western Sydney, the creators of Sex, Drugs and Pork Rolls on the streets of Bankstown.
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Counting and Cracking, swept the Helpmann awards.
It features the talents of Prime Minister Literary Award winner Omar Sakr and novelist Michael Mohammed Ahmad.