Month: January 2019

Posted on January 28, 2019January 25, 2023
Barbara Lepani
Commentary, Our Collective

Why can’t you take the gift we offer?

Yesterday, quite by chance, I happened on Ellen Fanning interviewing Wesley Enoch, Director of the Sydney Festival. She began by questioning him about the ALWAYS vigil installation at Barangaroo for the Sydney Festival, and whether it was making people uncomfortable in relation to the 'Change the Date' campaign about Australia Day on 26 January, the [...]

Posted on January 4, 2019January 25, 2023
Barbara Lepani
Commentary, Our Collective

Listen to New Zealand’s Whale Whisperers

Hori Parata, New Zealand’s Maori Whale Whisperer: “As more whales beach and die – from exhaustion, heat stroke or seagulls feasting on their flesh – an acute sense of grief is growing among New Zealand’s indigenous people, who regard whales as their ancestors and taonga (treasures). These days it is like a zoo. People just […]