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Music, Review
November 26, 2025

Homerun on the Backstreets

Miss Kaninna’s new single Backstreets lands as a blistering mix of vulnerability and power. Blending R’n’B, pop and rock with tight, energetic production, the track dives into love turned messy and the cost of cultural compromise. Raw, honest and deadly — another standout chapter from one of Blak music’s sharpest voices.

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November 27, 2025

Drafting a Nation: The Gamilaroi Declaration and the Art of Imagining Otherwise

Notes on the Gamilaroi Declaration of Independence

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November 18, 2025

Scene Report: An Open Letter to Allies in the Music Industry

People often want to help First Nations artists but they don’t know how. After some reflection, here are my thoughts.

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Opinion and Poltics
October 11, 2025

White Monarchs and Blak Matriarchs

When Senator Lidia Thorpe told the Monarch “F*ck the Colony,” she turned ceremony into sovereignty. A fierce defence of Blak refusal, this essay argues that politeness never returned our land, our Ancestors, or our dignity - but Blak matriarchs always will.

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