Published in Overland Issue 229 Summer 2017 · Uncategorized Issue 229 Editorial team REGULARS Editorial 2 giovanni tiso 14 alison croggon 72 tony birch 88 Contributors 126 FEATURES mel campbell 3 a quest for critique 25 years of playing Crystal Quest allan drew 16 indefatigable wings The persistence of Milton michaliA arathimos 34 Napalm, Guns & underwear Ten years after the Urewera 18 dean biron & suzie gibson 41 Sleeping the deep, deep sleep How we read disasters natalie cromb 74 australia’s custodial culture Still stealing Aboriginal children maura edmond & jasmine mcgowan 81 we need more mediocre women! Sexism in the arts lachean humphreys 119 one of three banned books The censorship of suicide brooke boland 124 a library for the future On Norwegian spruce trees Fair Australia the 2017 fair australia prize 49 fiction caoimhe mckeogh 90 her SJ finn 102 infiltration alice MELIKE ÜLGEZER 109 freedom POETRY Leif mahoney Eight horizons 21 ali jane smith quarry 22 stuart barnes from nonets 24 jessica l wilkinson serenade 25 aidan coleman to the only begetter 26 band | aid 27 fiona wright after the festival 28 fire poem 29 jonno revanche some climb 30 nicholas powell clean surfaces 31 michael farrell fiat in turin 32 artwork laura wills guest artist issue 229: cover; illustrations pages 3, 49, 90, 102, 109 brent stegeman all other artwork Editorial team More by Editorial team › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 15 April 202615 April 2026 · Climate politics The $67 billion climate betrayal: how Australia’s record fossil fuel subsidies fund global destruction Noa Wynn The contradictions aren't failures of implementation. They're the predictable result of a political system that has decided fossil fuel profits matter more than climate stability, more than the Great Barrier Reef, more than Pacific Islander lives, and more than the future habitability of the planet. 13 April 2026 · Disability The proletarianisation of disability support work: workers’ perspectives on the NDIS Nick Crowley Support workers, rather than creating objects, create a caring relationship. The scrupulous observance of organisational policies and ‘best practice’ codes is not sufficient to create such a relationship. This can only be created when workers take the time to understand their clients and build trusting, authentic, equal relationships with them.
