Published in Overland Issue · Uncategorized Issue 224 Editorial team REGULARS Editorial – Jacinda Woodhead Natalie Harkin Alison Croggon Mel Campbell Correspondence Contributors FEATURES Tim Robertson Inside the sweatshop of the world Labouring in China Ben Eltham Out of touch Politicians and their salaries Rachel Hennessy Engaged and enraged Why writers write Alice Grundy For what it’s worth Books: do they cost too much? Giovanni Tiso You can’t have your revolution Who owns the internet? Richard Seymour Jeremy and the jeremiads Dissecting Corbynphobia Gerhard Hoffstaedter The limits of compassion Speaking with refugees in Malaysia Alex Griffin Just violations Using and abusing Manus Island fiction Jennifer Mills, Alison Whan, Jacinda Woodhead 2016 VU Short Story Prize report julia tulloh harper First place: Broad hatchet AS Runner-up: The acorn of sadness Ben Walter Runner-up: All hollows POETRY Zoë Barnard ImpulsE Stranger, Grandfather 82 John Kinsella The Tenets or Tenants of Sweeney A J Carruthers Axis 49: CARD 84 Michael Farrell Solve a problem and it grows two heads Holiday pattern Catherine Vidler Chaingrass Untitled liam ferney Greenslopes in March Caitlin Maling Gods of my youth artwork JACOB ROLFE Guest artist issue 224: cover, illustrations pages 28, 34, 40 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 24 April 2024 · History Anzac Day and the half-remembered history of the Anzacs in Palestine Bill Abrahams and Lucy Honan Schools are deliberate targets for government-funded mystification about Australia’s role in wars. Such instances of official remembrance crowd out the realities of war, and the consequences of Australia’s role in imperialism. As teachers, we should strive to resist this, and we should introduce our students to a fuller understanding of the history of the Anzacs. 22 April 2024 · Gaming Game-death in infinite game-worlds: Darkest Dungeon 2 Josie/Jocelyn Suzanne Death is the ultimate stamp of value. It was invented to sell arcade-like 1 Up repetition to the home market. To read politics in videogames is to learn to read necropolitically, which is why gamers don’t like politics.