Published in Overland Issue 219 Winter 2015 · Uncategorized Issue 219 Editorial team REGULARS Giovanni Tiso – Editorial Stephen Wright Alison Croggon Mel Campbell FEATURES Morgan Godfery Settled peacefully The stories told about our colonial histories Faisal Al-Asaad ‘In a rage almost all the time’ From Gaza to Ferguson John Clarke The things she did A eulogy Catriona MacLennan The ethics of defence Lawyers and rape trials Max Rashbrooke At a price A short history of free speech Nicky Hager Loose lips Working with whistleblowers Scott Hamilton ‘Pass the ta’e please’ Tonga after Futa Helu Anton Blank Change is the only constant On gay role models FICTION Jolisa Gracewood – Fiction editorial Tina Makereti – Monster Pip Adam – Zero hours Lawrence Patchett – Intruder POETRY Robert Sullivan – Poetry editorial Tulia Thompson Fruit bowl Airini Beautrais Flow Nicole Hawkins Māori dux Anna Jackson Call me Careo Ben Brown Red tiki Selina Tusitala Marsh Cumming Reihana Robinson Terra nullius Kiri Piahana-Wong Hiding Murray Edmond His poetry: a paragraph in its defence Apirana Taylor thank you pukana Rachel J Fenton Exhumed at Earth’s end ARTWORK Marian maguire 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 1 June 2026 · Culture We were all workers on GeoCities Maria Dudko GeoCities remains an important reminder that collective labour on the internet is not new — and that recognising ourselves as workers is the first step towards organising as such. 4 29 May 202629 May 2026 · Politics Zionism in real-time: insights from the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion Nick Riemer While the Royal Commission sits, Israel continues to murder and starve Gazans as they try somehow to survive. Since the genocide is, indisputably, the necessary overarching context for a discussion of antisemitism in Australia at the present moment, it is perverse that the Commission has refused to hear from the Palestine solidarity movement.