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Tree Planting
A memorable day.

Let's take our souls for a day in the bush

And gather our planters in the open spaces so they can 'dig'

Let's bring water and trowels as signs of care

And when we're done listen to the saplings sing By June Perkins
A planting day with Men of the Trees Queensland and Habitat Brisbane.
Many thanks to all planters and to the Scouts who put on a sausage sizzle for us afterwards.

Remembering Mr Richard St Barbe Barker.

Published in Southerly

Delighted to be included in Southerly.
June Perkins, Two Livestreamed Funerals, a Cancelled Wedding, and the Saving Grace of Poetry
Extract from Southerly Announcement
“The diverse work offered here, in Southerly’s first online-only issue, gathers “Australian” writing produced in many different places and circumstances. Heterogenous and singular in its contents, the layered contiguity of digital publication optimistically promotes the lateral and multitemporal formation of the commons, true to the big ambitions and longevity of this venerable “little magazine.”
Our contributors dwell in and on the permeability of extreme and ordinary states, temporal confusion and disturbance, bringing genre to bear on forms of technological, linguistic, and psychical mediation, exposing Berlantian “impasse” in myriad ways.
We are grateful to Create NSW for a grant to pay contributors at a particularly disastrous time for arts funding. Most of all, we are grateful to the brilliant contributors who have entrusted us with their work…
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Staying Deadly – Survey Invitation

Sharing this important message about a survey looking for participants to enhance the services in Mental health.
Felix says:
“The Staying Deadly Mental Health Survey is our community’s opportunity to have a say about the mental health services that are available to our mob.
If you are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, 18+ and living in South East Queensland, we want to hear from you!
To register your interest email the team at stayingdeadly@qcmhr.uq.edu.au or visit STAYING DEADLY
PLUS everyone who participates will take home a deadly limited edition shirt designed by Preston Campbell OR a $25 gift voucher!”
Note for Readers: Deadly – in Aboriginal English – means great, awesome