A six part reality TV show premieres on the ABC about what happens when a group of people in this 2019 bushfire ravaged small coastal town take charge of their own future and decide to plan, organise and govern themselves towards rebuilding and recovery. The official ABC blurb says this “offers a microcosm of urgent challenges that all Australians face as they seek to forge a common vision of their future from a multitude of competing claims. Does this citizen-led recovery provide a roadmap for the rest of us to follow?”. It is also described as a “bold experiment in self-determination”. Food for thought.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
