The Gong on the Road 2: 'Progressive Patriotism'
Extinction Rebellion Protest Outside the ALP National Conference Day 2 in the Defence State begins as I join a hundred or so protesters outside the ALP...
The Gong on the Road: The Defence State
On Thursday 23 July 2026, I made the journey to Adelaide by train and plane from my home in Port Kembla. I was heading to South Australia for the Independent...
Vale Doreen Borrow
Vale Doreen Borrow Doreen Borrow (l) with Monica Chalmers, Mairi Petersen, and Robynne Murphy Doreen Borrow, communist, trade unionist, and peace activist...
Peace Movement Illawarra
Hiroshima Day demonstration, Station St, Wollongong, 1979. Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW and Courtesy SEARCH Foundation. Featured in the Peace...
The Gong News
Hi Gong readers! Sorry I haven’t been in touch for a while. This newsletter is on a bit of a hiatus but a lot of exciting things have been happening. First...
The Gong No 3 - ANFA
ANFA After starting the year with a rush of optimism about my ability to produce The Gong as a weekly newsletter, I quickly came up against the hard fact...
Windy Wollongong (No 2)
When I first moved from Albury to Wollongong as a child, the first thing I learned about the place was from a maths teacher who remarked, 'Ah, windy...
Honk! Oz (No 1)
Subscribe now Welcome to The Gong, a weekly-ish column on Wollongong life. I'm launching this column at the start of February 2024, fresh from two weeks away...