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Tweet of the week, 27 September 2026 (opens the original)
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This week's mystery woodland caller is Australia's smallest bird – the Weebill.
Tasmanian devils once lived alongside humans in WA's Juukan Gorge (opens the original)
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Despite the name, Tasmanian devils once lived across mainland Australia. Including, according to new research, the arid Pilbara region in the north west of Western Australia. Remains found at Juukan Gorge suggest that Tasmanian devils may have scavenged from human camps in the region for tens of thousands of years. While Juukan Gorge was partially destroyed by Rio Tinto in 2020, it is being carefully recovered by SCARP archaeology and the PKKP Aboriginal Corporation. The ongoing excavation could
Outside islanders: author Winnie Dunn on representation in publishing (opens the original)
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Winnie Dunn became the first Tongan-Australian to publish a novel with her 2024 debut Dirt Poor Islanders , a coming-of-age story about a Tongan-Australian girl growing up in Western Sydney. Now she has been invited to give the 2026 Ray Mathew Lecture at the National Library of Australia, and she previews her theme of representation in publishing for Sunday Extra. Guest: Winnie Dunn, author of Dirt Poor Islanders and General Manager of Sweatshop Literacy Movement .
From 'frustratingly discreet' to tell-all, the rise of Australian performance politics (opens the original)
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It is unlikely that a political memoir published today would be described as 'frustratingly discreet', rather today’s former politicians often publish juicy tell-alls after leaving office, with shocking behind-the-scene revelations and an occasional stab at former rivals. As Josh Black explains in his new book Performance Politics: Australian politicians and the stories they tell, a century ago memoirs by Australian politicians were few and far between, for very interesting cultural reasons.
Togo's Foreign Minister on how they changed the world's maps (opens the original)
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Earlier this month, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to change the world’s maps. It encourages use of the Equal Earth Map rather than the Mercator, which was designed more than 450 years ago to help sailors navigate. But flattening a globe onto a map comes with distortions. On Mercator, the landmasses appear larger further from the equator, making Greenland appear comparable in size to Africa, when Africa is actually about fourteen times larger. The "Correct the Map" campa
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