The Esptein files have dominated headlines this week, and understandably so.
The unspeakable horror contained in the latest tranche of documents, facilitated by some of the world’s most rich and powerful men, for a moment had moral in this office at an all time low. But we’re working through it to find some hope in the little things.
Meanwhile, the news at home has been non-stop, with coalition dramas continuing (we are so sick of them), CBD protests banned again ahead of the diplomatic visit of Israeli PM Isaac Herzog, a NSW crackdown on the speech of teachers, the first RBA rate rise in two years, and a 13-year-old boy swimming 4km to save his family after they were swept off the coast of Quindalup in WA.
On Thursday alone, we saw the findings of the Coronial Inquest into the Bondi Junction massacre handed down, a suspect identified over the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont in South Australia four months ago, and the 31-year-old man who allegedly threw a bomb at a Perth/Boorloo Invasion Day rally finally charged with terrorism after 10 days.
And all of this is on top of a stream of distressing updates from Gaza, with 23 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Wednesday, and the simmering tensions between the US and Iran in the wake of the regime’s massacre of thousands of protestors in January.
It’s a really scary time, and there is so much to be angry about. We are tired, and we are overwhelmed, but the work of independent media has never been more important. So thank you for the support, the solidarity, and the feedback - it really does keep us going.
Kalila Welch, editor of Cheek Media Co.
