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Greetings from the City of Roses, aka Portland, Oregon! We're here for the annual Association of Writing Programs Conference. It's a little too early for roses but there are other blooms to enjoy. Certain to give delight are the new Gaudy Boy books—Lawrence Ypil's The Experiment of the Tropics and Jenifer Park's Autobiography... 

I know Bertha means well and is asking people to write to their MPs about the fake news Bill. But let's be clear about it factually: since the Bill's reading in Parliament, the ministers have been stoutly defending the Bill's provisions. In fact, even before the Select Committee was convened, the Law Minister already publicly... 

Judgement on "falsehood" is not the same as a straightforward breach of rules, such as parking offences or speeding. It requires an objective and independent entity to make judgement. When PAP enacts a law to give its own Ministers the power to Judge, decide and give out punishment to "fake news" publishers or propagators, it...