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`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
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`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

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1/9/2026, 4:00:22 AM

Public

https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/adelaide-festival-drops-randa-abdel-fattah-after-bondi-attacks,20544

Here’s a grim foretaste of the Australian cultural landscape for 2026.

No credible accusation of anything has been made, just vague hand waving towards ‘cultural sensitivities’.

This is evidently all that is now required to justify the hounding of Palestinians and their allies from public life in this country.

Adelaide Festival drops Randa Abdel-Fattah after Bondi attacks

Adelaide Festival has cancelled Randa Abdel-Fattah’s Writers Week appearance, citing “cultural sensitivity” after the Bondi terrorist attacks.

independentaustralia.net · Independent Australia

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