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'Everyone loves a good mystery, and here in Australia we just so happen to have one sitting smack-bang in the centre of our backyard. Pine Gap is one of the largest military bases in the world and, according to the available documentation, exists as a satellite tracking station. Shared between Australia and the US, it is officially known as a 'Joint Defence Space Research Facility'. However, neither the Australian public nor the government can acquire full access to it or the information it collects. So 'joint' in this sense is uncomfortably akin to joint custody - it sounds fair until you find one party only gets access every second weekend.'

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y Voiceworks no. 89 Winter 2012 16748349 2012 periodical issue Abstract 'For a few years I lived in a tiny beachside town six hours from Melbourne. It was the kind of place with postcard-perfect shorelines, mudbrick houses and a prep-to–year twelve college. So, even in a combined classroom, there were only ten other kids in my class, the majority of whom weren’t mad keen on books. These being the dark days of dial-up, whatchya saw was pretty much whatchya got in terms of a peer group – and even worse, selection at the school library. After moving to suburbia, the hourlong train ride into the city felt like teleportation in super-slow motion. The pull of those corporate towers sheltering hidden cafes was physical. Like an undertow or tractor beam. By the time adolescence kicked in proper, I was caught up in a powerful question familiar to all fledgling artists: once you realise you’re a writer, what next? I’d already taught myself to like coffee and some Silvia Plath. Now I wanted more.' (Kat Muscat, Editorial introduction) 2012
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