Gang of Youths in Banana Smoothie Rampage!

by Mark Mordue | May 19, 2021

  Emma, Sarah, Pokes, Will and Josh are down here again shopping at Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville. Except for Sarah, who has come visiting her sister Emma, they all live in a big share-house in Newtown. “So we’re all practically family,” Josh says. The rest of...

Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2021– confirmed guests for the day (updated)

by Mark Mordue | Apr 24, 2021

  With only a week to go the inaugural Addi Road Writers’ Festival is assuming final shape. You will find below a list of all the confirmed guests. Panel themes and times will be announced on Monday.  Created and hosted by the Addison Road Community Organisation, the...

Faces of Addi Road: Eilish

by Mark Mordue | Oct 6, 2020

Are those four people you are with your flatmates? Eilish half-shrugs and says, “Yeah, some of them.” Some of them? “Well … I live in a really big share house.” How big is big? “Oh, there’s about 40 people that I live with in all.” 40?!! Then Eilish laughs and has to...

The Language of the People

by Mark Mordue | Apr 14, 2020

On buses and trains. By pushbike. On foot. They all come. Some who can speak English quite well. Others who look less sure, dependent on a friend to speak for them. Andres is a volunteer for United For Colombia, a not for profit organisation that he says “is designed...

Global Climate Strike Sydney 2019

by Mark Mordue | Sep 22, 2019

Friday, September 20th 2019: The Global Climate Strike in Sydney gathers in the Domain and marches through the city streets to Hyde Park. 100,000 people led by the voices of young people who want to save the planet and create a better world. “The youth are...