The Australian Fabians Review (or Fabian, for short) is the flagship magazine of the Australian Fabians.
Fabian is a platform for progressive voices, from prominent politicians to emerging leaders, who share original ideas for a more equal Australian future.
Launched in 2020, the Australian Fabians Review features original essays, interviews, letters, book reviews and fiction from a wide range of important progressive voices, from politicians, union officials, and community leaders to academics, activists and Australian icons.
Issue 7 - Download
Welcome to Issue 7 of the Australian Fabians Review, a place where the echo chambers of techno-driven feudalism gives way to something far more sinister than capitalism, a world in which inequality outstrips any time in human history, where the young confront poverty, homelessness and climate catastrophe, and the likes of Gina Rinehart thinks she can dictate what the National Gallery exhibits.
Issue 6 - Download
Welcome to the new year and the sixth edition of The Australian Fabians Review. We had intended focusing on the state of the Planet in this edition, and there is ample content to that effect, but the breakout of war in Gaza and the continued war in Ukraine has amplified the call for peace. In all the themes that came together in this edition - centred on an emergent theme in which adolescent suicide, incarceration of Indigenous youth, the killing of children in Gaza, and the destruction of the Planet pointed towards one unassailable truth - we are mistreating our young. And it has to stop. We hope 2024 embraces courageous action against this rising tide.
Issue 5 - Download
Welcome to this fifth edition of The Fabians Review dedicated to the forthcoming referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. In this, we celebrate the feature article from the national campaign director of YES23, Quandamooka man Dean Parkin. Our second lead author The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh demonstrates how factionalism strengthens the Labor Party. Both themes are brought together by Mark Bonanno calling for a unity ticket in supporting the 2023 referendum. We then welcome our third lead author Senator Janet Rice on the Greens’ vision for a Universal Basic Income. Captain Paul Watson, founder of the global conservation movement Sea Shepherd, then writes from the command of his new ship about fires in the South Sea. Along with original poetry on the Voice, we feature artwork, book reviews and news including in-depth commentaries on other rising issues such as the housing crisis, education and the University Accord, unions, defence, AUKUS, economics, technology and the rise of artificial intelligence. All offer challenging visions for the future, inviting bold debate among our Fabians readers.