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Marisa Wikramanayake

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Marisa Wikramanayake’s Biography

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I’m Marisa Wikramanayake. I am a freelance journalist and editor (also known as a word wrangler). I started my journalism career as a weekly columnist for the Sunday Leader writing on politics and popular culture for four years for a readership of 100,000. Since then I have written for Science Network WA, RTR FM, The New Daily, The Daily FT, Audrey Daybook and Books & Publishing on politics, business, science, technology, the environment, music, games and books.

In my spare time I write novels …

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We are live with Kuany Kiir Kuany author of Enlightened Darkness which is published through Africa World Book…

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We are interviewing Suzanne Jambo author of Today's African Woman, a memoir about her time as an activist and…

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Marisa Wikramanayake

Interviewing Dr Douglas H. Johnson author of South Sudan: a new history for a new nation for Africa World Boo…

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Saudade (Suneeta Peres da Costa, Giramondo) | Books+Publishing

Saudade (Suneeta Peres da Costa, Giramondo) | Books+Publishing

Sydney author Suneeta Peres da Costa's novella Saudade will leave you feeling lost and homesick for a place o…

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Facebook Live Video Interview with Kuany Kiir Kuany

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Articles

Indigenous Elder In Australia Is Suing King Charles III For Genocide

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By Marisa Wikramanayake
| Popular Resistance
Above photo: Crime Scene Australia. In June 2026, Krauatungalung Elder Djuran Bunjileenee Uncle Robbie Thorpe appealed to the Victorian Supreme Court in Australia as part of agenocidecourt case. The accused? King Charles III as the UK Crown representative. It is one of a series of court cases Uncle Robbie has filed. Another is a trespassing casebrought against Margaret Gardner, the governor of Victoria.
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An Indigenous Elder in Australia is suing King Charles III for genocide

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By Marisa Wikramanayake
| The Canary Verified
In June 2026, Krauatungalung Elder Djuran Bunjileenee Uncle Robbie Thorpe appealed to the Victorian Supreme Court in Australia as part of a genocide court case. The accused? King Charles III as the UK Crown representative. It is one of a series of court cases Uncle Robbie has filed. Another is a trespassing case brought against Margaret Gardner, the governor of Victoria. Governor’s trespass Uncle Robbie stands in front of the Victorian Magistrates’ Court in trousers and a North Face jacket.
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Sentinel Breaks Ground on Newcastle Logistics Hub

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By Marisa Wikramanayake
| The Urban Developer Verified
Industrial Work has begun on the $130-million first stage of the Newcastle Port Logistics Hub on a former BHP site. The Sentinel Property Group project is rising on a 10.1ha site at 71 Industrial Drive at Mayfield, about 6.5km north-west of the Newcastle CBD. The land was subdivided into several lots—one has been sold to a major NSW-based developer who is negotiating with fast food and fuel station operators.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was a weekly columnist for a national Sri Lankan paper for 4 years covering politics, popular culture & life in Australia.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No but I wish I had one.

How is social media changing news?

It's a great tool to disseminate important information in a crisis & it's a great means of debunking false information when news is spread.

Awards

KSP - Varuna Foundation Fellowship

2018 - Creative writing

I won the inaugural KSP - Varuna Foundation Fellowship which gave me a chance to spend a week at each writing centre to work on a crime fiction novel.