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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Melee (our Treasurer) having a moment with Dominar Rygel from Farscape, at the Jim Henson exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane. Farscape was filmed in Australia, with a mostly Australian cast and crew. #Aussiecon5

White woman with model of Dominar Rygel.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Our newsletter, Progress Report #0, has just gone out! If you have signed up and didn't receive it, let us know. Memberships are available now! Join our Team and help to put on the 2028 Worldcon in Brisbane, Australia! mailchi.mp/38ee5def57de... #Worldcon #Brisbanein28 #HugoAwards

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Last week Friends of Tiny Koala visited the Baltimore Science Fiction Society building to observe club annual elections. Some remain at the building, while others have found forever homes with club members. @balticon.bsky.social #Aussiecon5

Tiny Koala balanced on a lilac ipad with a picture of a library with a few people, bejind.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And finally we have Major Thomas Wussfuss. He will be chairing the Business Meeting and promises to rule with a firm and fair paw. #Aussiecon5

Ginger and white tabby cat with yellow eyes, a full white bib and a ginger Hugo rocket on his nose. His tail is peach with dark ginger stripes and his paws are white. He is sitting with bookshelves behind him .

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Apologies for the cut and paste here: I'm travelling. But meet Cleo on the maintenance team and Athena on Su-purrvision. #Aussiecon5.

Left: a black cat at the top of a ladder; right, a tabby cat staring at you hard.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thanks, all, for your patience: the certificate error on redirection of the brisbane28.org URL to the new aussiecon.org URL has now been resolved. If you experience any future issues, please do let us know with a comment here or by contacting socialmedia@brisbane28.org. 🐨

image of the new Aussiecon5 Worldcon in 2028 website front page, with the theme "Story Telling from the Past Through the Future".

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Miss Phryne Basset is head of investigations. She would like to investigate your back pack, your pockets and your lunch box please. #Aussiecon5

Tri colour Basset hound leasing her team of two dachshunds through the woods. Her tongue is out in anticipation

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Noodle is available in the Quiet Space for pats. She has the softest fur in the world. Team #Aussiecon5

A lovely white mastif lying on a grey bed with a pink blanket, just waiting for you to take time for a pat.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Code of Conduct is a key part of the policy infrastructure of a modern Worldcon. As policies need implementation, we would like to introduce Freddie Purrcury, Pest Control Officer for #Aussiecon5. (aka MurderKit).

Bue eyed, blue point (aka grey) siamese cat, whiskers twitching with a blue collar which has a predator bell.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Today's appointment is Bindi. Bindi will be responsible for food quality control. All food served on the premises will have been *personally* checked out.

A brindled dog face with dark brown yes peeps out from a cream soft bed. She is wearing a blue sweater decorated with cream clouds.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Head of Tech is this handsome gentleman, S. He promises to reorganise your wires. #Aussiecon5

A handsome black labrador looks at some black piping and wonders what would happen if he chewed it. Behind hm are brown storage boxes on top of which to the left are tool boxes and to the right a lap top.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In charge of the Consuite at #Aussiecon5 is the treasurer's cocker spaniel, Bailey.

Red gold cocker spaniel standing in front of two fridges full of wine. Judging by the look in his eyes, he will accept sossidges as bribe.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy 60th Birthday, Star Trek! Celebrating a show that was the entrée for many of us into SFF fandom. 🖖 #StarTrek #StarTrekDay

"Star Trek 60" appears on a background of a colourful nebula.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"Congrats on being seated as the next Worldcon, Aussiecon5!" – Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net

image of actor and author Wil Wheaton at LAcon V: a dark-haired man with black glasses and a beard and moustache, wearing a black Depeche Mode t-shirt and a con badge with several ribbons, with a beige LAcon V tote bag over his shoulder and a Brisbane Tiny Koala clipped to the straps of the tote bag.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today's Team Pet is Tabith, who supervises the work of @crewgrrl.bsky.social Tabith is in charge of not letting you leave, ever. Tabitha is recruiting. #Aussiecon5

You have a purple blanket over your legs. Facing away from you is a soft grey cat. When you look more closely you realise that she is a very soft grey and peach tortoiseshell.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

One of the lighter things the team discusses is what roles our pets might want on staff. @yaritji.bsky.social's Greyhound Houston wishes to host the Hugos. What role would your pet play at #Aussiecon5 (more Team Pets tomorrow!)

Grey greyhound with soulful caramel eyes looking out from a cloth spacesuit with a grey and red rocket ship shaped helmet with yellow wings.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Thanks to everyone who showed up to our Hugo Awards Watch Party at @laworldcon.bsky.social! We also had a great Aussiecon5 celebration afterward for winning the 2028 Worldcon for Brisbane.

A hotel room full of people seated in rows of chairs in front of a large-screen TV. There is a table full of snacks and another with tubs of sodas on ice. The audience are enjoying food and drink whilst they watch the 2026 Hugo Awards ceremony.

Several rows of chairs on the Lanai deck outside the Aussiecon5 party suite, filled with more people enjoying food and drink whilst they watch the 2026 Hugo Awards ceremony through the hotel room's floor-to-ceiling windows. The Lanai deck is decorated with festive strings of lights.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Trivia: 3,000 #BrisbaneIn2028 Koalas were released into the wild @laworldcon.bsky.social That means around 75% of the membership went home with a #TinyKoala.

tiny koala toys with turquoise vests, in a blue suitcase.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

We are delighted to introduce to you Claire G. Coleman. Coleman is a is a Noongar woman whose family have belonged to the south coast of Western Australia since before history started being recorded. Claire is the author of multiple award winning sf novel Terra Nullius (2017). #Aussiecon5

Claire G Coleman This is a portrait photo of Claire on a black background, she's wearing a black shirt.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

David Gaider is founder & Creative Director at Melbourne game developer, Summerfall Studios. His best known work is Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical (2023). Gaider has credits on numerous games, notably Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn & award winning Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014). #Aussiecon5

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Jonathan Strahan is Reviews Editor of Locus, an award-winning editor, anthologist, critic and podcaster. He has edited over 70 anthologies & 20 single-author collections, and won Locus, Aurealis, Ditmar and World Fantasy Awards and co-hosts the Hugo Award-winning Coode Street Podcast. #Aussiecon5

Jonathan Strahan This is a close up of Jonathan, he's in a blue shirt, with frameless glasses

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Our guest Artist is the award winning illustrator, poet, short story writer and novelist, Kathleen Jennings. Kathleen won the World Fantasy Award for Best Artist in 2020, and a number of Ditmars for her art and fiction. She has been a finalist for the Hugos and the Locus Awards. #Aussiecon5

Kathleen Jennings wearing a yellow floral blouse in front of out-of-focus magenta bougainvillea.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Introducing our Fan Guest of Honour, Perry Middlemiss! The DUFF delegate in 1996 and won the Ditmar Award in 1998. In 1999 he chaired Aussiecon 3, and in 2010 co-chaired Aussiecon 4 with Rose Mitchell. In 2021 he was awarded the A. Bertram Chandler Award, for services to Australian sf #Aussiecon5

Perry Middlemiss A photo of Perry. He sits facing the camera wearing a blue shirt, with glasses on

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Seanan McGuire is a multi-talented award-winning author who has been nominated for awards every year since 2010. Seanan is a writer, singer, musician & podcaster. She is the author of over 50 novels, more than 200 short stories, comics, collections and critical work, and five albums. #Aussiecon5

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

And #BrisbaneIn2028 #MeanjinIn2028 is returned as the 2028 worldcon! This will be the last time I post this logo. It's been lovely! We will be #Aussiecon5!

First line Meanjin
Middle line In 2028
Third line Brisbane

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

@laworldcon.bsky.social is underway and the first #Brisbanein2028 #MeanjinIn2028 was last night. If you have pictures please post them below (make sure you have people's permission).

Party spread: top left crisps and biscuits/cookies. then fruit. In the centre dips, at the front, crudites. And at the very front chocolate because everyone needs chocolate.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

They can up their bid to get ahead of the person in front. E.F.Cikamatana 🇦🇺didn't bother. She bid so high (138kg) that everyone else was done. She smashed it. Then on her second lift she smashed the #CommonwealthGames record. Enjoy. #MeanjinIn28 #Brisbanein28 #Oceania

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

And we were delighted to be here to witness Seine Stowers representing Samoa absolutely smash the Commonwealth Games record for the Snatch in the 77kg weight class. #CommonwealthGames #Oceania #BrisbaneIn2028 #MeanjinIn2028

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Sadly our Australian competitor didn't complete her lifts but we loved cheering on New Zealand Athlete Georgia Theron in the #CommonwealthGames #BrisbaneIn2028 #MeanjinIn2028

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

@effjayem.bsky.social is at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow today at the same site as @glasgow2024.bsky.social Effjayem will of course be cheering 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 but also Team 🇦🇺🦘🐨 And look whose headquarters they passed this morning! Go Team Australia! #BrisbaneIn2028 #MeanjinIn2028

A group of people in team colours, yellow and teal, in the courtyard of their headquarters.

A teal wall banner with UNSOPPABLE In yellow. And next to it one with AUS HQ in white and yellow.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Home to the illustrious Hugo Awards, the annual literary awards for best speculative fiction works and achievements, Worldcon celebrates and showcases excellence in science fiction, fantasy and genre through a weekend of events, discussion, and activities.

City scape, with high rise buildings in the background, a river, and trees and a tennis court in the foreground. Text in the middle says VOTE FOR BRISBANE IN 28

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) is the largest global event for the World Science Fiction Society, with almost 90 years of history.

City at night, with buildings in the background and a park in the foreground. Text in the middle says VOTE FOR BRISBANE IN 28.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Brisbane is bidding to host WorldCon in 2028! What's WorldCon we hear you ask?

Blue sky, with a high-rise building, in the background. Foreground has many people at a swimming pool. The text in the middle says Vote for BRISBANE IN 28.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Have you read Justine Larbalastier's work? @larbalestier.bsky.social is an award-winning fiction writer and critic. Originally from Sydney, she particularly came to attention with the 2003 _Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction_, which was a Hugo nominee in 2003. ...

Cover of the book The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction. The title is at the top, with a black background. The rest of the image has a space background, with a woman appearing to attack a man in a space suit.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Did you know that Australia has multiple time zones and that *not all of them use Daylight Savings Time*? This means that at some times of the year we have five time zones, and at other times, three. During Worldcon, we'll only have three.

Left Hand Picture: three time zones, West to East, blue = 6pm; green =7:30pm; yellow = 8pm. Right Hand Picture: West is blue and 6pm. Top middle is green, and 7:30pm. Bottom middle is orange and 8:30pm. East is top, yellow 8pm; bottom, red, 9pm.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The #BrisabaneIn2028 #MeanjinIn2028 table at @laworldcon.bsky.social needs helpers. If you are interested DM with your details and someone will get back to you.

In the background the Montreal banner on the left and the Brisbane banner on the right. Mid ground a person shape in green with hands coming out and the statement: this could be you. In the foreground a table with a white cloth, a pineapple plushy, small dinosaur figures, a plate of candy, tiny koalas, and a cork hat resting on a pineapple.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Meet Aimee Lindorff I'm currently based in Sydney, but I've only recently left Brisbane. I've lived in a lot of places, but Brisbane is my home. While I'll be working in event production when the time comes, til then I'm helping out with the Brisbane insights and social media.

A photo of Aimee Lindorff. A person with shoulder-length blue hair smiles at the camera. They wear a black v-neck shirt and a black jacket. The background has is leaves.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

By pure coincidence team member @effjayem.bsky.social was at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social yesterday and checked out the Fairytale exhibition.

On the left the story and on the right a lizard with feet in circles representing sites/meeting places:camps.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We are very sad to hear of the death of Robin Johnson, in Ballarat on 6th July. Robin Johnson was the fan who led the team that bid for and hosted Aussiecon, Australia's first World Science Fiction Convention, in 1975. fancyclopedia.org/wiki/Robin_J...

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Happy #CanadaDay to all our Canadian supporters and friends, and especially to the 2030 #WorldconBidTeam @edmontonin2030.bsky.social

Three maple leaves against a dark red background. Two red maple leaves with a white maple leaf imposed over the top. Below, HAPPY CANADA DAY! in block capitals with an exclamation mark.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

@effjayem.bsky.social - Farah Mendlesohn - is one of our volunteers... Where do you like? Perth Scotland. What are you to the bid? I've been leading on social media under the guidance of the chairs.

A photo of Farah. They are leaning on a table, with one fist under their chin. They have reddish hair to just below their shoulders, and they are wearing a green long-sleeved top.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

We are heartbroken to hear of the passing of multiple award-winning New Zealand / Australian author, cartographer, and photographer Russell Kirkpatrick, who served as Guest of Honour and MC at many conventions. Our condolences to his family and friends on their loss. #AustralianSFF #OceaniaSFF

Photo of a man wearing a white shirt and a badge from Australian convention Conflux 10.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Meet our Co-Chair, @nefarious-vix.bsky.social! Where do you live? I live in Melbourne (Naarm), Australia What are you to the Bid? I'm the Co-Bid chair, roped into the bid when it was revived, and now stepping up to hopefully bring it home!

A photo of Vix. She is visible from the shoulders up. She has long brown hair over part of her face. She wears a black singlet. Behind her is a bookcase full of books.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Meet another of our team: Cora Buhlert! I live just outside Bremen in Nth Germany. Outside Germany, the city is best known from the fairytale "The Bremen Town Musicians". My official title is "EU and UK table coordinator", which means I help to organise the fan tables at various European cons...

A photo of Cora. She has long brown hair which she is wearing down. She has a lanyard with many ribbons in it. She stands in front of a Brisbane28 and a Montreal Worldcon banner. There are many toy koalas, a crocodile, a hat with corks, and a pineapple on the table in front of her.

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