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About Time is the national newspaper for Australian prisons and detention facilities

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ISSUE NO. 14
September 2025
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Bad Jokes

How do you organise a space-themed party?

You planet.

Why couldn’t the sailor learn the alphabet?

He kept getting lost at C.

Did you hear about the fire at the circus?

It was in tents.

What kind of music do bubbles hate?

Pop.

How does the ocean say hi?

It waves.

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Without About Time, I don’t know where I would be – Mark, from a prison in Victoria

We need your help so that we can print and distribute the paper to every person in every prison for at least the next year. We value whatever you can spare, no matter how big or small.

Australia’s prison population is growing, and our many prisons are spread far and wide.

We need your help so that we can print and distribute the paper to every person in every prison for at least the next year. We need your help to cover postage for anyone who sends us a letter from the inside.

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