James Macpherson

When are we banning the hammer and sickle?

24 June 2022 8:25 am

Victoria this week become the first Australian jurisdiction to ban the Nazi swastika, with those who defy the ban to…

Adam Bandt insults Australians by ditching flag

22 June 2022 6:00 am

Ahead of a press conference with Greens Leader Adam Bandt earlier this week, a Greens staffer moved the Australian flag…

The world’s most expensive flagpole

21 June 2022 6:00 am

As soon as the New South Wales state government finishes putting the Aboriginal flag atop Sydney Harbour Bridge, they need…

Covid encore performance for Justin Trudeau

18 June 2022 11:00 am

Multi-jabbed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has Covid for the second time this year. Trudeau announced his latest helping of Covid on…

Moneypox - sorry - Monkeypox

17 June 2022 11:00 am

The World Health Organisation has decided to rebrand, er, rename the Monkeypox. WHO boss Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said today a new name…

Essex police monitor Pride tweets for ‘hate’

15 June 2022 8:00 am

Are they police, or are they ideological enforcers? That’s the question many people are asking after British police tweeted their…

Mask-up for MonkeyPox

9 June 2022 2:00 pm

America’s Centre for Disease Control this week recommended travellers mask up to protect themselves from the MonkeyPox – a disease…

Transgender Barbie

7 June 2022 8:00 am

Transgender Barbie is now available for purchase. Toy giant Mattel announced last week that they ‘couldn’t be more excited’ about the doll which…

Holy war: Pelosi v. the Catholic Church

1 June 2022 11:00 am

The Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco has banned Nancy Pelosi from taking communion because of her continued support for abortion…

Carbon fear is the new normal

30 May 2022 4:00 am

The thing I find most frightening about the World Economic Forum is that they keep saying the quiet bits out…

Tanya Plibersek’s dark lord, Peter Dutton

26 May 2022 9:00 am

Almost ten years in the wilderness, and Labor have learned nothing. Newly elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised on Sunday…

The media’s obsession with crucifying Scomo

23 May 2022 6:25 am

Scott Morrison and his faith have been the subject of national discussion for three years, and yet journalists still don’t…

Over easy Albanese fried on both sides

21 May 2022 4:00 am

Anthony Albanese has claimed the Liberal advertising campaign slogan – ‘Life won’t be easy under Albanese’ – is racist bullying that…

Fishnets and Lego: Australian Museum gets a wake up call

18 May 2022 1:55 pm

It’s hard to know what’s worse – that Australian Museum staff allowed a man wearing women’s lingerie to play with…

Sergeant Bruno’s big mistake

16 May 2022 12:00 pm

A Victorian policeman is under investigation for posting online that there are only two genders. And so he should be!…

Fifty shades of Covid

13 May 2022 4:00 pm

[Calm down, it’s satire.] She slowly slipped her mask down and removed her gloves. Then lowered her second mask. That…

Waiter, can I get some more ‘Anglican’ in this activism?

11 May 2022 2:00 pm

In what sense is an Anglican school that rejects Anglican teaching in order to keep non-Anglican families happy still an…

Mum’s the word

9 May 2022 11:00 am

Anthony Albanese can’t tell you much about his policies, but would you like to hear about his mother? The Labor…

Now, everyone’s a biologist!

6 May 2022 2:00 pm

And just like that, bodily autonomy and women were back! With news leaking that the US Supreme Court was set…

The essential ‘activism cheat sheet’

3 May 2022 2:00 pm

The Trans Journalists Association has produced a style guide to help media outlets provide ‘more accurate, sensitive coverage’ of trans issues. A…

It was International Lesbian Visibility Week…

29 April 2022 4:00 am

It’s International Lesbian Visibility Week. I don’t know if that means lesbians will be getting around in Hi-Vis jackets, or…

Newspoll: a pox on both your houses!

27 April 2022 10:00 am

‘A pox on both your houses!’ That famous line from Romeo and Juliet looks like being dusted off by voters…

Greenwich threatens Perrottet’s minority government

22 April 2022 2:55 pm

Imagine a government falling because its leader dared to assert that girls should play sport against girls.  You might not…

‘Blessed’ or a bigot?

21 April 2022 11:03 am

Like the Prime Minister, I’m blessed to have healthy children. And if you believe senior Labor politicians, that makes me…

Unexplained pregnancies at the women-only Edna Mahan Correctional Facility

20 April 2022 9:00 am

[Calm down, it’s satire.] Two inmates at a women-only prison are reportedly pregnant after getting a little too friendly with…