Mark Powell

The secular caliphate

12 September 2017 7:32 am

There has been a spate of articles lately putting forward the conservative case for same-sex marriage. Even our current Prime Minister, who has been described…

Gender dystopia

8 September 2017 3:30 pm

You know that we’ve reached a new nadir in Australian politics when in a recent interview Rob Sitch, one of…

Same-sex marriage and the “political advocacy” of the AMA

5 September 2017 7:31 am

Dr Pansy Lai, a practicing Sydney GP, who appeared on the Australian Christian Lobby’s advertisement for the “no” campaign last…

But it’s all about equality, right?

31 August 2017 7:28 am

We are in the middle of a storm of misinformation as the plebiscite on same-sex marriage draws near. Who do…

On the wrong side of history?

26 August 2017 9:00 am

No one wants to be on the wrong side of history. But without hindsight, it can be difficult to work…

After marriage equality, then what?

23 August 2017 12:46 pm

Much to my wife’s unease, I sat down with my four-year-old son the other day and watched The Wizard of Oz, which,…

Faith, family, violence and the ABC’s smears

3 August 2017 7:27 am

I grew up in a family that was, as they say, less than ideal. Not only was it a long…