The appearance of Covid brought a resurgence of fears of Armageddon. Conscious of mankind’s imperfections, ancient settled societies envisaged a…

Blanket bans on secret recordings are an affront to freedom. Fortunately, animal rights activists are doing Australians a favour by…

Everyone has made mistakes in mathematics, but some mistakes are more important than others. In a contract I was working…

The UK Guardian deactivated its online poll that asked readers to vote for their ‘Person of the Year’. The reason?…

Every family has one, the curmudgeonly old relative who broods annoyingly in the background – except for special family occasions…

While Australia kept itself busy arguing about which politician to box up and airfreight to the COP26 snore-fest, Russia spent…

There’s a band of people who see themselves as the ‘keepers’ of the Eureka Stockade tradition, and they are much…

Cricket Australia racked up a first this week, away from the MCG and the embarrassment that was the MCC cricket…

I’m just writing a quick article to let you know I am non-binary. Sharing this feels a bit daunting but…

It has been about a year now since I decided to take up my pen and write some things that…

Conservatives have been waging a war against identity politics all year, with some brave Sky News Australia commentators railing against…

I am surprised that some people still dispute the idea that sex sells. We know it sells television series and…

Following the passage of Victoria’s Pandemic Management Bill, the Chief Health Officer is required to provide public advice to the…

Thursday’s ‘protest’ outside Canberra’s Old Parliament House, with Aboriginal activists – whether they were themselves Aboriginal or others claiming to…

The Sydney Festival has been subjected to intolerable pressure for accepting a $20,000 partnership with the Israeli Embassy in Canberra.…

It may be that a major casualty from the pandemic is the damage done to the medical profession. Healthcare is…

What is the link between large-scale environmental destruction and a relatively insignificant gas? The answer lies at the intersection of…

On 21 January 2019, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, along with then Sports Minister Senator Bridget McKenzie, announced a grant of…

‘I saw them now with a disgust that they had never roused in me before. Horrible alien things which some…

Swedish startup Epicenter has created a microchip to store Covid vaccine passports. The device is inserted under the skin on…

On December 24, Senior Constable Ben Falconer was given an earnestly hoped-for Christmas present. Following a hearing the previous day,…

The intent underpinning the federal government’s First Home Loan Deposit Scheme is well placed, but good intentions do not necessarily translate to…

A dangerous tone has crept into the medical discourse. Over the last year, it has become increasingly common to encounter…