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Marriage à-la-mode
You have had plenty of time to think about it. Tell me, madam, why did you get married? You don’t…
Sydney, you can take your Opera House and…
As a member of a rather sizeable group of Australians who don’t live in Sydney and are not precious and…
Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation is a win for women
Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court is a win for women. It is a win for the rule of…
The week in the world of misandry
A quick peek at what’s going on the flip side of feminism – where it’s all about women. A Queensland…
Is a red wave coming in?
Is it too soon to say that in November, the Democrats will be lucky to see a blue ripple? For…
Restoring the roots
Witnessing the metamorphosis of his own party in the early 1970s, Kim Beazley Senior famously quipped: “When I joined the…
Can you be a feminist and still fuck men?
Unfortunately, the headline to this article isn’t clickbait — it’s something far worse. Can you be a feminist and still…
Deeply, profoundly superficial
Well, it’s going to be an irritating few months before the next NSW election. We had hints of it with…
Regulators, the royal commission and crony capitalism
The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation, and Finances Services Industry has uncovered some inexcusable behaviour. Charging client’s…
Banksy, Michael Spence and the shredding of 3000 years
“It appears we just got Banksy-ed.” So said Alex Branczik, the head of contemporary European art at the auction house…
Fire up your writing engine – and win five grand
Due to popular demand, the deadline has been extended to 5 January 2019
Two victims, or four? Why we need Zoe’s Law
I read with sadness the news reports about a tragic car accident that took place over the recent long weekend.…
An epistle from the Clementines
You can read the extract of Clem’s letter to her son in Fairfax Media here. But if it makes no…
Mt Panorama; pinnacle of patriots
In Australia, as in most other affluent western countries, nationalism is no longer fashionable. Quite the opposite actually – we’ve…
Hitler: “Trump is Hitler.”
No, this isn’t like The Sun, discovering via ouija board before the 1987 British general election that Joseph Stalin intended…
A new type of terror hits Israel
Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, 28, and Ziv Hajbi, 35, were shot dead by a Palestinian terrorist on this Sunday, October 7. Both…
The Opera House is not a billboard – for anyone or any cause
I have a reluctant confession to make. I sort of agree with Bill Shorten. Sort of. The Sydney Opera House…
Do we want a nation run like a union – or a booming business?
The CEO of USA Inc, Donald Trump, has concluded the win-win-win US-Mexico-Canada trade deal; total US unemployment has dropped to…
Are the ABC FactCheck scales of justice weighted?
Last week your ABC ran a fact-check on a statement by Senator Matt Canavan — well, it actually had a…
The private life of the Honey Badger
In a week where most of the Australian mainstream media have been focused on Nick (aka, ‘the-honey-badger’) Cummins’ antics in…
Caring, compassionate Clem
If you’re prone to nausea when listening to the dribble of hypocrites, may I suggest you take some Mylanta tablets…
The war on our soldiers
Winston Churchill and George Orwell have both been attributed with saying “People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only…
How do I tell my poor darling daughter about Brett Kavanaugh?
This morning over breakfast, my eight-year-old said to me: “How can we live in a world where survivors’ stories are…
The week in the world of misandry
A quick peek at what’s going on the flip side of feminism – where it’s all about women. A 39-year-old…
Let this rape survivor tell you: fake rape claims harm
A person doesn’t forget the date, year, time, place and environment in which they were raped and I should know.…
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