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When ‘yes’ means ‘no’
I woke up this morning elated. And then shocked. What on earth did I feel so pleased about only 24…
Claims the Paterson bill will licence homophobic hate are hype
The bill unveiled yesterday by Liberal Senator James Paterson to include comprehensive religious protections in the legalisation legalising same-sex marriage…
You may soon be paying more of Waleed’s salary
You, me, our fellow taxpayers everywhere already help pay Waleed Aly’s salary for his important work tackling terrorism at Monash…
Citizenship questions or entitlement mentality?
Section 44(i) of the Australian constitution states: Any person who … is a subject or citizen … of a foreign…
SSM: Please prepare for a ‘no’ vote
As if it wasn’t proving knotty enough to find anyone in politics that is solely an Australian citizen, the goal…
Time for the Terminator
Returning this morning after three weeks in the Old Dart and the USA, I was greeted by yet another lousy…
Queensland’s undemocratic electoral processes
Libertarians, classical liberals and small government conservatives will likely be disappointed with their options when they come to vote in…
Failure atop failure: Turnbull’s NEG
The government’s National Energy Guarantee is not the knockout blow in Australia’s energy wars. Rather, it marks a continuation of…
Tony Abbott is a dual citizen
Tony Abbott is a dual citizen. At least that’s what the ABC appears to be desperate to suggest. Not overtly.…
Lest we forget…
Lest we forget Yassmin Abdel-Magied, that is. Because it’s so often “out of sight, out of mind”, she’s tried to remind…
Rotten Greens
Watching a riot when a crowd turns into a mindless, maddened beast screaming for blood is a frightening experience. To…
Too controversial to debate: IQ and learning
Deplatforming has again become an issue after Teach First, a UK not-for-profit organisation that recruits teachers from other academic disciplines,…
A dangerous pride: Australia’s misunderstood gun laws
In the wake of the most atrocious shooting spree ever seen in the US, we’ve witnessed a spree of another…
A very special day in the death of Fairfax
The regulators have approved the spin-off and separate listing of Domain. It’s now time to crash The Sydney Morning Herald…
The Sydney University protection racket
This is outrageous. Sydney University is not betraying the most fundamental ideals of the academy. Why, it’s even contradicting its…
The conception of modern Israel: remembering the centenary of the Balfour Declaration
Great moments in history are sometimes defined by a piece of paper, in this case, a letter penned from one…
Another ATSIC will also fail
Malcolm Turnbull has firmly, definitely, declared there would be no Referendum on the plans to establish a constitutionally enshrined indigenous…
The death of sex
This morning I witnessed a violent rape. And I’m pretty sure she hadn’t been asking for it. I know this…
Dinosaurs and deplorables
As a former state moderator of the Presbyterian Church, it was with a touch of sadness that I read a…
As The Donald might say, sad
ABC News — the American ABC News — reports: A year after his surprise election victory, President Donald Trump is underperforming expectations…
Give me your entrepreneurial masses…
What do Albert Einstein, Salvador Dali, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Freddie Mercury have in common? They were refugees who…
Hanson’s chance
If Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party ever stands a chance at scooping power, the time is now. Not just now-ish,…
Betting against our rights
Last month the Senate Environment and Communications Committee released a report on the participation of Australians in online poker, which…
Shattered – inside Hillary Clinton’s doomed campaign
Only the most rabid fans of US politics will have the time or energy to wade through this doorstopper by…
If love wins, we all lose
All the way back in 1984 –- an ominous year in the literary world to be sure -– Tina Turner…
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