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ASIO’s insult to the intelligence of Muslims

28 May 2017 6:25 pm

It’s an insult to the intelligence of Muslims, frankly to all of us, to keep claiming that terrorism today is…

The Guardian meets the RNC

28 May 2017 1:12 pm

Following Guardian journalist Ben Jacobs’ altercation with Republican Gregory Gianforte, the awkward DC-based reporter has been flooded with invitations to…

Church and State, revisited

28 May 2017 7:46 am

When the battle between Church and State spills over into the tax domain things start to get interesting. Earlier this…

Time for reparations for the slave trade?

27 May 2017 1:49 pm

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and soul-searching lately. It has become a regular part of my procrastination between…

Be-Friending the ABC

27 May 2017 8:25 am

It comes as no surprise when you discover that ‘Friends of the ABC’ is not, like, say, the CWA or…

Angered by Manchester? That’s racist!

26 May 2017 8:59 pm

There isn’t much that is more frustrating than the desperate scrambling, post the latest Islamist terrorist attack, for commentators and…

The battle for Manchester

26 May 2017 12:37 pm

In times of great tragedy, when the minds of the masses unite in stunned grief, warped voices become incredibly clear.…

What’s happening with the RSL?

26 May 2017 7:01 am

This week’s victory for newly elected NSW RSL president James Brown disproved the enduring adage that old age and cunning…

Dumb celebrities and other Manchester menaces

25 May 2017 5:30 pm

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that in the aftermath of a tragedy a celebrity in a wont of brains (but…

Plain packaging … for alcohol?

25 May 2017 1:09 pm

It sometimes feels like our society has long abandoned its sense of individual responsibility. Flick open the papers or scroll…

It’s time for Labor voters to pay their way

25 May 2017 7:27 am

It now looks like that Labor and the Greens will support a tax increase for people earning above $85,000 a…

Bye-bye Yassmin

24 May 2017 7:10 pm

It may well be a month too late, but slow clap to the ABC for finally doing the right thing.…

You don’t argue with Ms 61 per cent

24 May 2017 5:03 pm

Malcolm Turnbull must be staring at UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s poll numbers with vaulting envy. The Britain Elects polling…

Manchester, Trump and terror

24 May 2017 11:44 am

It’s been a big week underlining the challenges in combatting global Islamic terrorism. The combination of Trump’s speech to Middle…

Killing children makes no sense

23 May 2017 6:40 pm

Killing children makes no sense. They were not soldiers. They were not partisans. They were kids enjoying music in the…

At least the British have a choice

23 May 2017 1:44 pm

There has already been much debate about British Labour’s election manifesto commitment to re-nationalise the UK’s energy, rail, water and…

Don’t bring them home

23 May 2017 7:19 am

What does jihadist Neil Prakash, now jailed in Turkey, alleged drug mule Cassandra Sainsbury, jailed in Colombia and ex-Waverley college schoolboy, John Zakhariev…

My boyfriend’s back…

22 May 2017 5:52 pm

Lock up your left-wing activist sisters; Julian Assange is back in town. In a triumph for accused rapists everywhere, the…

Remembering the Forgotten People

22 May 2017 12:17 pm

Three-quarters of a century ago, with the Second World War raging in the jungles and high seas of the Pacific,…

Trump’s broken promises

22 May 2017 7:35 am

BOSTON, UNITED STATES — It wasn’t even a year ago the American people were assured Saudi Arabia would finally be…

The new religion

21 May 2017 7:35 am

Let us progress through a number of concepts. The institution described in the following lines should quickly become apparent. Apostasy…

The first casualty of euthanasia

20 May 2017 4:38 pm

The Victorian Ministerial Advisory Panel charged by Premier Daniel Andrews with the task of developing a safe way to kill…

We warn the Tsar

20 May 2017 9:31 am

If there’s been a hot topic of late in media, it’s been the future of Fairfax. Sackings, strikes, Senate hearing…

EXCLUSIVE: Forgotten People speech draft discovered

19 May 2017 12:16 pm

On Monday, 22 May, Liberal party grandees, MPs and supporters will gather at a gala dinner in Canberra to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of…

One impact of the budget: sales of white flags are booming

19 May 2017 7:24 am

Sales of white flags are going gangbusters, with the Coalition buying out supplies. It isn’t surprising, as they’ve found so…