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‘Your service contract has been completed,’ said someone or something from British Gas, in the chat box on its website.…
A real game changer
The moment before the fall of women’s football can be precisely dated. On Boxing Day 1920, Dick, Kerr Ladies FC…
Multiculturalism is in, and that’s a good thing
According to the latest Census results, for the first time, more than half of Australians (51.2 per cent) are now…
The big reason you can’t afford a home
Why are houses so ridiculously expensive in Australia? This, and other expletive-laden questions, I shouted at my screen while scrolling…
Tony Blair is too good for British politics
Tony Blair was the headline act at his day-long talking-shop in London yesterday. The crowds attending the Future of Britain…
The rise and fall of R Kelly
It’s been an eventful week for celebrity justice, especially of the entirely predictable kind. First, Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to…
Will Putin succeed where Stalin and Khrushchev failed in Ukraine?
A few weeks after Putin’s war against Ukraine began on 24 February, an infamous article was published in RIA Novosti,…
My sister Ghislaine was denied justice
There is a cartoon doing the rounds this week that shows two women having a drink. One says to the…
Horse racing’s dark secret
Royal Ascot has come and gone: 300,000 racegoers, men in top hats and tails, women in chic outfits and beautiful,…
Where’s ‘The Voice’ of reason?
Hey, Mr Albanese, fools rush in and all that… Hold back on the referendum for a moment. The voice of reason should…
Climate Justice? Victoria’s fresh assault on businesses
Last week’s restoration of the electricity market, following the regulator assuming full control on June 15, means the energy crisis…
Liz Cheney is the GOP’s worst enemy
Liz Cheney made two interesting moves last week. One, she was among the fourteen House Republican who voted to pass the…
Climate Change causes domestic violence…?
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The person who should have resigned
The resignation of four Victorian Ministers last Friday is too little, too late. That’s despite other Ministers previously stepping down…
Shameful star chambers ruin men’s lives
In a recent judgment about a sexual misconduct case at Cornell University, the judge compared the campus disciplinary committees to the infamous…
