James McGrath

The enigma of John the Baptist

31 March 2024 4:00 pm

You’ve seen him in pictures and maybe also on TV. Dressed in rags, eating bugs, shouting angrily at people. You…

The mystery of the Mandaeans, the gnostic sect that worships John the Baptist

24 December 2023 6:00 pm

Gnosticism – the belief that the creation of the material world was a mistake, and the creator deity a bungling…

Why we need a royal commission into public broadcasting

24 November 2021 3:17 pm

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation needs to be reformed to be saved from itself. The ABC is a $1.1 billion organisation…

Diary Australia

26 July 2014 9:00 am

After years of arguments, days of negotiations and hours of speeches from the Greens, the carbon tax was finally abolished.…