Rishi Sunak, the ‘Swiftie’
Taylor Swift mania has hit Los Angeles this weekend as the best-selling songstress takes her sold out Eras tour to…
Will this Scottish by-election bring down the SNP?
The first by-election in Scotland since the SNP’s change of leadership is a huge test for First Minister Humza Yousaf.…
Beijing is right to be worried about the Chinese economy
Going by the number of state and Communist party plans to ‘boost consumption’ over the summer, it appears that Beijing…
Wolves and the Greens: why Germans are flocking to the AfD
‘Ku Klux Klan Brandenburg’ was emblazoned across the black T-shirt on a guy in line behind me at the Total…
Rishi Sunak won’t regret giving up on liberal Conservatism
It will not come as much of a shock to learn that people who voted Conservative in 2019 generally think…
Why won’t Keir Mather apologise to Germaine Greer?
Labour’s newest and youngest MP, Keir Mather, is fresh out of Oxford – and on a path to the very…
Why should I pick up my dog’s poo?
In my local countryside lanes and wooded walks, no one is bagging the excrement deposited by the deer, foxes, rabbits…
WA set to ditch controversial Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Laws
‘There will be a lot of people all around regional Australia and a lot of landholders that will be sleeping…
Global boiling. Ouch!
It’s been quite the week for overblown climate hyperbole and preposterous exaggerations, so we thought we may as well join…
Robodebt royal commission was a missed opportunity
How do we create integrity in a flawed welfare system?
Aussie life
The tide seems to be turning. It is looking increasingly likely that what is the daftest referendum ever dreamt up…
Language
‘They’ is not a singular pronoun. It’s a fairly simple concept, but some people are struggling to grasp it. The…
An air of baffled honesty
It’s an exciting prospect, Helen Morse in a play by the great Caryl Churchill. The artistic director of the Melbourne…
Libs, replace ScoMo with Abbott
We need more MPs like him to genuinely help remote indigenous communities
Trumped up
The latest charges against Donald Trump will do nothing to deter his many supporters within the Republican party. On the…





