Why should Idrissa Gueye have to wear a rainbow shirt?

19 May 2022 4:00 pm

A row about rainbows has broken out in football. Paris St-Germain players wore brightly coloured numbers — a show of…

Safety and efficacy

Since the beginning of 2021, the official narrative with regards to the Covid vaccines has maintained that the vaccines are…

Is it time to put ‘freedom’ first?

19 May 2022 1:20 pm

Polling is concerned with the House of Reps so forecasting the composition of the 40 senators to be elected this…

It’s only a culture war when the right does it

19 May 2022 12:23 pm

Having recently botched South African history, the New York Times is now turning its sights to Australia. Our friends Down…

Erasing mothers is not ‘progress’

19 May 2022 12:00 pm

Everywhere you look, mothers are being erased. In the name of inclusion and diversity: Barnardos has cancelled its ‘Mother of…

Coles: sacks unvaccinated staff, creates paid gender affirmation leave

19 May 2022 11:50 am

Coles sacked the last of its unvaccinated staff at the beginning of this year, long after state mandates fell and…

Tezza’s how-to-vote card

19 May 2022 9:00 am

Regular readers will know that James Allan and I agree to disagree on the direction of centre-right politics. There is…

History stands against Albanese

19 May 2022 4:00 am

If the polls are to be believed, a thumping Labor victory is to be expected at this week’s election.  This…

BLM is dying but it’s legacy lives on

19 May 2022 3:20 am

It can be hard to remember just how strange things were during the pandemic. Every day the front pages covered…

Trump is still the orange elephant in the room

19 May 2022 3:06 am

The big news stories this morning are not just about the results of yesterday’s primary elections, but about how big…

Is the MAGA saga coming to an end?

19 May 2022 12:25 am

Did the Trump movement get a bloody nose in last night’s Republican primaries? It’s a story that most of the…

Mervyn King: Needless money-printing fuelled inflation

18 May 2022 11:00 pm

Some £500 billion was printed by the Bank of England during the pandemic – a staggering sum that caused very…

A private girls’ school is the latest transgender battleground

18 May 2022 10:01 pm

The ugly nature of the transgender debate – and the viciousness of those who seek to silence others who disagree…

Sunak faces the pressure over Britain’s cost of living crisis

18 May 2022 9:54 pm

Will the Chancellor announce new measures to ease the cost of living crisis? Rishi Sunak is under pressure to do…

Hong Kong and the surprising truth about the British Empire

18 May 2022 8:59 pm

What would the world be like if the British Empire had never existed? Critics of British colonialism say that the…

Sunak, not Bailey, is to blame for inflation

18 May 2022 7:00 pm

Inflation has hit a 40-year high. The cost of household utilities rose by an average of £700 last month. We are…

Just how long can Russia sustain the war in Ukraine?

18 May 2022 6:21 pm

The sheer complexity of the war in Ukraine can mask its most important features. So let’s cut through the complexity…

‘Commie’ Twitter employees vent about Musk

18 May 2022 4:30 pm

Everyone guessed that the poorly-adjusted, short-tempered, activist-Millennial employees of Twitter would have trouble adjusting to the ‘New Normal’ of Muskdom…

Fishnets and Lego: Australian Museum gets a wake up call

18 May 2022 1:55 pm

It’s hard to know what’s worse – that Australian Museum staff allowed a man wearing women’s lingerie to play with…

MoodSnap! Technology for mental health

18 May 2022 1:00 pm

We’ve all become familiar with integrated app-based health platforms like Apple Health, Google Fit, and Fitbit allowing us to track…

Will Albo follow in the footsteps of Jacinda Ardern?

18 May 2022 12:30 pm

Will the Australian Labor Party follow in the footsteps of New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern? Australia is one of the least…

California’s Woke dreaming – is it time to wake up?

18 May 2022 11:00 am

Some of us baby boomers remember the heady days of the flower power era; the spirit of peace and goodwill…

Pandemic reckoning: Australians deserve a review

18 May 2022 10:10 am

It seems the pandemic has disappeared – from our TV screens at least. Last week, the Prime Minister and Opposition…

Samuel Griffith Society: 30 years standing up for the rule of law

18 May 2022 9:00 am

The Samuel Griffith Society was established in 1992. Named after the first Chief Justice of the High Court, its motto is…

Unemployment is low – so why aren’t wages improving?

18 May 2022 12:21 am

For the first time ever, the number of UK job vacancies – now almost 1.3 million – has overtaken the…