A wellbeing budget won’t help a sickly economy
There’s a concerted effort to shift the focus of economics away from financial data towards social. Specifically, it’s argued that…
The amazing gracelessness of Elizabeth Warren
The stars were out in force on Saturday Night Live last night — Daniel Craig, the Weeknd and, er, Elizabeth…
The ugliness of carbon zero
The government is trying to get onshore windfarms going again, defying the damage they do to unique environments. I am…
Five tips for modern women, courtesy of Nonna
I find it immensely dull that International Women’s Day is primarily used as a platform for the sisterhood to whinge…
What’s woke this International Women’s Day?
James Murray, the primary editor of the original Oxford English Dictionary, must have spent the last week gyrating a la…
Joe Biden, restoration man
The results of Super Tuesday show that while Joe Biden can’t be described as coherent, the Biden campaign has found…
International Women’s Day, gender pay gap and other feminist fantasies
Thank goodness for International Women’s Day. Where would we be without it? Definitely don’t make a joke about us actually…
Donald Trump’s ‘hunch’ about coronavirus is likely correct
Donald Trump is in the soup again, this time for appearing to reject the World Health Organisation’s estimate for the death…
The row over Suzanne Moore is a test for the Guardian’s liberal credentials
The Guardian is a great newspaper and it remains so even if, puzzlingly, more than a fifth of its workforce…
Inside the relationship between politicians and the media
Global system breakdown has defined all our lives for 13 years. From the banking system’s boom and bust to the…
Why I’ve lost respect for Jeremy Clarkson
If Jeremy Clarkson had lived through the Wars of the Roses he would have been neither a Yorkist nor a…
Coronavirus and why we need globalisation insurance
What has the coronavirus virus wrought? In some ways it is a perfect weapon: it doesn’t kill that many people…
Through the ABC’s looking glass
‘How can you look at future technologies? They’re not invented yet!’ retorted Leigh Sales gleefully. If Lewis Carroll had created…
Tinkerbell wins Gold at the Sydney Peace Prize
...but I've nominated Donald Trump to take home the big one!
I am woman, hear me roar (part 2)
Feminists must speak out against the misandry of the trans movement
David Williamson
‘That sinkhole of ambition and superficiality we call Sydney.’ That’s a direct quotation from the Melbourne Theatre Company’s promotion of…
Australian notes
Enemies of free speech hide behind a bill of rights An intriguing feature of the debate about freedom of the…
