Nadine Garner
As the most subscribed theatre company in the country, the Melbourne Theatre Company can be deservedly proud of its long…
The word you’ve been looking for? Objectivism
There’s something darkly appealing about the whole spectacle of contemporary politics. The distinct magnetism of the performative theatrics, the moral…
The week in misandry
A quick peek at what’s going on the flip side of feminism – where it’s all about women. A woman…
Victoria votes: short termism rules, OK?
Now a fortnight in, and the Victorian election campaign was all but cancelled for lack of interest this week. The…
What’s so bad about negative gearing?
As Scott Morrison tours the Queensland coastline, his mind is most probably wandering across a range of policies that he…
Kristallnacht in Canberra
Peter Witting of Yarralumla, Canberra, 10 years old in 1938, remembered leading his nine-year-old sister to school, past destroyed shops…
The Donald is MEGA: Making Earth Great Again
President Trump may not have had as a great success at the midterms as his diehard fans predicted, winning some…
Welcome to Rainbow Academy?
It seems that there are a significant number of people who are upset at the principals of thirty-four Anglican schools…
Victoria’s secret
Our federal parliamentarians – even Labor, since this is new territory – have been caught off-guard by reports that Victorian…
Are we really still the economic wonder down under?
Australia continues to gain international recognition for its exemplary economic performance and to be highlighted as a case study in…
Winning huge with The Donald
It is likely President Trump will record an unprecedented success in the midterm elections. Mid-term elections invariably go against the…
Qantas, Virgin and the difference between virtue-signalling and virtue
A war of words has erupted around Virgin’s announcement that they would give ex-servicemen and women priority boarding and in-flight…
“What if women went on a sex strike before the midterms?”
…and no one noticed? After the “Grab them by the ballot” nude photo shoot by “a diverse group of 10 Vermont women”, with…
Filly follies
KILL ALL FEMINISTS. ALL FEMINISTS MUST DIE. KILL ALL FEMINISTS. ALL FEMINISTS MUST DIE. I DIPPED A QUILL IN A…
Ballot-breakers
Whoever thought of this is a terrible person. I don’t even think it is a 4chan prank: A diverse group…
Thank you for your slogan, Virgin, but I’ll pass
“Calling all passengers with children and all defence members and military veterans, you may board now,” announced the heavily made-up,…
Goodbye old blue-ribbons, hello new heartland
The Liberal Party’s dramatic loss in the Wentworth by-election last month reveals an irreconcilable philosophical divide within the Party. Self-styled…
When the Left eats itself
Things have become so ridiculous in Western society that it’s difficult to come up with a scenario that could be…
Don’t even talk about the niqab?
We’re going very fast from “It’s illiberal to ban the niqab/ban the burqa” – a serious debate in itself –…
Yummy #MeToo
I fess up. I too have been called Yummy. Not, sadly, as a stand-alone noun but as an adjective in…
The NHS must reform – or it will become obsolete
Since the Budget, economists have pointed out that Britain is turning into a health service with a government attached. The…
Portrait of the week: Hammond ‘ends austerity’, Angela Merkel resigns and Leicester City’s owner killed in helicopter crash
Home Austerity was ‘finally coming to an end’, Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said in the Budget. He…
The lost joy of swearing
Upon discovering that Sinéad O’Connor has converted to Islam, I was about as shocked as a Yuletide shopper hearing the…
Does using social media affect children’s mental health?
On the wagon A ‘caravan’ of several thousand Central American migrants was reported to be travelling through Mexico towards the…
Letters: American vitriol, chess politics, Desert Island Discs, rude horse names
Political vitriol Sir: Vitriol and incivility seem to be everywhere in politics just now. In the last issue (27 October)…
