Hey, dudes, back off: a defence of millennials
I fully appreciate that millennials – “cossetted, pampered and spoiled” – deserve a good touch up. After all, I am…
WTO plain pack verdict a victory for criminals and nanny
Five years have passed since a coalition of tobacco-producing nations including Indonesia and Honduras challenged Australia’s world-first laws that prevent…
Lucky there’s no section 44 for the NSW parliament
This is very disturbing. Very disturbing indeed. Bob Carr has a hell of a lot to answer for, as today’s…
Is the string bag really a tool of repression?
Proponents of Utopian progress have devoted endless time to pursuits intent on discarding tradition, reality and practicality. Legacies of their…
Scarlett Johansson slammed because of, you know, diversity
If Hollywood had stuck to what it’s all about (making movies) rather than playing politics, Scarlett Johansson might have just…
Whatever happened to that same-sex marriage boom?
Now that all the glitter has settled after last year’s non-binding voluntary postal survey—remember, we couldn’t be trusted to have…
Rock and roll realpolitik
Welcome to world politics where, as the old song used to go, ‘It’s a little bit tyranny, a little bit…
The sprig of 4 July at the heart of our constitution
Most Australians would know that today, July 4, is the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of…
By the prophet’s beard, it’s the hoejabi!
“The New York Times”, the venerable newspaper of record, the blushing Grey Old Lady, has discovered a new phenomenon –…
No way, Huawei!
John Lord, Huawei’s Australian Chairman recently told the National Press Club that he’d refuse any instruction from Beijing “to hand…
Never mind the cow farts, watch that muesli
It was only going to be a matter of time before the early, nationwide record-breaking chill of June had the…
Australia: bagged by the court of international opinion
Oh, no! We’re a global pariah! Again! It’s on news.com.au, so it has to be true: The whole world is…
Abandoning liberalism is going viral
A movement of people ditching liberalism is taking off. We’re not talking a handful of people, but millions. It all…
Victorian Liberals can’t afford to gamble
Many litigants are like gamblers on the pokies. Having had the satisfaction of winning a small jackpot, they punt, punt…
There was a concerted effort to ruin my life: Yassmin
It was a vast, right-wing conspiracy — a concerted effort — explains Yassmin Abdel-Magied: “I don’t know how to explain how…
Do the Greens go for pre-teen sexts?
It’s now official. The world has gone completely mad and the Greens have so utterly lost the plot politically that…
The rich get richer while the poor get… richer too
One of the striking results of the survey of millennials released by the Centre for Independent Studies last month was…
The Ramsay soap opera continues
While I am disappointed that the men of Ramsay Street, Tony Abbott and his Neighbour, John Howard… sorry, the Ramsay…
The NHS is 70 – but it’s an unhappy birthday
When Nye Bevan launched the NHS on 5 July 1948, most of the British population could not expect to celebrate…
Portrait of the week
Home The Commons voted in favour of a new runway at Heathrow by 415 votes to 119. Boris Johnson, the…
Why are men so obsessed with dieting?
In this gloriously sunny week, the cavalry horses are off on their summer break to Bodney, Norfolk. They can be…
Fat was not a Greek issue
The UK obesity crisis is again in the headlines, and ‘life-style’ is the culprit. The ancients may have come up…
What happened to the teams who scored more than six goals in a World Cup?
Nursing numbers Was there ever a time when the NHS wasn’t in crisis? According to a report by NHS Health…
Letters: Judging students by achievement is a greater scourge than diversity at any cost
Harvard’s racial quotas Sir: While I largely agree with Coleman Hughes that racial quotas are counterproductive (‘The diversity trap’, 23 June),…
The internal logic of the NHS makes it ruthlessly cold-hearted
Gordon Brown, echoing Aneurin Bevan, says that the greatest gift that the NHS brings to people is ‘serenity’. He is…
