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Lord save us from these churchy politicians and their reflexive nodding to ancient patriarchal dogmas. $0/ (min cost $0) Login or signup to continue...
You can often smell the zeal emanating from Labor Party defence ministers who feel an added responsibility to show they understand the perils over the...
Hugo Weaving made a rare intervention into politics last week by observing that we don't openly talk about the Israel-Palestine war in this country. ...
Hugo Weaving made a rare intervention into politics last week by observing that we don't openly talk about the Israel-Palestine war in this country. ...
Given the damage to the Liberal “brand” in recent years, the opposition leader faces an arduous task in clawing back seats or winning new ones.
Amid the cruelty and suffering in Gaza at present, there is also genuine bravery as Israeli hostages cling to life after six gruelling months and as...
Six months ago today, Hamas launched an appalling attack resulting in the deadliest single day for Jews since the Holocaust. It was also their...
Six months ago today, Hamas launched an appalling attack resulting in the deadliest single day for Jews since the Holocaust. It was also their...
Last weekend, electors in the seat once held by the reforming South Australian Labor premier Don Dunstan, showed his name could still shape history. ...
Last weekend, electors in the seat once held by the reforming South Australian Labor premier Don Dunstan, showed his name could still shape history. ...
In physics, the centre of a black hole is where the rules governing the universe cease to operate. This is the singularity from which even light does...
In physics, the centre of a black hole is where the rules governing the universe cease to operate. This is the singularity from which even light does...
Heartening though it was on Friday to see Australia jump before the US to uncork $6 million worth of aid pledged to the United Nations Relief Works...
Heartening though it was on Friday to see Australia jump before the US to uncork $6 million worth of aid pledged to the United Nations Relief Works...
Have you noticed, amid the "can't look away" horror of America's presidential race, how little actual policy gets aired? $0/ (min cost $0) Login or...
Have you noticed, amid the "can't look away" horror of America's presidential race, how little actual policy gets aired? $0/ (min cost $0) Login or...
Vladimir Putin, 71, will secure another six-year term as president in a fortnight, extending his iron grip until 2030. $0/ (min cost $0) Login or...
Vladimir Putin, 71, will secure another six-year term as president in a fortnight, extending his iron grip until 2030. $0/ (min cost $0) Login or...
Vladimir Putin, 71, will secure another six-year term as president in a fortnight, extending his iron grip until 2030. $0/ (min cost $0) Login or...
Australia's journey from an atmosphere of outright fear to "living with COVID" demonstrates our facility for culturally re-interpreting risk. $0/...
Australia's journey from an atmosphere of outright fear to "living with COVID" demonstrates our facility for culturally re-interpreting risk. $0/...
The war in Ukraine will be two years old later this week. Though it might as well be turning 10, so clearly has it slipped down the news bulletins. ...
The war in Ukraine will be two years old later this week. Though it might as well be turning 10, so clearly has it slipped down the news bulletins. ...
Three times last week I was asked to discuss on radio the growing chances of an early federal election. Just days before, most media had been certain...
Along with Tony Abbott, Peter Dutton was a conspicuous no-show from episode one of Nemesis, the ABC's latest addition to the occasional series started...
Along with Tony Abbott, Peter Dutton was a conspicuous no-show from episode one of Nemesis, the ABC's latest addition to the occasional series started...
It takes a special kind of dogmatism to blindly insist that $107 billion worth of new spending over the forward estimates must be disbursed as...
To paraphrase Donald Horne, Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who go off to the defence sector. Or finance. $1/ (min cost...
To paraphrase Donald Horne, Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who go off to the defence sector. Or finance. $1/ (min cost...
A common conclusion among writers at the end of 2023 was that the world was heading to hell in a handcart. $1/ (min cost $8) Login or signup to...
Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp and Scott Morrison decried the Canberra bubble. Each paraded as democratic while concentrating power. Trump,...
Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp and Scott Morrison decried the Canberra bubble. Each paraded as democratic while concentrating power. Trump,...
As a tough year finds its denouement, there may still be reasons to give thanks - if only for who we are not. True, it was the year we squandered an...
As a tough year finds its denouement, there may still be reasons to give thanks - if only for who we are not. True, it was the year we squandered an...
I have walked among the plinths of Berlin's Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, and I've viewed the piles of shoes and school books in...
I have walked among the plinths of Berlin's Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, and I've viewed the piles of shoes and school books in...
I remember a remark delivered with a wry grin by a senior figure close to the last Labor government: "What if they're just not very good?" Could it...
"So, is 12,000 deaths a price worth paying," our host replied to a view that Israel must now see it through. "And if 12,000 deaths is acceptable, at...
Recent months have been rather clarifying for modern Australia. They have revealed how far we have progressed from the bigoted attitudes of the past....
Recent months have been rather clarifying for modern Australia. They have revealed how far we have progressed from the bigoted attitudes of the past....
"Whose chopper (Senate spot) is this? "It's Zed's. "Who's Zed? "Zed's dead, baby." Perhaps this is what Zed Seselja has concluded also? That is, that...
Halfway through the 47th federal parliament, we can begin cautiously to gauge the potential historical significance of the “teal” independents....
The top foreign students from greater China finishing their higher degree courses at Australian universities will be honoured in the capital later...
Most would be familiar with Maslow's pyramid table setting out the hierarchy of human needs. He theorised that, in order to survive, human beings...
The most shocking thing about the selection of a homophobic House Speaker in DC, was not how long it took, nor even the three weeks of anarchy...
The most shocking thing about the selection of a homophobic House Speaker in DC, was not how long it took, nor even the three weeks of anarchy...
The most shocking thing about the selection of a homophobic House Speaker in DC, was not how long it took, nor even the three weeks of anarchy...
The most shocking thing about the selection of a homophobic House Speaker in DC, was not how long it took, nor even the three weeks of anarchy...
Hamas cannot continue to exist, explained the Israeli spokesperson, because it does not believe in the two-state solution. This is the justification...
If Labor's slim 2022 election majority was a finely scalpelled resection of the electorate, Saturday's Voice referendum defeat was more of a blunt...