Politicians should come with a trigger warning
Political correctness is – it's now universally accepted in this country, or by anyone with a brain at least – out of control.
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Annabel Crabb
Annabel Crabb is a regular columnist, TV host and leading political commentator.
Weird is the new normal in Parliament
That seeing One Nation, ambling across the courtyard accompanied by Jean-Claude van Damme, did not at the time seem especially weird gives you an idea of how off-the-charts bonkers much of the final parliamentary fortnight has been.
The forgotten milestone that shows how far we have come
Many working women who noticed the recent headlines about the gender pay gap being stuck rather firmly at about 16 per cent will have raised their eyes silently heavenward and wondered if this stuff will ever change.
Where will Angry White Man strike next?
A kind of madness has come over the world.
Trump and Obama have a few things in common
There's a great story – possibly apocryphal – about the former Illinois governor, senator and diplomat Adlai Stevenson, drawn from one of his historic electoral whuppings by Dwight Eisenhower, against whom Stevenson twice ran for president in the 1950s.
When teeny-tiny political events have horrifying consequences
Unintended consequences are everywhere in politics. The rise of One Nation is one of them.
Forced emojis are the beginning of the end
I lived through the great text-speak campaign of the early 2000s, and I'm not going to break now.
Want to be a female world leader? Better take off your shoes
Five tips that will have you wielding power responsibly in no time at all.
The demise of Brangelina is the beginning of the end
The gossamer-thin membrane that separates real life from Celebrity Fantasy Island was rent irretrievably asunder on Tuesday.
Hanson is, sadly, deeply Australian
The Senator personifies a long and dark tradition for dealing with immigrants.
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