What was striking about the Quadrant piece was not its violence, but its banality

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The online editor of Quadrant ponders in his comment piece the just nature of a mass killing in a room full of ABC viewers.

Quadrant online editor laments Manchester blast not against ABC

The AFP have been notified that Franklin wrote a piece saying the Manchester blast should have "detonated in an Ultimo TV studio".

'There are honour killings in Australia': Kirralie Smith's fight against Islam

Kirralie Smith will use any platform to express her view that Islam is an ideology of violence, intolerance and sexism.

The critic with bite

First published on May 21, 2011

Preparing for jail time

Peter Gant pulls out an iPad to find the list of personal items he will be allowed to take to jail: six pairs of jocks or boxer shorts, six pairs of socks, two singlets, two windcheaters or jumpers or jacket.

Beazley winding down in Washington

 After six years as ambassador, the former Labor leader leaves the Australia-US relationship in good shape.

Egyptian government to grant Australian journalist Peter Greste a full pardon: Julie Bishop

The Egyptian government says it will grant the Australian Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste a full pardon, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said after an informal meeting with the Egyptian delegation at the United Nations in New York.

Abbott says humanitarian intervention limited to Iraq

Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he doesn't plan to adopt a broader doctrine of intervening around the world to solve humanitarian crises beyond the current Iraq emergency.