Admire Grande's defiance, ignore the manufactured raciness
Maybe I'm confident my daughter will admire, as I do, Grande's defiance, courage and self-love, and ignore the manufactured raciness. For now, raunchy is resistance.
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Julie Szego
Julie Szego is an author and freelance journalist.
Testing for 'Aussie values' gets awfully tricky awfully quickly
The proposed citizenship test is a feeble contribution to the discussion about national values.
PM's cowardice
Malcolm Turnbull's cowardice has further tainted the plebiscite proposal with bad faith and it deserves to be voted down in the Senate. His persistent appeasement of the religious lobby undermined the integrity of the plebiscite concept.
One leader has grown, another has shrunk
Authenticity being a recurring theme in Australian politics, this open-ended election has revealed a Labor Party that for the first time in a long time seems comfortable in its political skin.
'White flight' parents are missing the big picture
It isn't racism – middle-class families are deserting schools based on class prejudice.
Optimism v pessimism at centre stage
As Turnbull and Shorten deliver their competing messages, the one that speaks to fear and anxiety rings true.
60 Minutes: Who are the real victims in the abduction story?
Two young children are caught in the contest between their Australian mother, Lebanese father, and a commercial TV program.
Turnbull's bias revealed in school funding plan
The government proposes turning its back on the schools where most Australian children get their education.
Bullies don't deserve Safe Schools exceptions
The Turnbull government gives succour to the notion that LGBTI children are the problem, not the school environment.
Object of scorn: what if Peta was Peter instead?
A woman at the heart of power is seen as a divisive conspirator when it's her boss who's to blame for abandoning proper process.
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