Know who you’re slaying: Charybdis and Scylla
Being between Scylla and Charybdis was the ancient Greek equivalent of being between a rock and a hard place. Except with more teeth.
Don’t reinvent the wheel Gladys, just fix the trains
Ahead of the elections tomorrow, I have but one thing to ask of Gladys Berejiklian – fix the existing train system as is, don’t promise more and deliver less.
Forget donkey voting, the NSW election is about DIY democracy
The NSW election is upon us, but with division and voter apathy taking over the state, many have taken it upon themselves to fix democracy.
A nod to all the types of Instagram people we lost today
We’re eight hours into the death of Instagram, but in case you’re missing it, these are the extremely important people that you won’t hear from today.
It isn’t just Trump, Paul Manafort represented some awful people
With yet more time tacked onto Paul Manafort’s sentence, it’s best we look at who he represented in the past – to gauge a measure of the man.
Australia moves beyond satire with “Fair Dinkum” Power
We’ve been through a lot lately, but I think we’ve officially moved beyond satire with our formal investigation into ‘fair dinkum energy’. Please stop, Australia.
Registering the brides of ISIS
Those women who chose Islamic State, the so-called ISIS brides have chided the Western world. For what it’s worth, they made their choice, and I understand why.
#MeToo has changed the media, but not so much in Australia
The #MeToo movement has changed the media landscape, however, it hasn’t exact reached our shores just yet.
We need to remove politics from the Pell verdict
While the Pell verdict has split the nation, scoring it as a win for our political station needs to stop.
Cases of “black lung” return after mine industry coverup
The days of dangerous mine work seems to be a relic of a bygone era. However, new cases of a long-dead disease raises a series of difficult questions.
Lessons from my uncle: Pell should not be the whole story
The news about George Pell hit home, as I thought of my uncle, a victim of the church, one who didn’t survive to feel the vindication felt last week.
Until we have federal oversight, our politicians will forever walk free
Last month, a federal scandal saw Michaelia Cash and Michael Keenan walk free, as a complete lack of accountability saw the AFP unwilling to continue their investigation. It has renewed calls for greater oversight.
It’s not just holocaust deniers, anti-jewish sentiment is alive and well
It might seem like we fought WW2 to stop it, but anti-jewish sentiment is alive and well in 2019. Defeating it, however, means looking to yesterday as well as tomorrow.
A deep dive into Jordan Peterson’s performance on Q&A
This week, Jordan Peterson appeared on Q&A. His sentiment, despite being popular, often betrays its own logic.
Anyone who is buying the Venezuela story is a fool
As I write this “Venezuela Aid Live” is trending on Twitter, but I believe we’re being bamboozled, as we already know the reason why the West is so invested.
Explainer: The difference between asylum seekers that arrive by boat and plane
Despite the rhetoric, those who seek asylum by boat are often richer and arrive less frequently than those who arrive by plane. There are some marked differences between the two.
Whataboutism: The social media epidemic that will kill us all
‘Whataboutism’ might have been born in the Soviet Union, but it is a valuable tool to bludgeon another in an internet argument. It is also comparable to sticking your fingers in your ears and going nnnnaarrrrppp.
Save Hakeem, free Behrouz, let Rahaf in: Our refugees make headlines, and nothing else
Our refugees win literary awards, they move us on Twitter, and they heavily influence our news cycles. But, somehow, each new name seems to be a scandal the government needs to endure – nothing more.
I’m giving up on my dreams, and we all should
I wanted to be many things when I was younger. And while I’m not any of those things, that doesn’t mean the dream is dead.
The large realities of living in a tiny house
The tiny house movement is a pipe dream we’ve all considered. But, what about the realities of that living situation? Well, we ask many tiny residents many large questions.
You mothers: A report from the great Huggies housewife war of 2019
We mothers have a lot of opinions. However, it was the level of complaint aimed at the poor PR people of Huggies that makes me think we’re entirely lost the plot.