Parnell Palme McGuinness
Parnell Palme McGuinness is managing director strategy and policy at award-winning campaigns firm Agenda C. She has done work for the Liberal Party and the German Greens.
Opinion
Federal budget
Jim Chalmers, the budget and the art of make-believe
The treasurer has rewritten the narrative on federal budgets. On Tuesday night, we’ll get to decide whether we believe his story – or at least want to believe it.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
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Islam
We need to talk about the way we talk about DV and terrorism
Weasel words aren’t helping. It’s time we were brave enough to name the real threats.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
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Crime
Cads, you’re on notice – we now have a contemporary definition of rape
The Lehrmann defamation ruling will change society, thanks to Justice Michael Lee’s distinction between a cad and a rapist.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Opinion
Crime
The grand moral of the Lehrmann fable is yet to unfold
At the heart of this case is a woman who has been most shamefully immolated in service of other people’s vanities.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
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Gender
Can trans women and biological women share an identity? This case may provide an answer
Identity is fundamental to what it is to be human. The Tickle v Giggle case is exploring whether a trans woman can occupy the same space as someone born female.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Opinion
Culture wars
This is how cancel culture ends. Thank you, JK Rowling
When the author dared police to arrest her – if they believed she’d broken new hate-speech laws – she struck a blow for freedom.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
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Drugs
If the Easter Bunny delivered cocaine, would you be outraged? Discuss
Studies that try to show chocolate is a health food succeed only in showing that it causes happiness.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
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Immigration
You’re not a racist if you oppose unchecked immigration, you’re a realist
If we want to continue as a great migrant nation, we need an integration plan. Europe is waking up to this challenge.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Denying desperate Gazans refuge exposes the hard politics for Australia
People in safe, conflict-free zones need “moral fables” to simplify conflicts, but nothing can airbrush the complexity of the war in Gaza.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Opinion
Feminism
Corporate women have their special day, but what about the rest?
Let’s call it Feminist Freedom Day – a day when we can discuss what women really want.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Opinion
Comedy
Our woke world can’t take a joke, and it’s no laughing matter
Laughter has been critical to our evolution, yet too many of us have lost that human touch.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness