Amidst the Hong Kong demonstrations is something far more violent: the two cents we white people feel we need to put in.
Knowing the photos and the pain of those I never met
The journey into my own lurid past started with Stephen Fry and a yellowing photo of a familiar stranger.
Returning to Hogwarts as a mature age student
It’s been twenty years since Harry Potter took over the world. However, if you return to Hogwarts with adult eyes, is the magic still there?
Good on you, John Howard
While it’s true the man had faults, to automatically tag John Howard as one of our worst does the man a disservice.
Looking back at Kony2012, the father of modern “clicktivism”
Today, the US took to the polls to change their country based on a hashtag. Activism has forever changed since Kony gripped us back in 2012.
The NBN: Our white elephant that keeps on eating
In its original form, the NBN was a sound plan grounded in logic. However, the execution is what we struggled with. Fixing the problem is no longer on the cards.
Labor had an opportunity to exhibit empathy and sense – It failed
Despite positioning themselves as the party of empathy, and despite having nothing to lose, Labor has failed to stay true to their morals and decided to let the innocent suffer.
Pete Evans, Belle Gibson and the addictive nature of snake oil
The courthouse schadenfreude of wellness blogger Belle Gibson shows how dangerous the platform of celebrity can be for the unqualified and irresponsible.
The AFP gave the nation intersectional fascism, so there’s that
Yeah, it’s been a bad week, but it gave the nation an excuse to validate our worst paranoias. Plus, the AFP respectfully rummaged through a journalist’s underwear drawer. Not all bad.
ScoMo vs Albo: The gloves are off (but the stupid hats are on)
Well, it’s official. The national leadership will be challenged by two parties known primarily by their nickname. Albo v ScoMo. Who ya got?
This election’s fare has reached the vomit stage
The vomit principle is a political tactic that wilfully disgusts us in order to grab our attention. Sound familiar?
Pauline Hanson’s gun platform gives us too much ammunition
This week, the gun issue has returned to our shores in a matter so ham-fisted, so half-cocked, that it could only come from one source.
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.
The Pell case revealed far more than his crimes
The Pell case was much more than vindication for his victims, it also highlighted the depths the rest of the country can stoop to.
The government is corrupt…and I feel fine
Yes, the government might be corrupt. Yes, they might be stuffing their pockets will ill-gotten gains. But you know what? It’s fine. Really.
The Libs aren’t fixing the banking sector – Smart move
The Liberal Party ignoring the banking sector royal commission until after the election is borderline genius – or plain crazy.
Scott Morrison: A man of cunning (publicity) stunts
If there’s one thing Scott Morrison has proved, it is his capacity to trump an ill-advised publicity stunt with another. What’s next? Who knows!
Shorten is just a more palatable ScoMo, but he needs to be more
Yesterday, Bill Shorten laid out his plan for Australia. It’s too bad we’ve heard it before. I fear they’re nothing more than LNP-lite.
Wall street avoids women at all cost, weaponises our war on common sense
In this week alone, we’ve banned a Christmas song, the use of meat-based puns, The Little Mermaid and conversing with women. I fear whatever sense that was left is now gone.
End Violence Against Women: When one tragedy seems to trump another
A pair of candidates are running for higher office under the banner “End Violence Against Women”, yet, with so many Australians behind this initiative, why are they receiving so little coverage?
A stable bloody government: All we want for Christmas
There’s something we’ve long desired. Something that we had, but lost. So, where’s our stable government, Australia?
We uncovered more of Turnbull’s recorded sick burns
Yesterday, the nation discovered the Malcolm Turnbull tapes, where our ex-PM panned his contemporaries. This morning, we found more.
