JK Rowling

April 2024

Opinion
The AFR View

Elon Musk has done something very few have been able to achieve - he’s united Australia’s politicians against him and his social media platform X.

Musk sets test for social media without boundaries

The sudden row between Australia and Elon Musk is a test of sovereign writ against the biggest companies – but also where government control of media should begin and end.

Apr 23, 2024
The AFR View

Gender

Shriver is selling books, and losing friends, opposing Western guilt

Lionel Shriver, the fearless author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, discusses male disadvantage, hate speech laws and why universities are damaging themselves.

Apr 11, 2024
Chris Harvey

August 2023

Opinion
Gender

Twenty years ago the majority of patients with gender dysphoria were pre-pubescent boys; in recent years teenage girls have come to dominate.

The biological reality of women and men

Some argue that lived experience and personal choice trump sex. They are wrong.

Aug 11, 2023
Richard Dawkins

April 2023

Literature

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has been the subject of vicious hate campaigns on social media from critics who accuse her of transphobia.

The un-cancelling of JK Rowling

Does the announcement of a long-term Harry Potter TV show mean rehabilitation is on the horizon for the controversial author?

Apr 19, 2023
Matt Oliver

Media & marketing

Australia’s major media companies have united to push back against elements of proposed privacy laws.

Media rivals unite against ‘chilling’ federal privacy law proposals

Giving the Information Commissioner powers to search for and seize documents would be a “significant regulatory overreach”, a major media coalition has warned.

Apr 10, 2023
Sam Buckingham-Jones

November 2022

Literature

Lee Child on the joys of legal marijuana and a run in with Weinstein

After selling $4.6 billion worth of books and buying a Renoir with Hollywood money, the Jack Reacher creator is putting his pen down but not without the last word.