February
Where woke went wrong
If progressive social movements are to rise again after the Trump-led backlash, they need to overcome not just their opponents but also their own limitations.
November 2024
This new Jaguar ad screams panic
A brand once redolent of speed, glamour and petrol has now resorted to car-less pap.
September 2024
DEI is no longer just about ethics, it’s about profits, academics say
Australian business schools are providing an increasing amount of diversity components to reflect a growing corporate demand.
May 2024
Trump pledges to be gun owners’ most ardent ally
The former president accepted the endorsement of the National Rifle Association, claiming that the right to bear arms was “under siege” by the Biden administration.
Ken Griffin urges Harvard University to embrace ‘Western values’
The hedge fund founder who has given his alma mater more than $US500 million has slammed the pro-Palestinian protests sweeping colleges as “almost like performative art”.
April 2024
A judge may decide if Pauline Hanson is a white supremacist
The far-right senator’s career of racial commentary is on trial in the Federal Court.
January 2024
Why business is dumping virtue signalling for metrics
American companies are changing their approach to diversity and inclusion to improve their return on investment.
How Tina Fey became ‘the most powerful woman in comedy’
The comedian has never kowtowed to cancel culture, but she has slightly reworked the musical version of her 2004 hit “Mean Girls” to acknowledge changing mores.
Who’s a ‘coloniser’? How an old word became a new weapon
In bitter debates from Israel to Africa to America, invoking a brutal history has become a powerful accusation.
November 2023
Diaspora politics Jews perfected is being turned against Israel
More than any other conflict, the public relations battle of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is fought through international diasporas.
October 2023
Israel has no choice but to destroy Hamas
The Western world shirks difficult decisions out of misguided equivocating. Israel can have no such qualms.
Left’s take on Hamas stuns US Jews – and threatens Democrat split
Anti-Israel sentiment on university campuses and in street protests has sparked anger among a nation of people often aligned with the political left in the US.
September 2023
Proud Boys leader gets record 22-year sentence for Capitol riot
His sentencing comes as the Justice Department prepares to put Donald Trump on trial at the same courthouse in Washington.
February 2023
The Voice is national group therapy - not the help that’s needed
The new body may be a way for us all to cope with endemic problems. But it is not going to offer anything new or practical.
January 2023
Video shows Memphis police officers kicking, beating Tyre Nichols
Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist stopped by Memphis police is seen pummeled into submission as five police officers deliver kicks, punches and baton blows in graphic video.
July 2022
When a woman says ‘I don’t want a partnership’ start asking questions
King & Wood Mallesons boss Renae Lattey still believes in gender targets, even though her firm missed one for 2022.
January 2022
No more working for jerks!
For almost two years, couches have been cubicles. Colleagues are instant message avatars. And people are reconsidering how much they should have to put up with from a boss.
When ignorance isn’t bliss: the real moral reckoning in Maxwell case
When it comes to abuse and what you should have known, ignorance is no excuse.
December 2021
Crime wave knows no boundaries in Los Angeles
Armed security patrols are being stepped up as terrified residents fear for their safety in Beverly Hills after the shooting death of a music mogul’s wife.
November 2021
Biden is accused of slandering Rittenhouse
The US President is under fire for linking Mr Rittenhouse to ‘white supremacist and militia groups’ last year in a campaign video that attacked Donald Trump.