September
Iran summons Australian ambassador over Instagram post
The Australian embassy had posted an Instagram message about supporting LGBTQIA+ youth and the Iranian government complained it “promoted homosexuality”.
- Reuters
August
Albanese backflips on sexuality census question
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has agreed to reinstate a census question on sexual orientation, but remains under pressure to survey all gender identities.
- Tom Burton and Phillip Coorey
Star too big to fail; Harris’ GOP surprise; NAB bankers jump to CBA
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Labor MP breaks ranks over LGBTQ census question
Josh Burns reveals he has been lobbying internally for Labor to keep its promise to count gender and sexually diverse people in the census.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Government Observed
A culture war is the least of the census’ problems. Let’s get rid of it
A ditched plan to include questions about the LGBTQ community in the census has raised questions about the future of the $600 million big five-yearly national survey.
- Tom Burton
Democrats aim to woo Jewish voters alienated by protests
Democrats are trying to win support from left-leaning Jewish voters who have been disheartened by a rise in antisemitic incidents and backlash from pro-Palestinian protesters.
- Simone Foxman
June
ANZ’s openly gay chairman warns on ASX’s sexuality disclosure
Asking boards to disclose the sexuality, age and ethnicity of directors risks encroaching on their privacy and could make them a target for activists, leading directors warn.
- Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
March
Scrap private school religious discrimination rules, Labor advised
The government now has advice it sought from the Australian Law Reform Commission on how to deliver an election promise – but looks unlikely to proceed.
- Ronald Mizen
November 2023
‘Alpha’ culture: AACo bullying, homophobia claims raised
Australia’s beef giant proclaims to investors it wants an inclusive environment. But concerns have been raised about culture and safety processes.
- Liam Walsh
October 2023
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel has no choice but to destroy Hamas
The Western world shirks difficult decisions out of misguided equivocating. Israel can have no such qualms.
- Ramesh Thakur
Art blue bloods under the hammer in ANZ revamp
The ANZ Art Collection is selling 37 works by the likes of Boyd, Drysdale and Rees to make way for contemporary artists.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
September 2023
- Opinion
- Governance
What Bradley Cooper’s fake nose can teach us
You can’t placate all your critics: sometimes you just have to ignore them. Reacting in a panic to whatever group is currently making noise online is no way to lead.
- Stephen Bush
August 2023
Musk threatens to sue anti-hate speech group over Twitter claims
The threat to the research group comes as Twitter’s advertising business has been struggling under Elon Musk’s ownership, after he bought the company last year.
- David Klepper
May 2023
Evidence to support youth medicalised gender transitions is weak
The effectiveness and side-effects of the most common treatments are not well understood.
March 2023
Deeming not kicked out of party, as Pesutto blinks
Liberal MP Moira Deeming has been suspended, but not expelled, from the party after attending an anti-trans rights rally that was gate-crashed by neo-Nazis.
- Gus McCubbing
Grit and gut instinct take women to top of fashion world
Talent and trust in their instincts have helped women succeed in the tough world of fashion, as five leaders recount their struggle to the top.
- Lauren Sams
February 2023
Sydney leads the queer world in post-COVID recovery, study finds
The Harbour City’s queer community can lay claim to the world’s best COVID-19 recovery, according to a study from the University of Sydney.
- Gus McCubbing
January 2023
Diversity and tradition for King Charles’ coronation weekend
Buckingham Palace says the three-day weekend would represent Britain ‘as it is today’ while maintaining the best traditions of glorious pomp and pageantry ‘for which we are rightly known’.
- Victoria Ward
Walt Disney prepares for proxy battle with Nelson Peltz
Activist investor’s push for board seat sets up confrontation with Bob Iger months after he returned as CEO.
- Christopher Grimes, Ortenca Aliaj and Sara Germano
The biggest-selling male pop stars have dismantled their masculinity
The world’s leading music men – Harry Styles, Bad Bunny and Jack Harlow – are all finding success while offering subversive challenges to old-school machismo.
- Lindsay Zoladz