Culture wars
Opinion
Donald Trump
It’s the year that woke broke, a victim of its own excess
It’s been a long time coming, but at last you get the sense that people are waking up to wokeism.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Latest
Robots and replicas: Is the British Museum going to lose its Marbles?
Robot sculptors creating near-perfect replicas of the Parthenon Marbles may provide the key to the long-running dispute over the ownership of one of the ancient world’s most contested treasures.
- by Simon de Bruxelles
Analysis
Political leadership
Indigenous flag an easy target for Dutton when he’s kicking down
The opposition leader’s decision to start a debate about the Indigenous flag comes just as he is about to reveal the cost of his nuclear policy. That timing is revealing.
- by David Crowe
Exclusive
Home loans
The newest culture war battleground: Australian house prices
As house prices ease, the Coalition is accusing the government of starting a culture war on home owners. Labor says Liberal plans will push up interest rates.
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
Donald Trump
Hating ‘elites’ is stupid, and it’s no crime to say so … yet
We could pretend we live in a world where no one is smarter than anyone else, but I’d prefer we kept a grip on reality.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Price was courageous to debate abortion issue, says pro-life Joyce
The former deputy prime minister pushed back against shadow cabinet colleagues who say abortion is a state rather than federal issue.
- by Paul Sakkal
Tony Abbott and Liz Truss team up to fight ‘net zero mind virus’
The two former prime ministers, both drummed out of office by their peers, found they had much to agree on – including their relatively short tenures in the top job.
- by Michael Koziol
War, elitism, racism: The Aussie taking Oxford uni’s hot topics off the boil
Tim Soutphommasane, the first chief diversity officer at one of Britain’s most storied institutions, is no stranger to controversy.
- by Paola Totaro
When art and politics collide: The battles tearing our cultural bodies apart
Sackings, boycotts, sponsorship withdrawals: arts organisations across the country are in turmoil. So who has the right to say what?
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Exclusive
Antisemitism
Jewish groups demand extremist influencer Candace Owens’ visa be cancelled
The American provocateur and Andrew Tate networker has minimised Nazi atrocities and peddled conspiracies about “secret Jewish gangs”.
- by Paul Sakkal
Exclusive
Media & marketing
Controversial ex-ABC broadcasters set to debate identity politics
Antoinette Lattouf and Josh Szeps abruptly left the ABC within days of each other. Now they’re discussing one of the thorniest subjects in media.
- by Michael Lallo
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