Culture wars
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
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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
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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
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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
The tiny private Catholic college making a big impression at Sky News
Campion College in western Sydney is punching above its weight at Australia’s largest and most conservative news channel, Sky News.
- by Calum Jaspan
It’s tougher now than in the 1980s
Even Boomers agree: younger people are doing it terribly tough because of the cost of putting a roof over their head.
Opinion
Political leadership
Identity politics has the power to be meaningful. If only we stopped making it an incoherent mess
Since the resignation of Senator Fatima Payman, fretting about identity politics has become a renewed national sport. Now it’s the frame through which all political actions must pass.
- by Waleed Aly
Opinion
Opinion
Australia will lose if Payman’s identity politics triumphs
The senator’s passionate politics renders compromise unpalatable. The last thing Australia needs is this type of politics.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
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