Sexist attacks on men won’t advance gender equality
Many women routinely indulge themselves in such juvenile stereotyping of men that they succeed only in making fools of themselves.
Our Team
Latest
Clickbait brat Kyrgios leaves tennis in a sorry state
While the rest of us are expected to live and work by a new set of rules that promote greater respect between people, Nick Kyrgios is allowed to behave like it’s 1989. Time for tennis officialdom to draw a line.
Parents must do their job so teachers can do their own
By abdicating our parental roles, we are playing a part in kids’ declining educational outcomes.
Women pay the price for judicial shortcuts
If we allow activism for left-wing causes, we should expect judges on the other side of the political fence to entrench their right-wing causes.
Wilkinson puts media vigilantes in the dock
If Lisa Wilkinson is not charged, it begs the question of whether there is a separate standard for a woke princess. Would a conservative journalist receive the same treatment?
The award for the dopiest own goal goes to … Lisa Wilkinson
The self-important Ten star is at risk of becoming her own accidental comedy act.
Now even Tom Hanks is caught in the web of wokery
Hanks says today only a gay actor could play the role that earned him an Oscar in the 1993 film Philadelphia. Wrong. Actors do not need to mirror the person they are portraying.
Feeding a basic instinct for smut
Even by the low standards of gossip columnists, Andrew Hornery’s ham-fisted Rebel Wilson effort is one for the history books. But he doesn’t exist in a vaccuum.
Cleaning up Canberra or just cheap theatrics?
In their fervour to set up a federal ICAC, politicians of all stripes, especially the novice teals, should be careful what they wish for.
Day of reckoning looms for Labor’s luxury politics
It takes mammoth chutzpah to advocate a policy that requires poor and struggling Australians to subsidise the childcare costs of the rich.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/janet-albrechtsen/page/43