July 1, 2013
Inside Tony Abbott’s mind
Politics
What would an Abbott government look like?
Waleed Aly
By this author
November 1, 2012
‘On Warne’ by Gideon Haigh
On Warne. It sounds like a tome of grave significance. Mill On Liberty. Greer On Rage. No more elaborate title is necessary to justify the inquiry. The subject matter is so central to the human condition, so timeless, that we …
March 27, 2013
The sport of killing leaders
nation_reviewed
Hollow the leader
October 4, 2012
In it together
Indonesia
Australia and Indonesia since the Bali bombings
September 6, 2012
Gold is good
AFL
The Olympics, Sport and National Pride
August 2, 2012
Comment: The Australian Solution
Asylum seekers
There was a Pacific Solution, a Malaysia Solution and, fleetingly, until someone thought to ask the Timorese, an East Timor Solution. But what exactly is the problem? I’m not asking rhetorically. It’s a serious question, perhaps the most …
June 30, 2011
After spring
Politics
The struggle for liberation in the Middle East
March 25, 2010
National curriculum
Politics
In late February, the Legislative Assembly in South Dakota passed a resolution urging public schools throughout the state to teach that “global warming is a scientific theory rather than a proven fact”. Perhaps that’s true: I lack the scientific …
November 5, 2009
Obscured by clouds
Culture
Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’
August 7, 2009
Racism, Australian-style
Politics
For all Kevin Rudd’s fantasies of international leadership, Australia rarely impinges on the consciousness of the wider world. We are neither sufficiently powerful nor sufficiently strife-torn to command global attention. Our prime minister can slip …
June 1, 2009
Patriot acts
Politics
Learning from America