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From universities to ASIO, misogyny is being reframed as extremism. The result: ideological schooling, boys in the crosshairs, and real threats left unspoken.
by Bettina Arndt - 3/02/2026 - 3 comments
From “Australia’s Banksy” to prison cells and silence: how juries cleared Anthony Lister while media looked away.
by Bettina Arndt - 21/01/2026 - 2 comments
Human learning begins with myth not social science
by Sarah Flynn-O'Dea - 20/01/2026 - 3 comments
Road deaths feel worse, but the rate keeps falling. Population growth skews headlines. Better regional roads and behaviour, not fine-heavy policing, will save more lives.
by Ross Elliott - 8/01/2026 - 3 comments
A sweeping UN youth resolution promises empowerment, jobs and inclusion. But are governments prepared to turn lofty commitments into real opportunities for a generation at risk?
by Ioan Voicu - 5/01/2026 - 6 comments
Sixteen Australians are dead. Antisemitism surged for years, warnings were issued, a plan was delivered, and government inaction followed. The massacre did not come without notice.
by Sev Ozdowski - 19/12/2025 - 21 comments
Is Italian cuisine an ancient inheritance or a carefully cultivated myth, sustained by politics, marketing and UNESCO seals rather than history and necessity?
by Binoy Kampmark - 16/12/2025
Covid reshaped society on a scale unseen since World War II - but instead of sparking cultural transformation, it left fear, obedience, and a troubling silence in its wake.
by Filipe Rafaeli - 11/12/2025 - 5 comments
In Huxley’s future, pleasure pacified the masses. In ours, the machines do it - one sycophantic sentence at a time.
by Binoy Kampmark - 5/11/2025 - 2 comments
When Queensland’s Revenue Office treated a husband and wife differently over the same property, it raised an unexpected question: has bureaucracy finally outpaced biology?
by John Mikkelsen - 3/11/2025 - 4 comments
Behind the March for Australia was quiet frustration — families struggling with rent, young men losing ground, and a country wondering who’s really being heard.
by Bettina Arndt - 20/10/2025 - 9 comments
Studies show most workplace bullying in Parliament and beyond is done by women - yet the feminist establishment keeps it quiet.
by Bettina Arndt - 6/10/2025

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