Should Australia’s national anthem be played before the Big Bash Final on Australia Day? Cricket Australia has reignited a national debate
Commentary Few sporting decisions should be capable of dividing an entire country. Yet Cricket Australia has managed to do exactly that before a ball has even been…
Victoria Police defected the billboard truck — but not because of what it said. The bigger question is whether politics benefits from messages like this
Victoria Police stopped the truck. But not because police decided the political message was unacceptable. That distinction matters. Victoria Police confirmed an Isuzu truck received a vehicle…
Tony Abbott says multiculturalism has failed as debate over Australia’s national identity intensifies
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has reignited one of Australia’s most contentious political debates, declaring that multiculturalism has failed and arguing that “diversity is not our strength”…
Former Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons Unloads on Jacinta Allan, Calling Victoria’s Labor Government ‘Corrupt, Chaotic and Incompetent’
Former Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons has launched a blistering attack on Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan and the state Labor government, accusing them of mismanaging Victoria and placing…
Albanese Skips Garma Festival After Vowing to Return Every Year, Sparking Fresh Debate Over Broken Promise
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed he will not attend this year’s Garma Festival in north-east Arnhem Land, despite promising just 12 months ago that he would…
The government is advertising its 5% home deposit scheme in Arabic and Mandarin — but the real argument is over 51,000 permanent residents who got access
The Australian Government is advertising its first-home buyer programs in foreign languages. Arabic. Mandarin. And, as it turns out, several others. The government’s official First Home Buyers…
Nathan Ballesty allegedly wanted politicians trapped inside Parliament House as it burned — his online words became a national security case
Be careful what you publish online. Not because somebody might disagree with you. Not because an old post might embarrass you at work. Because the words you…
Strap yourself in, Australia: Albanese has put AI at the centre of government — and says the country must set the rules before the future sets them for us
Strap yourself in, Australia. Anthony Albanese has just placed artificial intelligence at the centre of the Australian Government. Not inside a technology taskforce. Not buried in an…
A Queensland cop arrested an anti-abortion protester — then ended the arrest minutes later. The footage raises a bigger free speech question
A Christian protester stood outside the Queensland Health Minister’s electorate office wearing a shirt carrying two words. “Abolish Abortion.” A police officer told him the message “could…
A Sydney man saw bags of rubbish dumped on a stranger’s lawn — and refused to simply drive past
A Sydney man says he watched someone leave bags of rubbish on another person’s front lawn in Castle Hill. He could have driven past. He could have…