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A topographically coloured map of Australia viewed from above, with a dramatic crack running down the middle.

Political Polarisation in Australia

We are at a crossroads—either we prepare for a world of identity politics and populism, or we restore settlement politics in Australia.

Damien Freeman

2 Jun 2024 · 19 min read

On Confected Radicalism: Quillette Cetera Episode 31

A conversation with Quillette founder Claire Lehmann.

Zoe Booth / Claire Lehmann

12 Mar 2024 · 13 min read

Australia's New Free Speech Union: Quillette Cetera Episode 29

A conversation with the director of Australia's new Free Speech Union.

Zoe Booth / Dara Macdonald

8 Feb 2024 · 1 min read

Australia Day: A Contentious Celebration

The founding of Australia is still worthy of commemoration.

Adrian Nguyen

24 Jan 2024 · 10 min read

Is Sanity Returning to the Australian Gender Debate?

There have been numerous incidents of vociferous trans activism in Tasmania, yet it was still possible to pass sensible legislation.

Holly Lawford-Smith

21 Jan 2024 · 6 min read

Australian Universities Have a Viewpoint Diversity Problem: Quillette Cetera Episode 24

A conversation with heterodox sociologist Andrew Glover.

Zoe Booth

7 Dec 2023 · 1 min read

In Rejecting the Voice, Australians Reject Grievance Politics

In rejecting the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, Australians reaffirmed the democratic principle of equality before the law.

Claire Lehmann

21 Oct 2023 · 4 min read

The Aboriginal Voice to Parliament: Wrong in Principle, Disastrous in Practice

We should not make race the organising principle of a new chapter of our Constitution.

Ramesh Thakur

17 Aug 2023 · 19 min read

A Voice from the Heart

Legal equality and the politics of disappointment.

Andrew Gleeson

11 Aug 2023 · 14 min read

Four Corners' Failure

In its treatment of gender clinics, the flagship investigative program of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation failed to present crucial evidence.

Bernard Lane

21 Jul 2023 · 11 min read

Gender’s Truth-Distortion Field

Across the English-speaking world, the discussion of trans rights is governed by taboos, sacred myths, and, in some cases, outright lies.

Sean Masters / Raimund Hume

10 Jun 2023 · 10 min read

The Inimitable Barry Humphries

Farewell to Australia’s best-known comic and social satirist.

Andrew Gleeson

25 Apr 2023 · 8 min read

Why AUKUS Matters

The deal is a belated response to the Chinese Communist Party’s mushrooming belligerence.

Aaron Sarin

20 Mar 2023 · 12 min read

Our Glorious Unhead of State

The idea of an Australian republic is attractive to some, but there's a strong case for a humble head of state.

Harry Lehmann

21 Sep 2022 · 4 min read

An Australian Perspective on Abortion

The closest example of a counterfactual to Roe v. Wade is Australia, where there is a federal system with no unifying law or ruling concerning abortion.

Dara Macdonald

8 Jul 2022 · 11 min read