A Different Kind of Palaver
What the Adelaide Writers’ Week fiasco reveals about the moral economy of cultural elites.
A collection of 82 posts
What the Adelaide Writers’ Week fiasco reveals about the moral economy of cultural elites.
Tasmania has all the majesty of other windswept high-latitude places, but it has always been less barren, more hospitable, more generous in its beauty.
A speech marking the tenth anniversary of Quillette, delivered by founder and editor-in-chief Claire Lehmann in Sydney.
A video essay examining the Chanukah terror attack at Bondi Beach, the acts of courage that unfolded in its aftermath, and the ideological and institutional failures that allowed antisemitism in Australia to escalate unchecked.
The Akram case exposes with brutal clarity that time does not ensure assimilation. Being born in Australia does not guarantee allegiance.
The refusal to discuss Islamic antisemitism in Australia endangers Jews and threatens social cohesion.
We have ignored, enabled, downplayed, and pandered to vicious antisemitism for too long. The victims of the Bondi massacre paid the price.
Bondi is Australia, Australia is Bondi Beach.
Why the Bondi attack was not an aberration, but the consequence of years of tolerated antisemitism across Australian public life.
The identity of the Bondi Beach terrorists reveals some uncomfortable but important truths about antisemitism within Australia’s Muslim population.
Claire Lehmann reports from Bondi Beach on the sombre atmosphere and public anger following the terror attack.
The massacre at Bondi Beach was shocking—but after years of denial and equivocation about antisemitism, it was inevitable.
Fifteen people are dead after gunmen opened fire at a Jewish Hanukkah festival on one of Sydney’s most iconic beaches.
From offshore funding networks to the economic costs of unreliable renewables, this episode explores how Australia’s energy policy has been shaped by overseas interests—and what’s at stake if the country doesn’t change course.
How sex abuse has gone undetected inside Australia’s childcare sector.