Stealing Australia and Buying New Zealand
Why the New Zealand Māori got a treaty from the British in 1840 but, in 1788, the Australian Aborigines did not.
Sean Welsh
· 16 min read
Australia
A collection of 55 posts
Truth Telling and Colonial History
The colonisation of Australia was neither a peaceful settlement nor a bloody conquest. It was a Malthusian swamping: the inevitable and tragic result of contact between hunter gatherers and agriculturalists.
Sean Welsh
· 16 min read
Australian Election 2025, The Nuclear Debate with Will Shackel: Quillette Cetera Episode 44
Why nuclear must be part of Australia’s energy future.
Zoe Booth
· 13 min read
Immigration's Role in Australia's Housing Crisis
Who really benefits from open-border policies?
Claire Lehmann
· 1 min read
Podcast #273: Australia’s Antisemitism Crisis
Quillette editor-in-chief Claire Lehmann speaks with Bangladeshi-born Australian psychiatrist and journalist Tanveer Ahmed about the rise of Jew-hatred in their country.
Quillette, Claire Lehmann, Tanveer Ahmed
· 19 min read
Australian Healthcare’s Darkest Hour
The NSW nurses have not just threatened individual patients—they have desecrated what it means to be Australian.
Claire Lehmann
· 4 min read
Australia Day Dreaming
On Australia Day, we should recognise the blackfellas, the whitefellas, and the fellas of all shades in between.
Sean Welsh
· 11 min read
The Original Aboriginals
Australia is one of the only places where humans maintained a hunter-gatherer lifestyle into the modern era. This makes it an invaluable window into humanity’s deep past—a window that is closing.
Mungo Manic
· 10 min read
The Thunder from Down Under
If Bach was the sound of God whistling while he worked, AC/DC was the sound of God ordering another round in a strip club on Saturday night.
George Case
· 9 min read
Fighting Fire with Fire
We know how to prevent catastrophic bushfires. For more than half a century, Western Australia has been reducing forest fuel loads through a systematic program of ‘prescribed burns.’
Brad Barr
· 9 min read
Hatred and Indifference in Modern Australia
Examining Australia’s leadership vacuum in the wake of the Melbourne synagogue firebombing.
Claire Lehmann
· 5 min read
An Interview with Michael Shellenberger
Misinformation Bill Claire: Welcome, Michael, welcome to Sydney. It’s great to have you here. Now, I want to talk to you about the misinformation bill that the current government is tabling, which is going to a vote in the Senate next week. The government is currently considering both a
Claire Lehmann, Michael Shellenberger
· 18 min read
I’m Tired of the Victimhood Narrative
Lidia Thorpe is not treated more harshly because she’s an Indigenous woman. In fact, if it weren’t for these two immutable characteristics, she wouldn’t be where she is today.
Zoe Booth
· 3 min read
An Honest Conversation About Colonialism with Nigel Biggar: Quillette Cetera Episode 41
Zoe meets with the ethicist and theologian Nigel Biggar as part of his trip to Australia.
Zoe Booth, Nigel Biggar
· 21 min read
Reverse Sexism in Australian Research
Grant applications should be assessed on their scientific merits—not on the sex or political leanings of the applicant.
Andrew Glover
· 6 min read