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
· 4 min read
Australia
A collection of 54 posts
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
· 11 min read
Myth-making Isn’t the Right Way to ‘Indigenise’ Our Universities
Too often, the noble goal of reconciliation is being co-opted by those seeking to invent fake histories and advance politicized narratives.
Terry Moore and Carol Pybus
· 16 min read
When Mental Health Education Makes Us Sick
There must be more in our mental health toolkit than the language and mechanisms for self-diagnosis.
Clare Rowe
· 8 min read
Direct Instruction Works. So Why Is It Controversial?
In 2016, I was sitting in the classroom of a Melbourne school as Dr. Kerry Hempenstall described the early stages of a reading program. He projected a series of letters on the screen. First, he displayed an “f.” “This is an ‘f’,” he said. Then he displayed an “f” written
Greg Ashman
· 7 min read
A Better Way to Lead Christians Away from Intimate Partner Violence
Of those surveyed for the IPV report, 17 percent of self-described Anglicans said they’d experienced IPV in the last 12 months, as compared to 18 percent for the general population.
Andrew Judd
· 8 min read
Why Australia Opted for AUKUS
While Reuters reports that the French had ample warning the project was in trouble, the AUKUS announcement and the cancellation of the submarine contract nevertheless took them by surprise.
Sean Welsh
· 11 min read
Revisiting ‘Wake in Fright,’ A Peculiarly Australian Kind of Hell
Five decades after its release, Wake in Fright remains a brutally captivating reminder that modernity is just a thin veneer over the darker recesses of the human heart.
Ryan Anderson
· 16 min read
Podcast #166: Josh Szeps on the Myth of Australia’s COVID ‘Concentration Camps’
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay interviews ABC presenter and podcaster Josh Szeps about Australia’s unique experience in managing the COVID pandemic—and the urban legends the country’s quarantine system has spawned among right-wing pundits on the other side of the world.
Quillette, Jonathan Kay
· 1 min read
COVID-Zero: Was It Worth It?
If COVID-19 was your ancestor’s saber-tooth tiger, then the lives lost every day to COVID-Zero is the cost of running away.
James Newburrie
· 11 min read
Australia's COVID Catch-22
Australia has every advantage under the sun: plentiful economic resources, a highly skilled workforce, and traditionally competent governments.
Matthew Lesh
· 8 min read
Standing Up to the Gender Ideologues: a Quillette Editorial
Once you sweep aside all the glitter showers, animated unicorns, and rainbow emojis, that is ultimately what gender supremacism is truly about.
Quillette
· 10 min read
Australian Indigenous Activists Call Out White Feminism's Deadly Blind Spot
The very language we now use to discuss social justice and feminism is being subjected to American critical-race ideology and intersectional feminism.
Edie Wyatt
· 8 min read
Australia’s Population Ponzi Scheme
The environmental havoc is justified as needed for the economy, but the evidence does not support this claim.
Kelvin Thomson
· 4 min read
Something is Rotten in the State of Victoria
Overly harsh enforcement of the law can paradoxically act to undermine it.
Katy Barnett
· 14 min read