A collection of 63 posts
There have been numerous incidents of vociferous trans activism in Tasmania, yet it was still possible to pass sensible legislation.
A conversation with heterodox sociologist Andrew Glover.
In rejecting the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, Australians reaffirmed the democratic principle of equality before the law.
We should not make race the organising principle of a new chapter of our Constitution.
Legal equality and the politics of disappointment.
In its treatment of gender clinics, the flagship investigative program of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation failed to present crucial evidence.
Across the English-speaking world, the discussion of trans rights is governed by taboos, sacred myths, and, in some cases, outright lies.
Farewell to Australia’s best-known comic and social satirist.
The deal is a belated response to the Chinese Communist Party’s mushrooming belligerence.
The idea of an Australian republic is attractive to some, but there's a strong case for a humble head of state.
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.
Too often, the noble goal of reconciliation is being co-opted by those seeking to invent fake histories and advance politicized narratives.
There must be more in our mental health toolkit than the language and mechanisms for self-diagnosis.
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
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.