Free speech vs Hateful speech: Striking the right balance

5 Aug 2015 | Freedom of speech is central to liberal democracy, but it does not extend to the right to under ...  

Abbott's expense inquiry looks to double down on Bishop Choppergate style rorts

3 Aug 2015 | PM Tony Abbott has set up an inquiry that looks to legitimise publicly funded jaunts to party ...  

Australian Skeptics Convention, 2014: Highlights

14 Dec 2014 | Entertainment editor John Turnbull casts a critical eye over the recent Australian Skeptics ...  

Open Letter to Antony Loewenstein from the women he disappeared

21 Nov 2014 | Progressive journalist Antony Loewenstein believes liberal feminism has let women down. Gaye ...  

Think For Yourself Interview: Skeptics Convention, Sydney, 28-30 November

27 Oct 2014 | The Australian Skeptics are holding a convention in Sydney. Entertainment editor and critical ...  

Losing our freedoms without a thought

30 Sep 2014 | We now have a new series of legislations limiting freedoms, but very little discussion about their ...  

Bernard Gaynor has been kicked out of the army. Good.

5 Aug 2014 | Following Major Bernard Gaynor's sacking from the Australian Army for his relentless homophobic ...  

The Progressive Except on Palestine phenomenon

9 Apr 2014 | While living and working in Israel and Palestine, filmmaker Kate Johnston has discovered an ...  

Seeking asylum — but no Pinochet praise

30 Jan 2014 | Memory and context have become victims of the political debate, says Dr Adam Hughes Henry, and ...  

How conservative is Cory?

16 Jan 2014 | Senator Cory Bernardi calls himself a conservative but he isn't one at all — and we should stop ...  

Old media ethical failure propelled Gillard demise

29 Jun 2013 | The mainstream media's demonstrable lack of impartiality and contextual accuracy, and willingne ...  

The rise of the Radical Right (Part Three): Australia today

23 Feb 2013 | In this final part of his three part series, Dr Geoff Davies surveys the current political scene ...  

The rise of the Radical Right (Part Two): False economics

22 Feb 2013 | In this second part of his three part series, Dr Geoff Davies looks at the causes of the dramatic ...  

Historicising animal welfare and live trade

20 Feb 2013 | The assumption animals don’t think, feel or remember is wrong; in fact, that description might ...  

In praise of Luddites

30 Sep 2012 | Matt Mitchell is a proud Luddite, who says "the Luddite fight for a more humane and just society ...  

Bernardi and Benson’s illogical arguments against same-sex marriage

19 Sep 2012 | As shown by Cory Bernardi's resignation today, the arguments against same-sex marriage are neither ...  

Love and marriage

5 Sep 2012 | What conditions are necessary to discriminate a married couple from other couples? Matthew Mitc ...