Devil take the hindmost! Inside the IPA and Leyonhjelm's Libertarians

25 May 2016 | It's give that man a cigar, pass along the joint and to hell with the sniffer dogs, as Ross Jones ...  

Liberal attacks on Medicare are anything but Christian

11 May 2016 | With so many vulnerable Australians relying on quality public health care, a government claiming ...  

Sam Harris takes Noam Chomsky to task for equating Western crimes with 9/11

16 Jan 2016 | Sam Harris, author of best-seller The End of Faith, took Noam Chomsky to task for equating Western ...  

Militant suffragettes: Morally justified, or just terrorists?

12 Jan 2016 | Following the release of the film, Suffragette, La Trobe University's Janna Thompson asks whether ...  

Boycotting Sam Harris's ads: Atheist freedom of speech vs. religious censorship

14 Nov 2015 | To promote "controversial" atheist Sam Harris's upcoming Australian tour, a series of billboards ...  

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 ...