Weekend Arts: Every artist in Australia knows that public funding of the arts is...
The government can save billions of dollars in subsidies, grants, awards, and let's face it, welfare payments, by removing all funding for The Arts not directly linked to tertiary education. One, and only one,...
Weekend Arts: Ideological art
Here is a brief article on the nature of modern art, and an attempt at an explanation as to how it manages not to die. The first thing which needs to be understood about...
Is fossil fuel divestment tokenistic?
Last year, the Australian National University attracted headlines with its plan to divest from companies deriving income from the sale of fossil fuels. This decision by the university attracted both applause and criticism from...
XYZ poll: Majority favours full-scale invasion to smash ISIS.
The numbers are in on the first XYZ viewers poll, which examined the best way to deal once and for all with the Islamic State, with the result that a strong majority of The...
Breaking: Eddie Betts booed by Carlton fans, gets on with game!
In sensational scenes at the MCG today, former Carlton Football Club star, Eddie Betts, was booed by his former supporters, in Carlton's heartbreaking narrow loss to Adelaide. Betts was lining up for goal at...
Quote of the Day, 6/6/15.
Great news everybody! The XYZ has received its first nasty private message. We believe it is only fitting that this lovely correspondence makes our inaugural "Quote of the Day." Enjoy.
"With crackpots allowed to set...
Does the government actually want you to get married?
Despite all the excitement about marriage over the last few days, I am discovering why people don't get married anymore.
There is a massive disincentive to making permanent commitments with anyone other than the State....
Is the West to blame for Middle Eastern Terrorism?
We often hear it claimed that it is because of the West's intervention in the Middle East that terrorism and instability has escalated, and that West's intervention has fueled a general hatred towards Western...
Free Peppa!
As the nation pauses around its water coolers to discuss the implications of The XYZ's brilliant challenge to the ABC's hegemony over public broadcasting, conversation will generally move, Godwin's Law-like, through three predictable stages:
Stage...
Why Conservatives Suck
We all know that progressive are hip and cool and are with the times, and that conservatives, well, suck.
But why do conservatives suck so much?
The great thinkers down the ages have pondered this very...
Random Violence commited against Martin Place Cafe!
In breaking news, the Martin Place Lindt Cafe at the centre of the deadly Sydney siege in December has been attacked, having its windows smashed.
Given that "a man in his 40s with facial hair...
“Choose coal or choose death”
"Choose coal or death." It is this type of idiocy, uttered by our Green apostles, along with dogmatic settling of science around climate change, which pollutes the waters of energy policy.
Allow me to raise...
Shocking news! Wannabe violent extremist lived in big house!
In news that has baffled experts, it has been revealed that at least one of five young wannabe violent extremists lived in a McMansion with his family in Narre Warren. In raids that undoubtedly...
U.S. Colleges: Freedom of Speech Free Zone
As American college students begin to take their summer break, George Will for the 'National Review' writes (30 May 2015), that this “brings a respite from the sinister childishness rampant on campuses.”
These “childish” attacks...
Bill Shorten and the Chamber of Horrors
The same sex couples gleefully lined up at the front of marriage register offices across Australia, awaiting the chance to marry legally, might have lamented the half empty chamber to which opportunistic leader of...
Pickering Vs Pickering
Who wouldn't like to see a 'face off' between the old-school, and pugnacious Larry Pickering Vs the smug 'school boy' Charlie Pickering?
As proponents and supports of free speech we'd be pleased to host it...
Turkey’s Election: Why it Matters
Why it matters: 10 years ago, Turkey was a serious EU member candidate. Since then, it has turned towards theocracy under Erdogan. The battle outlined in this story is one of real progressives, in...
It’s OK To Say “Just Google It”!!
When polite conversation turns to politics, the demand for proof is more often than not a tactic to derail the conversation than a genuine desire for the facts.
Can you provide a reference to prove...
Congratulations Labor! … It Won’t Last Long.
Labor have won the Victorian State election, but they may soon find their win is nothing more than a Pyrrhic victory. If any party should be worried about its future, it is Labor.
Ever since...
Migrant communities issue unity statement
In an unprecedented move, migrant community leaders in Europe and Australia have overnight issued strong statements relating to the recent trend for violent protests, especially with regard to the Israel-Palestine conflict and so-called Islamic...