The Alice in Wonderland of National Unity
Does anyone else feel like we have fallen down the rabbit hole when it comes to the discussion of national unity?
Last year, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott caused controversy when he said, "You don't...
How low can Bill go?
The latest round of polls have not been kind on opposition leader Bill Shorten. Whilst his opponent soars into the 60's and high 60's in terms of popularity, with the Liberal party resurgent, poor...
Who wants to be politically correct?
The term "politically correct" is rather pervasive these days. It's a catch cry and a creed to aspire to and live by. But have you ever stopped and considered what it really means?
Consider this:...
Shock beheading of crocodile in Northern Australia
The shock beheading of a crocodile has been reported to the Australian Federal Police this week after a crocodile's body was discovered by park rangers under a bridge on the Arnhem Highway.
Evidence from an...
ISIS humiliated as U.S. and Kurds free prisoners
United States and Kurdish forces have stormed an Islamic State prison, freeing 70 hostages.Sadly, one U.S. soldier lost his life in the operation, while several IS militants were captured or killed. The liberation of...
Donald Trump: World would be a better place if Gaddafi and Saddam still in...
United States presidential hopeful Donald Trump has said what it appears many are thinking; that the world would be a better place if Libya's Colonel Gaddafi and Iraq's Saddam Hussein were still in power.
"People...
A “statesman” speaks
What a conciliatory statesman is Mahmoud Abbas. The President of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority, still, even after unilaterally extending his own tenure in the top job several years after...
The death of the university
If you were not completely convinced until now, despite the weight of evidence, the recent attempt to ban Germaine Greer from speaking at Cardiff University confirms the death of the university as an institution...
The New Normal: The Middle East Migrant Crisis
Since getting into the newspaper caper, we here at The XYZ have learned the hard way lessons which we had, until now, only read about. A key lesson has been the way in which...
Finding your “safe-space”
Do you have a space which is full of rainbows, and where everyone likes you and thinks you're great?
Do you have a space where people always say nice things to you, and if someone...
