Sorry, Silences, and C-3PO
I've lost my courage.
Which is a big deal when you write for a news website.
I recently prepared a short comic piece on poverty. While I enjoyed making the comic, the text was hastily written,...
Eric the Social Media Nazi
The XYZ has a friend called Eric. That is not his real name. Eric is a contradiction - a freedom of expression grammar Nazi. He is a quite adept troll, defending the ABC and...
XYZ poll reveals world will not come to an end if ABC is privatised
The latest XYZ Viewer Poll has determined that well over half of our readers believe that privatising the ABC will not trigger Armageddon.
In response to the question, "Will the world come to an end...
Speaking as a Woman, Don’t Ditch Manhood – Teach It!
Today I came across an article to which I couldn't help responding. It was titled, Masculinity Is Killing Men: The Roots of Men and Trauma. While I knew it would most likely leave me...
Dire Straights: Money for Nothing
You have just got to love rising housing prices. Governments get vast revenues that shore up budgets, banks make slim margins on rapidly increasing volumes of loaned moneys, owner occupiers and investors alike can...
Labor and the Greens have blood on their hands
Amid the predictable uproar today from those on the left clambering over each other to lay claim to the moral high ground, a few key facts are worth considering.
When the ALP won power in...
Meet the Greens
Its 2022, and after years of struggle, the Greens have finally come to power in Australia.
Mines are heavily taxed or shut down. Welfare flows to the needy. The rich are taxed an appopriate but...
Give me back my shoe Jew!
Twitter can be so cruel. From behind anonymous handles and malicious hashtags, the Twittersphere cruelled well meaning British activist Ashgar Bukhari. The story, in its sordid fullness, is here.
I don’t know Mr Bukhari, but...
Well frankly, I find that offensive
If you happen to express an opinion which reflects the current state of Australian law, you run the risk of having your view dismissed and branded as “extremely hurtful.”
The Victorian Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie...
Weekend In-Depth: The Poor Old ABC’s blindness on Martin Place.
Today on Weekend In-Depth we look back at the events surrounding the Martin Place siege in December 2014, and the ABC's inability to call it for what it was:
The poor old ABC. Its multiple...
