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...
