I’m sat in an empty American-style diner on Melbourne’s Chapel Street when I hear the news. “We have a new PM,” she says, as casually…
With the situation that has been underway in America until today’s executive order – children being taken from their parents at the border as part…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve more than likely seen reports coming out of the Middle East showing violence and bloodshed from the…
Pre-dawn raids are commonplace in this part of the world. Doors are battered down in the wee hours of the morning and stun grenades are…
Another attack in a major city has left us needing to talk about the angry young man in the room, or better, in the hire…
The coffee is slightly too sweet, the windows hang heavy with legs of cured meat, the central streets are choked with sunburnt tourists, and I…
For some, Waitangi Day will be defined by beach barbeques, family picnics, a day off work or time-and-a-half pay. Kiwis will enjoy long-weekend road trips,…
“Mr Dungay, Ms Dhu, TJ Hickey. All these people were murdered – and the government did nothing!” In Redfern, 26 January, Indigenous activist Gavin Stanbrook’s voice…
The day after Australia celebrated a resounding yes vote for marriage equality, as many of us were dusting off our hangovers, the commentary was already…
Is this what the birth of a nation looks like? A rushed ballot in a half-filled parliament? A unilateral declaration of independence without any assurances…
We really want Muslims to condemn terrorism. Really though. We unfairly expect the Muslim community to speak out against each incidence of violence these days….
This month, the western world is on edge. Alongside two horrific terror attacks in the UK and a deadly hostage situation in Melbourne, the ABC…
