At first glance, narcissists seem like the perfect deal. They are the most charming, charismatic and confident date you’ve gone out with for a while. Even for someone with a trained eye, they are masters in disguise. A relationship with them often starts as too much too fast, followed by a toxic cycle of ups…
This is why.
When Barnaby Joyce got up on his pixellated pulpit last week and started preaching about how social media is about to get its long-overdue day of reckoning, I couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed by a steely bolt of rage.
“My daughter is but one victim of malicious online lies: it’s time the…
Last week, the government announced its plans to slash the costs of the uni degrees it deems most essential in our current economy – namely teaching, nursing, agriculture, science, mathematics and engineering. So far so good. Youth unemployment has skyrocketed to 16.1% because of the virus, and the government is going to increase the number…
Dear high school students of Australia,
Over the last 24 hours, I’ve kept up to date with the the news following your Big School Walk Out events across the country in protest of the government’s inaction on climate change. I’ve been reading everyone’s opinions about your action, from the Prime Minister’s hypocritical outrage to the…
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 as one would say it’s raining on Sunday, or we should pick up some milk on the way home. I look at her, the one with whom I have spent…