As a nation,we are diminished without appreciating the contributions and perspectives of Australia’s First Peoples. We need not be.
Anna Funder’s new book goes in search of the woman,Eileen Blair,who played such a huge part in Orwell’s life before her premature death.
When acclaimed writer Anna Funder discovered how the “brilliant” Eileen Blair was rendered invisible by wedlock,she felt an unexpected connection.
The opposition leader has totally misread the writings of George Orwell in his arguments against the Voice.
In the long and lamentable competition for interpreting George Orwell’s sayings to mean the opposite of what he intended,Peter Dutton is awarded Animal Hero First Class.
In the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four,George Orwell created a world where history was ‘rectified’ to suit political masters. Sound familiar?
I’m sure the statement meant something to someone in the council. But the rest of us were left to guess what on earth the speaker was trying to say.
Trust in government,meanwhile,is taking a battering - and Christian Porter’s Liberal colleagues know it.
Once it was a no-no to dob. We live in more ambiguous times.
After Labor’s drubbing in the 2019 election,I was drafted to help rewrite its policy platform. Here’s how it happened.
Anti-semitic reaction in Australia to renewed hostilities has been less vocal than in other parts of the world but it is still a cause for concern.