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Back in 2017 I flew down to Tasmania to interview the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, Julian Porteous. The Archbishop had been brought before the Anti-Discrimination Board simply for producing a booklet outlining the traditional Christian understanding of marriage. But the real reason I went [...]

by a News Weekly contributor. When the Australian Labor Party was trounced for a second time at the 1977 election following the humiliation and shock of the post-Dismissal election of 1975, the party went away for one of the most important resets in its history. [...]

You can’t board an aircraft without going through airport security. Everyone and everything that enters the plane is screened. Your luggage. Your backpack. Even you. Nothing gets through without security’s permission. They’re the gatekeepers. Now airport security is a powerful metaphor for understanding how our [...]

What are we to make of the Israel Folau and Rugby Australia settlement? It appears that they have kissed and made up – sort of. As most folks would have heard by now, the long-running stand-off between star rugby player Israel Folau and Rugby Australia [...]

By Greg Sheridan, The Australian. Editor's Note: Greg Sheridan describes the increasing violence and anarchy afflicting Western societies, without regard to democratic, reasoned decision-making or the good of the nation. How can we move forward in the face of dangerous hysterical activism? Support quality journalism [...]

Eight months after Rugby Australia sacked star fullback Israel Folau for expressing his faith on Instagram, the two parties have settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. Many Australians—and people the world over—have watched this story with interest, because of its implications for religious [...]

More coercive utopian governments pushing radical agendas and crushing our freedoms: I did a radio interview on Friday morning on how the dictatorial Dan Andrews’ government in Victoria is seeking to outlaw “conversion therapy,” and I said that the other Australian states would quickly follow [...]

Should a secular court have the power to decide if Izzy Folau is Christian? That’s what may happen if the Federal government’s proposed Religious Discrimination Bill – to have been tabled in Parliament last week – becomes law [UPDATE: it will be delayed until 2020]. [...]

Both Welcome to Country—said by an indigenous person—and Acknowledgement of Country—which is said by someone who is not indigenous—have become a popular practice in the media, government and even in business. What’s more, Aboriginal smoking ceremonies to ward off evil spirits have become an integral [...]

By Kevin Donnelly, The Australian Illustration: Johannes Leak. Editor's Note: Kevin Donnelly deftly exposes the dangers of contemporary culture's increasing forcefulness in policing language, demanding conformity to warped ideologies that distort the very fabric of our society. This unhealthy practice, with its roots in Marxist [...]

by William Kininmonth, News Weekly. The emergence of the Extinction Rebellion phenomenon over recent months has seen community disruption in many Western cities, heralded by a generally fawning and uncritical media. The tolerance of Western democracies has made it possible for a few determined protestors [...]

The Victorian Government has already committed to prohibiting what it calls ‘harmful LGBT conversion practices’ and is seeking the community’s views on the best way to implement this ban. (due 24 November) Given the breadth of the definition of ‘conversion practices’ -- sometimes called ‘gay [...]

Sometimes it is a very good thing to be divisive: In more sensible times, it used to be the case that if you stood up in the public arena arguing for truth and for what is right, you were regarded highly. You were respected for [...]

by Chris McCormack, News Weekly Far from being a grassroots-driven, spontaneous protest against climate change, the Extinction Rebellion (XR) is an internationally funded, highly planned organisation that pays its supporters to protest, or more accurately, rebel. And it is determined to overthrow democracy. Paul Homewood’s [...]

Ruth Institute President Dr Jennifer Roback Morse, PhD condemned YouTube’s decision to ban a Daily Signal/Heritage Foundation video with Dr Michelle Cretella, MD over her comment on transgenderism. “The Sexual Revolutionaries running YouTube are cowards. They cannot refute Dr Cretella and the Heritage Foundation. They [...]

Jane Fonda has a new shtick – getting arrested at a DC Climate Change protest. Unlike the climate, Fonda never changes. If it's anti-American, the pain-in-the-actress is for it. From the communist conquest of Vietnam to "economic democracy" to the drive against nuclear power, to [...]

Donald Trump was elected President of the United States in 2016. Along with his Twitter feed, a number of new words entered mainstream discourse: ‘fake news’, ‘alternative facts’, and ‘post-truth’. In fact, the Oxford English Dictionaries selected ‘post-truth’ as 2016’s Word of the Year. Christian [...]

EDITOR'S NOTE: Jesus said, “The children of this generation are wiser in their own generation than the children of the light.” Brendan O'Neill is not a Christian (hence the swearing), but he makes more sense than most Christian leaders in his analysis of identity politics [...]

I sympathize with porn-star congresswoman Katie Hill, really I do. The feeble-minded should be protected from themselves. When you’re caught doing something dumb, dangerous or criminal, you must immediately wrap yourself in the mantle of victimhood. In her last speech to the House yesterday, to [...]

It is always a great thing when respected leaders take a stand for the male of the species, especially for our young boys. Sadly, the vendetta against men and boys seems to be gathering momentum. ‘Toxic masculinity’ seems to be the buzzword of the moment. [...]