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This is more than just a storm in a teacup. Our culture is being shredded

yesterday 20

The Australian

Henry Ergas

Conspiracy, hypocrisy: how Adler burned down Writers Week house

yesterday 20

The Australian

Michael Gawenda

The lucky country no more

yesterday 10

The Australian

Bernard Salt

Everyone needs an Iced VoVo and a cuppa: what hate-laws debate tells us

yesterday 10

The Australian

Nick Dyrenfurth

How Adelaide Writers Week collapsed under the weight of its own hypocrisy

previous day 10

The Australian

Claire Lehmann

Trump’s new playbook: hit hard, scare enemies, then deal

previous day 10

The Australian

Greg Sheridan

Groupthink is not free speech

previous day 10

The Australian

Editorial

Greens can always make PM’s bad hate laws worse

previous day 10

The Australian

Editorial

Does Donald the Lame Duck await Trump?

previous day 10

The Australian

Gerard Baker

Freedom of expression, but only for some

previous day 10

The Australian

Gerard Henderson

Forget ambassador, it’s our Washington tactic that’s wrong

previous day 10

The Australian

Peter Jennings

Facts or friction: culture’s radical darlings get it oh so wrong again

previous day 10

The Australian

Shelley Gare

Athletes are no longer just athletes. They are brands

previous day 10

The Australian

Andrew Webster

Trump 2.0: America is ‘just another normal power’ now

previous day 10

The Australian

Joe Kelly

Hate bill on slippery slope in ideological tug of war

friday 10

The Australian

Editorial

The mainstream got action

friday 10

The Australian

Editorial

Trump v Powell fiscal madness

friday 10

The Australian

Editorial

My encounter with Louise Adler was the moment I knew Adelaide Writers Week was not for me

friday 20

The Australian

Hedley Thomas

The barbarism of the regime is no accident – it’s grounded in Islamic fundamentalism

friday 10

The Australian

Henry Ergas

Flawed hate-speech law would resurrect blasphemy as a defence

friday 10

The Australian

Chris Merritt

Cultural elite now march under Abdel-Fattah’s banner of hate

friday 10

The Australian

Julie Szego

Why I don’t give a toss about ‘International law’

friday 10

The Australian

James Allan

Hate speech bill will open the door to elected tyranny

friday 30

The Australian

Adam Creighton

Natural cycle turning back to fire

15.01.2026 1

The Australian

Editorial

Own goal for the arts in Adelaide

15.01.2026 4

The Australian

Editorial

Trump deserves support of free world in Tehran plans

15.01.2026 1

The Australian

Editorial

No perfect outcomes for Iran if regime collapses

15.01.2026 2

The Australian

Clive Williams

How our (literary) left lost its sense of humour

15.01.2026 6

The Australian

Jack The Insider

Sylvester Stallone pick for US envoy off the cards for Trump

15.01.2026 1

The Australian

Ben Packham

‘I refused to join the Adelaide Writers Week boycott. The attacks on me since have been frightening’

15.01.2026 20

The Australian

Shokoofeh Azar

The fatal flaw in Labor’s bill offers a how-to for hate preachers

15.01.2026 10

The Australian

Chris Merritt

Trump makes a stand for liberty and human decency

15.01.2026 10

The Australian

Greg Sheridan

Iran’s people need world support

14.01.2026 20

The Australian

Editorial

Rudd free to strut world stage

14.01.2026 10

The Australian

Editorial

Louise Adler invoked Nazi pogrom to joke about antisemitism in the arts

14.01.2026 30

The Australian

Ariela Bard

We need to understand history if we want to counter antisemitism

14.01.2026 10

The Australian

Simon Benson

‘This was no incident, I was knifed by a terrorist’

14.01.2026 20

The Australian

Officer B

Anthony Albanese is weaker for losing Kevin Rudd

14.01.2026 1

The Australian

Greg Sheridan

Hate laws must keep their tight parameters on race

14.01.2026 10

The Australian

Editorial

Creatives lose the plot on writers’ platforms

14.01.2026 20

The Australian

Timothy Lynch

The spirit of reinvention: Jayne Hrdlicka’s biggest test yet

14.01.2026 10

The Australian

Eric Johnston