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Patriotism has become a dirty word. Hanson shouldn’t own love for our country

Patriotism has become a dirty word. Hanson shouldn’t own love for our country

For many people, “the colony” of Australia renders our nation forever irredeemable as a place worth living in and fighting for.

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Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Patriotism has become a dirty word. Hanson shouldn’t own love for our country

Patriotism has become a dirty word. Hanson shouldn’t own love for our country

For many people, “the colony” of Australia renders our nation forever irredeemable as a place worth living in and fighting for.

latest 10

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Patriotism has become a dirty word. Hanson shouldn’t own love for our country

Patriotism has become a dirty word. Hanson shouldn’t own love for our country

For many people, “the colony” of Australia renders our nation forever irredeemable as a place worth living in and fighting for.

latest 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Patriotism has become a dirty word. Hanson shouldn’t own love for our country

Patriotism has become a dirty word. Hanson shouldn’t own love for our country

For many people, “the colony” of Australia renders our nation forever irredeemable as a place worth living in and fighting for.

latest 10

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I’m an academic, but I’ve told my stepdaughter to think twice about going to university

We have arrived at a point where universities are committing industrial-scale fraud thanks to the real-time experiment in degree by AI.

27.05.2026 30

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I’m an academic, but I’ve told my stepdaughter to think twice about going to university

We have arrived at a point where universities are committing industrial-scale fraud thanks to the real-time experiment in degree by AI.

27.05.2026 80

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I’m an academic, but I’ve told my stepdaughter to think twice about going to university

We have arrived at a point where universities are committing industrial-scale fraud thanks to the real-time experiment in degree by AI.

27.05.2026 80

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I’m an academic, but I’ve told my stepdaughter to think twice about going to university

We have arrived at a point where universities are committing industrial-scale fraud thanks to the real-time experiment in degree by AI.

27.05.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Hostage‑taking by rogue states is on the rise. New research provides fresh ways to tackle it

This needs to be viewed as a global problem, not a series of separate incidents to be managed in isolation by governments.

05.05.2026 20

The Conversation

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Iran’s Supreme Leader has not been seen in months. For Trump’s sake, he better not be dead

The Islamic Republic has long featured multiple and competing centres of power, often played off against each other by the supreme leader in a chaotic...

30.04.2026 20

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Iran’s Supreme Leader has not been seen in months. For Trump’s sake, he better not be dead

The Islamic Republic has long featured multiple and competing centres of power, often played off against each other by the supreme leader in a chaotic...

30.04.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Iran’s Supreme Leader has not been seen in months. For Trump’s sake, he better not be dead

The Islamic Republic has long featured multiple and competing centres of power, often played off against each other by the supreme leader in a chaotic...

30.04.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Iran’s Supreme Leader has not been seen in months. For Trump’s sake, he better not be dead

The Islamic Republic has long featured multiple and competing centres of power, often played off against each other by the supreme leader in a chaotic...

30.04.2026 30

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Trump’s Iran war has inflamed bitter rivalries that will shake the world

Even if Trump immediately pulls out of his war on Iran, he will leave behind tensions that are likely to destabilise energy security and global trade...

24.03.2026 40

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Trump’s Iran war has inflamed bitter rivalries that will shake the world

Even if Trump immediately pulls out of his war on Iran, he will leave behind tensions that are likely to destabilise energy security and global trade...

24.03.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Trump’s Iran war has inflamed bitter rivalries that will shake the world

Even if Trump immediately pulls out of his war on Iran, he will leave behind tensions that are likely to destabilise energy security and global trade...

24.03.2026 40

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Trump’s Iran war has inflamed bitter rivalries that will shake the world

Even if Trump immediately pulls out of his war on Iran, he will leave behind tensions that are likely to destabilise energy security and global trade...

24.03.2026 70

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

My cell guard’s tears put my jaw on the floor. Why ‘good’ Australians mourn a torturer

We have experienced the trauma of Islamist-inspired terror on our shores. How can memorials for a vicious mass killer align with Australian values?

09.03.2026 60

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

My cell guard’s tears put my jaw on the floor. Why ‘good’ Australians mourn a torturer

We have experienced the trauma of Islamist-inspired terror on our shores. How can memorials for a vicious mass killer align with Australian values?

09.03.2026 40

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

My cell guard’s tears put my jaw on the floor. Why ‘good’ Australians mourn a torturer

We have experienced the trauma of Islamist-inspired terror on our shores. How can memorials for a vicious mass killer align with Australian values?

09.03.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

My cell guard’s tears put my jaw on the floor. Why ‘good’ Australians mourn a torturer

We have experienced the trauma of Islamist-inspired terror on our shores. How can memorials for a vicious mass killer align with Australian values?

09.03.2026 50

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Why Iranians are celebrating being bombed

Iranians are not naive about the geopolitical realities of the region. But they are exhausted, and they are desperate.

01.03.2026 20

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Why Iranians are celebrating being bombed

Iranians are not naive about the geopolitical realities of the region. But they are exhausted, and they are desperate.

01.03.2026 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Why Iranians are celebrating being bombed

Iranians are not naive about the geopolitical realities of the region. But they are exhausted, and they are desperate.

01.03.2026 50

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Why Iranians are celebrating being bombed

Iranians are not naive about the geopolitical realities of the region. But they are exhausted, and they are desperate.

01.03.2026 50

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I’m a swinging voter. Here’s why prospect of a new centre-right party has me excited

A new centrist party wouldn’t have to do much to win my vote – a good start would be recruiting people who aren’t in bed with big business or...

28.02.2026 30

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I’m a swinging voter. Here’s why prospect of a new centre-right party has me excited

A new centrist party wouldn’t have to do much to win my vote – a good start would be recruiting people who aren’t in bed with big business or...

28.02.2026 20

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I’m a swinging voter. Here’s why prospect of a new centre-right party has me excited

A new centrist party wouldn’t have to do much to win my vote – a good start would be recruiting people who aren’t in bed with big business or...

28.02.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I’m a swinging voter. Here’s why prospect of a new centre-right party has me excited

A new centrist party wouldn’t have to do much to win my vote – a good start would be recruiting people who aren’t in bed with big business or...

28.02.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I thought I was in control of the algorithm. Then came the dreams of blood-soaked streets

Social media has the power to draw us into dark places. That same force sucked me into a doomscroll of violence.

28.01.2026 10

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I thought I was in control of the algorithm. Then came the dreams of blood-soaked streets

Social media has the power to draw us into dark places. That same force sucked me into a doomscroll of violence.

28.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I thought I was in control of the algorithm. Then came the dreams of blood-soaked streets

Social media has the power to draw us into dark places. That same force sucked me into a doomscroll of violence.

28.01.2026 30

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I thought I was in control of the algorithm. Then came the dreams of blood-soaked streets

Social media has the power to draw us into dark places. That same force sucked me into a doomscroll of violence.

28.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

All the conditions are there for Iran’s regime to fall – except one

Defections from with within the upper echelons are essential if a revolutionary movement is to succeed. Western countries can play a role in helping...

21.01.2026 20

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

All the conditions are there for Iran’s regime to fall – except one

Defections from with within the upper echelons are essential if a revolutionary movement is to succeed. Western countries can play a role in helping...

21.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

All the conditions are there for Iran’s regime to fall – except one

Defections from with within the upper echelons are essential if a revolutionary movement is to succeed. Western countries can play a role in helping...

21.01.2026 30

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

All the conditions are there for Iran’s regime to fall – except one

Defections from with within the upper echelons are essential if a revolutionary movement is to succeed. Western countries can play a role in helping...

21.01.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

The Islamic Republic of Iran is crumbling. Miscalculations have pushed it to this terminal frenzy

Syria’s Assad, who had fought a brutal war against his people for 14 years, fell in less than 11 days. Ayatollah Khamenei faces a similar fate after...

14.01.2026 30

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

The Islamic Republic of Iran is crumbling. Miscalculations have pushed it to this terminal frenzy

Syria’s Assad, who had fought a brutal war against his people for 14 years, fell in less than 11 days. Ayatollah Khamenei faces a similar fate after...

14.01.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

The Islamic Republic of Iran is crumbling. Miscalculations have pushed it to this terminal frenzy

Syria’s Assad, who had fought a brutal war against his people for 14 years, fell in less than 11 days. Ayatollah Khamenei faces a similar fate after...

14.01.2026 20

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

The Islamic Republic of Iran is crumbling. Miscalculations have pushed it to this terminal frenzy

Syria’s Assad, who had fought a brutal war against his people for 14 years, fell in less than 11 days. Ayatollah Khamenei faces a similar fate after...

14.01.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

The mood on Iran’s streets seems to be desperation rather than hope

This latest round of popular protest was triggered by a catastrophic collapse of the Iranian rial, which has lost more than 50 per cent of its value...

07.01.2026 30

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

The mood on Iran’s streets seems to be desperation rather than hope

This latest round of popular protest was triggered by a catastrophic collapse of the Iranian rial, which has lost more than 50 per cent of its value...

07.01.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

The mood on Iran’s streets seems to be desperation rather than hope

This latest round of popular protest was triggered by a catastrophic collapse of the Iranian rial, which has lost more than 50 per cent of its value...

07.01.2026 30

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

The mood on Iran’s streets seems to be desperation rather than hope

This latest round of popular protest was triggered by a catastrophic collapse of the Iranian rial, which has lost more than 50 per cent of its value...

07.01.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

When I was behind bars, time stopped. But you could never hide from the new year

When I was first arrested in Iran and thrown into a solitary confinement cell in Evin prison I would carve a line for each day into the soft plaster...

03.01.2026 30

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

When I was behind bars, time stopped. But you could never hide from the new year

When I was first arrested in Iran and thrown into a solitary confinement cell in Evin prison I would carve a line for each day into the soft plaster...

03.01.2026 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

When I was behind bars, time stopped. But you could never hide from the new year

When I was first arrested in Iran and thrown into a solitary confinement cell in Evin prison I would carve a line for each day into the soft plaster...

03.01.2026 50

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

When I was behind bars, time stopped. But you could never hide from the new year

When I was first arrested in Iran and thrown into a solitary confinement cell in Evin prison I would carve a line for each day into the soft plaster...

03.01.2026 50

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

There are three kinds of antisemitism – each needs to be dealt with differently

As the situation stands, there appears to be no singular, monolithic antisemitism festering in Australia but rather multiple different mutations of...

27.12.2025 30

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert