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

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 10

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

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

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 10

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

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

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 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

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

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 20

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 10

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 10

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 10

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 10

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 10

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 10

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 10

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 10

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 6

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 6

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 20

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 6

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 10

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 10

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 20

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 10

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 10

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 20

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 10

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 10

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 10

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 20

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 20

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 10

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 10

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 50

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 30

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 30

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 10

WA Today

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 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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

The Age

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 10

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Five years on, Australia is calling out the thugs who jailed me for what they are

Last week I quietly marked the fifth anniversary of my freedom from prison in Iran. November 25 was on the surface a day like any other, but to me,...

03.12.2025 10

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Five years on, Australia is calling out the thugs who jailed me for what they are

Last week I quietly marked the fifth anniversary of my freedom from prison in Iran. November 25 was on the surface a day like any other, but to me,...

03.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Five years on, Australia is calling out the thugs who jailed me for what they are

Last week I quietly marked the fifth anniversary of my freedom from prison in Iran. November 25 was on the surface a day like any other, but to me,...

03.12.2025 20

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Five years on, Australia is calling out the thugs who jailed me for what they are

Last week I quietly marked the fifth anniversary of my freedom from prison in Iran. November 25 was on the surface a day like any other, but to me,...

03.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I gave birth four days before Stacey’s death. This tragedy could have happened to any of us

Stacey Warnecke’s shocking death in childbirth brought me to tears, but I can understand why some women feel the need to choose to give birth at home.

08.11.2025 10

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I gave birth four days before Stacey’s death. This tragedy could have happened to any of us

Stacey Warnecke’s shocking death in childbirth brought me to tears, but I can understand why some women feel the need to choose to give birth at home.

08.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I gave birth four days before Stacey’s death. This tragedy could have happened to any of us

Stacey Warnecke’s shocking death in childbirth brought me to tears, but I can understand why some women feel the need to choose to give birth at home.

08.11.2025 10

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

I gave birth four days before Stacey’s death. This tragedy could have happened to any of us

Stacey Warnecke’s shocking death in childbirth brought me to tears, but I can understand why some women feel the need to choose to give birth at home.

08.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Left or right, the real source of extremism is right in front of our faces

America’s epidemic of radicalisation and political violence should be a wake-up call for Australia to address the disastrous impact of the growing...

25.09.2025 20

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Left or right, the real source of extremism is right in front of our faces

America’s epidemic of radicalisation and political violence should be a wake-up call for Australia to address the disastrous impact of the growing...

25.09.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Left or right, the real source of extremism is right in front of our faces

America’s epidemic of radicalisation and political violence should be a wake-up call for Australia to address the disastrous impact of the growing...

25.09.2025 10

The Age

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Left or right, the real source of extremism is right in front of our faces

America’s epidemic of radicalisation and political violence should be a wake-up call for Australia to address the disastrous impact of the growing...

25.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

When I was jailed in Iran, the interrogator showed me a list of Australian sites and began asking questions

Typed on the piece of paper were the addresses of synagogues and Jewish organisations in Melbourne. He wanted to know if I’d visited any of them,...

26.08.2025 10

WA Today

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

When I was jailed in Iran, the interrogator showed me a list of Australian sites and began asking questions

Typed on the piece of paper were the addresses of synagogues and Jewish organisations in Melbourne. He wanted to know if I’d visited any of them,...

26.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kylie Moore-Gilbert