A bill in the ACT’s Legislative Assembly aims to slice away at inherent human freedoms in the guise of preventing discrimination. In 2018, changes to the ACT’s Discrimination Act imposed harsh restrictions on the operations of religious schools and health services. The changes allowed some exemptions for religious organisations, if an activity or practice conformed to “the doctrines, tenets or beliefs of that…

Most music biopics dodge the mystical aspect of music in favour of something biographical, historical, and political. Not Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, however, in which the experience of the music itself becomes the driver of the drama. Luhrmann’s Elvis (Austin Butler) remains something of an enigma throughout the film. Instead of the man, we get the myth, the legend – we get the magic.…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has given an early signal that Australia will not be dictated to by any other country as China begins to test the resolve and the character of the new Government. This is a good thing, and we should take him at his word. However, the rubber will hit the road over the coming months and years when real issues…