It is with some irony that almost 10 years to the day since the signing of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, the new Labor Government has unveiled its determination to proceed with water buybacks across the Basin. With scant regard to the damage this will cause to irrigators and communities, new Environment Minister Tania Plibersek, who now has responsibilities under her portfolio, says she…

Back in 2019, Warner Brothers and DC brought out Shazam, the film that confirmed my suspicion DC was willing to do something creative and interesting with their shared universe. Marvel by this time had solidified its sameness and formulas: origin pieces, jokey interludes, “serious” meditations, and mega-team-ups. Despite variations to core mechanics, tropes, and even character tics were shared across the films and…

Several countries are abandoning unconditional support for the social and medical transitioning of children, yet, in Australia these huge policy changes go unreported by the publicly funded ABC and SBS. Last February, an interim report by Dr Hilary Cass, former president of Britain’s Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, led to the announced closure of London’s Tavistock gender clinic, after it had…