In a 2011 letter to the Koori Times, the 'Dark Emu' author wrote of his concern that entrants in the David Unaipon literary awards included 'people without an Aboriginal heritage.' Pascoe, whose genealogical record shows no trace of an Aboriginal ancestor, was one of the competition's judges

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Today at Flemington, killjoys will be protesting the 'cruelty' of horse racing, because that is what the modern Left's neo-wowsers do: seek to control and impose their will on the passions, pleasures and traditions of others. Ignore them if you're attending. Revel instead in 158 years of Melbourne at its idiosyncratic best

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When the New Statesman summoned up a tumbril for Sir Roger Scruton, having accused him of multiple varieties of hateful intolerance, it seemed yet another scalp had joined the Left's ever-growing collection, all picked off one by one to the cheers of social media's lynch mob. This time, though, the assassination hasn't gone to plan

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Another day, another example of the national broadcaster's monocular perspective. This time it involves an apparent 'race hate' hoax in Chicago and, tellingly, a blind refusal to publish any reports that might diminish the impression crosses are burning in the dark night of Trump's America

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Ten years ago today Victoria burned, an entire town was wiped off the map and 173 people perished. The subsequent Royal Commission established the disaster was the sum of a multitude of sins --not least inadequate fuel reduction that turned the state into a pyre awaiting only a spark. Here is the story of how five men and their esky survived that terrible afternoon

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Undocumented would-be immigrant Behrouz Boochani was last week awarded a $125,000 literary prize for which he is manifestly ineligible, being neither Australian nor resident in Australia. Five judges who vehemently disagree with offshore detention arbitrarily chucked that condition out a Wheeler Centre window

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Mary and Joseph were homeless outcasts, right? Well, they were away from home but certainly not homeless. Joseph was a carpenter, according to the New Testament, and therefore a skilled artisan -- about as likely to be mistaken for a homeless man as the next tradie you see scooting by in his ute

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Stunned, reeling, humiliated and rejected, the Liberal Party's leading lights have been quick to attribute Saturday's defeat to their Canberra colleagues' dumping of Malcolm Turnbull. Quadrant Online readers are invited to endorse or dispute that view in our comments thread

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In 2007 the Age  set out to soothe concerns about multiculturalism and its impact, especially concerning the then-trickle of African refugees. 'The signs are so far good', the Fairfax editorialist rhapsodised, glossing over all the reasons they weren't then -- and most definitely aren't now

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It goes without saying the mainstream US media would immediately blame the wave of letter bombs on Donald Trump, whose words are said to have whipped some right-wing loon into action. But when the Times imagines the assassination of the president, that's fine and dandy

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