Perspectives

Boys

Six trends driving “harmful masculine norms”

By Michael Flood Rigid norms of manhood, based in manly confidence and toughness, emotional stoicism, disdain for femininity, and dog-eat-dog banter, are influential
Read more 6 November 2025
Woman cleaning.

Unpaid ‘women’s work’ is worth $427 billion

By Leonora Risse All those thousands of hours that Australians put towards unpaid household work and care – cooking, cleaning and caring for family members – are an
Read more 4 November 2025
Inflation rising. | Newsreel

The form RBA will consider on Melbourne Cup day

By Stella Huangfu Inflation jumped 1.3 percent in the September quarter, above economists’ and the Reserve Bank’s own expectations. That is likely to rule out a cut
Read more 3 November 2025
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett. | Newsreel

Crimefluencers target teen girls in “twisted” gamification

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett addressed the National Press Club in Canberra today (Oct 29). Here is an edited excerpt of her speech: Some of this
Read more 29 October 2025
Group of young people. | Newsreel

5 charts that show the desperate plight of youth

By Intifar Chowdhury Australia is becoming increasingly unequal. The story is unmissably generational: young Australians today face a tougher reality than their parents
Read more 29 October 2025
Brisbane at sunrise. | newsreel

Questions raised over BoM’s new website and radar viewer

By Anthony Cornelius I’ve tried very hard not to weigh in on the BoM’s new website rollout, but after the flood of emails and messages from people who were
Read more 27 October 2025
Business man talking to a business woman while holding a document. He is happy and smiling. He is wearing a tie.

Timely reminders around legal professional privilege

By Alan Wrigley and Caitlin Miller Some recent court decisions serve as timely reminders of the fundamental principles relating to waiver of legal professional
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Louvre, Paris. | Newsreel

What will happen to the Louvre jewellery after the heist?

By Andreas Schloenhardt The spectacular heist of jewellery from the Louvre museum in Paris has many people wondering how a theft like this could occur in broad daylight
Read more 22 October 2025
US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. | Newsreel

Albanese and Trump meeting a critical success

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has had a successful meeting with US President Donald Trump in the White House. Aside from a Presidential dressing down for
Read more 21 October 2025
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump. | Newsreel

Flattery or confidence? Albo’s Trump dilemma

By Rebecca Strating The long-awaited meeting between US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is finally set to happen in Washington this
Read more 20 October 2025