Deputy PM Michael McCormack’s week in the job has served up racial epithets, historical revisionism and outright lies…and it’s only Wednesday.
While Australia’s highest-ranking dad Scott Morrison is on holiday again which means that our current…

Has anyone told the Deputy PM that he’s running the country?

Twitter may have locked Donald Trump’s account, but many are decrying the accommodating treatment the armed Capitol invaders received.
Twitter has locked Donald Trump’s account. In a way, that was the most surprising thing about the events of January…

As America questions the definition of patriotism, Twitter pulls the plug on Trump

With two weeks left to go in the White House, Donald Trump’s presidency has devolved into a procession of denial, coercion and golf.
Donald Trump, US president for about another fortnight, has clearly just passed the “denial” part of his emotional…

With Georgia on his mind, Trump’s administration becomes a series of temper tantrums

Let’s not beat around the bush: music’s done better than we’d have guessed it would this year, and the future is looking if not exactly bright, then it at least has a vague luminescence you can pick out if you really squint.
And lest you accuse me of…

2021, the local music industry is counting on you. Don’t let us down

When I think about what first caught my attention in Odd Squad, I reckon it was probably the time that a singing mayor smeared chilli all over his face.
It was a weeknight evening and I was getting my sons ready for bed in front of ABC Kids when a…

Odd Squad: a kids' show about maths that's gloriously bonkers

While the Democrats need to win the Georgia run-off to control the Senate, help may come from the illogical heart of Donald’s voter base.
Maybe it’s not a great idea to hand out practical notes for any future American despots, but if you’re a…

Donald’s conspiracy nutters could give Biden control of the Senate

There’s a lesson to be taken from Donald Trump’s lame attempt to steal the US election: don’t skimp on your coup.
As the Trump Epoch slouches to a conclusion, it’s becoming more and more evident just how badly everyone overestimated him. After years…

It’s so hard for Trump to find good help (to steal the election) these days

For most of us, time ceased to have all meaning in 2020. Our old routines have vanished and our perceptions of when we last saw a band or went to a club or took a trip to hang out in another city are vague and misty. How long has it been 2020 for?…

The ARIA Awards 2020 tells you everything you need to know about the state of Australian music

Pete Evans needs a new career, and One Nation needs an electoral lifeline. Let’s consider the possibility of a political match made in reality star hell.
Pete Evans has been, to use the parlance of the times, “cancelled”. Or, to put it in more…

Why hasn’t Pauline Hanson recruited Pete Evans yet?

Some Australian acts are just too big to easily replace. Multi-platinum worldwide superstars The Seekers split in 1968 and it wasn’t until Architecture In Helsinki formed in 2000 that we filled the national ‘band that looks like librarians’ gap. John…

The Powderfinger effect: Why the blokes from Brisbane remain irreplaceable

Ever since Donald Trump’s legal counsel stood next to an adult shop and asked America to supply the conspiracy theories, it’s been clear that no-one in the White House knows what the plan is.
As the US election staggered to its drawn-out conclusion…

Lies, stupid lies…and Trump’s legal strategy

Ratio ga-ga
If you don’t spend half your life navigating the glorious hellscape of Twitter, you may not be across the concept of being “ratioed”.
The term is used when the replies to your post noticeably outnumber the likes or retweets, because on…

Scott got bots in dot-com plot (and other news you may have missed)

If he loses today’s election, President Trump will leave a country where superhero comics fail to match the carelessly destructive nature of contemporary politics.
You might have criticism of the 45th president of the United States, like that he is…

Trump Might Be A Terrible President, But He’s A Spectacular Supervillain

Release the bats
In a refreshing change to the normal bat-to-human disease vector, American bat researchers are now socially distancing from their subject for fear of transferring the coronavirus to them. Which, frankly, is more consideration than…

Careful, we don’t want to give the bats COVID-19 (and other news you may have missed)

No go with the flow
Hey, remember when we were having that climate crisis which has been long since superseded by all the other crises 2020 has thrown our way?
Well, while it’s not getting the sort of headlines it did back before the planet was…

Turns out you CAN stop the music (and other news you may have missed)

Australians are still having a punt in record numbers during lockdown. Plus: Pauline Hanson’s Uluru trip backers revealed, and how is gay panic still a legal defence?
Get your rocks off
Admittedly it’s been a hard time for any story not involving a…

Gambling still a sure bet during COVID (and other news you may have missed)

Cairns may be set to see enormous storm surges, while the cash-starved national audit office loses even more in the budget (plus other stories you missed this week).
Beautiful one day, seaborne the next
Hey, do you enjoy Cairns? Sure you do! It’s a…

Visit beautiful Cairns before it’s 7 metres underwater! (And other news you may have missed)

The government announces the same domestic violence funding for the third time, as 4chan leaks Windows source code (and could be coming for your money). Catch up on the stories that slipped through the cracks.
Thinking of the children
Pointing out…

Government re-announces the re-announced announcement (and other news you may have missed)

It's all in the timing: SA premier opens border to NSW, and great news for gamers (and even better news for Facebook) — plus other stories you missed this week.
As the crow flies
In a piece of very welcome news for people who enjoy travelling to…

Facebook’s ready to harvest your body’s data too (and other news you may have missed)

They were the great Adelaide hope of the 1990s indie-rock explosion, and their music is still adored to this day – so why weren’t they huge?
In the early 90s music scene there was no doubt in everyone’s mind which band was going to be the next big…