Guy Rundle
Correspondent-at-large
Guy Rundle is correspondent-at-large for Crikey. He's a former editor of Arena Magazine and contributes to a variety of publications in Australia and the United Kingdom.
What may really be flattening out the mood at the festival is the "acknowledgement of country", which is played at the start of each show.
The finance sector is a social resource. In a modern society it is an essential utility, as much as the water or power system is.
Folau's fundamentalist comments reveal some of the contradictions that are tearing apart competitive team sport around the world.
The Australian serves up contentless optimism versus contentless pessimism. Beats sober analysis I guess.
Is there any likelihood that the Atlantic alliance really wants Assad removed? It seems unlikely, considering they wouldn't know how to replace him.
The inclusion of certain names on the formal complaint against Alex Bhathal gets more curious by the day.
As Trump contends with forever-mounting pressure at home, his already feeble hold on the Middle East continues to slacken.
Tasmania's North East Rail Trail, which some are lobbying to become a heritage rail network, has become a battleground of vested interests and outdated ideals.
Syria and the state of the US' economy represent two key challenges for Trump in the short term. If only the president had any power to address such things ...
Since 2007, a working majority of the population has been centre-left shifted, and the Coalition has repeatedly failed to grasp that fact.
