Claims of sexual assault were the flashpoint at a successful and wide-ranging Sydney Writers' Festival.
It is often remarked that socialism is "good in theory, bad in practice". It’s a pretty rubbish theory if in practice it has failed every time it has been tried.
You only turn 200 once.
There needs to be, in every cause, people who fight for nothing other than that cause, and Tim Soutphommasane has been that, despite his ideological flaws.
Dockless share bikes unfairly compete with other transport options by imposing costs on the community. It's up to the community to correct that.
There's a dense web of influence between our finance sector and cultural institutions. After the royal commission, does it make sense for bankers to head arts organisations anymore?
To mark Australia's most revered holiday, Crikey correspondents discuss the personal tensions, contradictions, and cultural implications of celebrating Anzac Day in modern Australia.
The 1980s heralded a swell of protests highlighting the treatment of women in war, and the role of rape as a weapon. Decades later, the problem is still invisible.
Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer win seemed surprising to many. But, when you think about the state of popular music, it makes total sense.
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.
