Scroll to top

Culture

The big guns where brought out by Nine and Seven, and a close night ensued.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings

The big guns where brought out by Nine and Seven, and a close night ensued.

Channel Seven will be hoping the Winter Games aren't a total wipeout.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings

Channel Seven will be hoping the Winter Games aren't a total wipeout.

What if we dramatically cut our sugar consumption? Um, we already did.

Australians have already reduced their soft drink consumption by far more than a sugar tax would ever achieve -- but we still got fatter.

The government is right: sugar tax is rotten policy

The public health lobby is demanding a sugar tax to reduce soft drink consumption -- but there's no evidence from other countries that have tried it that it has any health benefits.

Why it’s pointless to single out actors who work with Woody Allen

While renewed scrutiny of alleged sexual predators is always welcome, punishing actors who work with them is a futile form of activism and justice.

How an Islamic fashion exhibition exposed the true Aussie spirit

Hijabi fashion is here to stay, but The Australian didn't get the memo writes Shakira Hussein.

Nine and Seven brought back some big guns, and one notable exception apart, it was a close night.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings

Nine and Seven brought back some big guns, and one notable exception apart, it was a close night.

Do we need to renegotiate the language of sex and consent for the #MeToo era?

With stories of sexual experiences flooding in under the terms "sexual misconduct" and "bad sex", we explore the legal, social and linguistic context of the "grey areas" of sexual assault.

How Australia Day echoes the 1948 exodus of Palestine

The parallels between Australia and Israel are particularly obvious on January 26, writes Randa Abdel-Fattah.

'Milkshake duck' is the Word of the Year we deserve

Following Macquarie Dictionary naming the 'Milkshake Duck' -- a term extremely "of the internet" -- as 2017's word of the year, Crikey speaks to its creator about reconciling with online silliness that has spilled into the real world.