Ian Thorpe was 16 when he was first asked outright if he was gay. For two years before that, the teenager endured speculation about his sexuality as he propelled towards Aussie Olympic greatness, The Daily Telegraph reports. “It had been alluded to when I was 14 or 15. I wasContinue Reading
NIMBY mayors in Sydney are “fear mongering” over plans to unlock thousands of new homes as they’re more worried about their own positions, the NSW housing minister says. Rose Jackson said some mayors were prioritising re-election at upcoming council polls ahead of solutions to the city’s housing crisis by “playingContinue Reading
Australia’s failure to enshrine an Indigenous Voice in its founding document is an “embarrassing” moment and should push the country to deal with entrenched disadvantaged facing First Nations people, according to a leading Yes campaigner. Indigenous advocate Thomas Mayo said the overwhelmingly rejected Voice referendum on October 14 was aContinue Reading
Australia has been labelled no “better than the US” following the failure of Voice referendum. Saturday’s vote saw 60.69 per cent of Australians vote No when asked whether an Indigenous Voice to Parliament should be enshrined in the constitution. The result has been met with dismay from the Yes camp,Continue Reading
Peter Dutton has accused the Prime Minister of making a “catastrophic mistake” that doomed the Yes case to fail as voters prepare to head to the polls on Saturday. As the Indigenous Voice referendum campaign enters its final full day, fresh polls suggest the result is already done and dusted.Continue Reading
Most people would welcome a coffee shop opening within an easy stroll of their home. But to some Australians, such an utterly uncontroversial measure is merely the beginning a “Stalinist-style, closed city” plot to lock people in their neighbourhoods, never to be allowed out. Be warned because, apparently, accessible flatContinue Reading