Australasia | Standpoint Magazine

Easy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown

Australian liberals missed their opportunity to vote for a monarchy-free state; it may be a while before the chance for a republic comes around again

November 22, 2011

Australasia·Dispatches

Exposed: Carnita’s Cover Story

A ticket for a burqa-clad driver in Sydney became a national controversy and reopened the debate about multiculturalism

August 25, 2011

Australasia·Dispatches·Islam

The Drumming of an Army

The Australian floods were encapsulated by underrated national poet, Dorothea Mackellar, whose poem "My Country" best captured the post-diluvian mood

February 22, 2011

Australasia·Critique·Environment

Old-order Collapse

Australia's performance in the Ashes is symptomatic of the newly-prosperous nation's fixation with consumerism

December 16, 2010

Australasia·Dispatches·Sport

The Lesson of Oz

"Australian politics is in turmoil of a type and intensity not seen for 70 years"

October 22, 2010

Australasia·Constitutional Affairs·Dispatches·Politics

A Modest Proposal for Rugby

No doubt the haka is all very well in its time and place – but that place was long ago and far away. It’s essentially a cannibal war dance designed to scare

July 22, 2008

Australasia·Counterpoints·Ethnicity·Heritage·Sport