Australia – DISSENT! Sans Frontières

Australians Visit Outback Steakhouse For the First Time (+Video)

April 10, 2016

Just how Australian is Outback Steakhouse? Short answer: it's as Australian as apple pie!

Raised By A Same-Sex Couple: An Open Letter to the Australian Christian Lobby

May 28, 2015

Opponents of same-sex marriage say we should think of the children. I agree, but mostly out of narcissism.

Rickrolling the Anti-Halal Brigade in Australia

April 27, 2015

So, I went down the rabbit hole of Australia's anti-halal campaign, and things got pretty weird.

Fighting Forced Closures of Indigenous Australian Communities

March 23, 2015

Indigenous Australian community organizer Jodie Bell speaks about the Western Australian government's threat to shut down remote Indigenous communities.

Sydney Siege Aftermath: Solidarity or Islamophobia?

December 16, 2014

While Australia’s right-wing government and corporate media team up to vilify Muslims, ordinary Australians are fighting back with #illridewithyou.

Aboriginal Deaths in Australian Prisons Due to Jailers’ ‘Indifference’

October 27, 2014

Indigenous leaders in Australia have warned that the levels of Indigenous deaths in custody remain at “outrageous” levels, more than 20 years after a royal commission sought to end the tragedies.

Dear Australia, If You Think We’re at War with the Islamic State for Any Reason Other Than That Sweet, Sweet Iraqi Oil, You’re Sadly Mistaken

September 18, 2014

Australia, the US and the UK are heading back to war. Make no mistake, this has nothing to do with defeating militant Wahhabism (ever heard of Saudi Arabia?) saving ancient desert cultures from genocide (ever heard of Western Sahara?) or bringing peace to the Middle East (ever heard of Israel?).

Trolling Fascism

March 12, 2013

This morning while fumbling around my hard drive for an article I lost, I stumbled across a reminder of why internet arguments are usually bad ideas. Last year, for the first

Blame the immigrants

November 7, 2012

Once in Adelaide, Australia, a rather strange man tried to enter a site I was guarding. Jittery, and clearly frustrated, he explained that he wanted to cut through the