Andrew MacLeod
Red carpet for one ‘queue jumper’, the cold shoulder for so many others
Eighteen-year-old Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun is undoubtedly a strong and courageous woman. If Australia had granted her resettlement, she would have made a...
It’s the best time to be alive, thanks to capitalism
There is a lot of bad news in the world today, but have we ever stopped to think of the good news?...
Why child rape is out of control in the aid sector
‘I don’t know how many children I raped while working for the UN’ reads the headline on an article carried recently in...
Fake news: The dangerous Sharia myth
Recently my aunt posted a meme on Facebook about how Sharia law is going to take over Australia. Surely ‘everyone knows’ this is...
Rwanda’s unlikely transformation is one you should see
It’s stunning how quickly Rwanda has recovered from the 1994 Genocide. However, it is equally disappointing that many Westerners, Australians included, still think...
Still kidnapped and abused … so much for hashtag activism
According to the president of Nigeria, 113 of the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram three years ago are still being held...
Tinder could be the only safe place left to meet someone after #MeToo
Accusations against Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey, and the rise of the #MeToo hashtag, have put welcome focus on the real problems...
Trump clearly cannot fathom his own Jerusalem decision
Perhaps one needs to visit Jerusalem to fully understand why Donald Trump’s recognition of the city as Israel’s capital is such a...
China may not be as bad for Africa as we think, but care needs to be taken
China’s expansion of influence into Africa, brought to global attention during the overthrow of Robert Mugabe, should not overly concern us –...
Jewish heritage could present citizenship headache for PM and others
You could hardly find a non-indigenous Australian whose roots are more deeply planted in Australia than Malcolm Turnbull. After all, he proudly...