For the past seven years, I have watched every movie nominated for best picture at the Oscars. My rankings for the 2024 Oscars.

For the past six years, I have watched every movie nominated for best picture at the Oscars. My rankings for the 2023 Oscars.

For the past five years, I have watched every movie nominated for best picture at the Oscars. My rankings for the 2022 Oscars.

What specific projects and policies will reduce the pollution that is disrupting and harming the climate and our health?

Progressives should use messages about the economy that help us win rather than messages conservatives have given us that help them win.

My rankings for the 2021 Oscars. For the past four years, I have watched every movie nominated for best picture at the Oscars.

Rabbit Hole is a fascinating podcast that delves into the world of Q-anon and online conspiracy. It exposes how YouTube algorithms radicalize people.

The Eleventh is a compelling, thrilling and gripping seven-part podcast about the extraordinary events leading to the sacking of Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.

The 2020 Victorian budget delivered the goods and puts the recent federal budget to shame. Especially when it comes to public education.

TOO OFTEN WE SPEND ENDLESS ENERGY LAMENTING CAMPAIGN LOSSES. SO LET'S CELEBRATE THIS IMPORTANT WIN - AN IMPORTANT INCREASE TO OVERSEAS AID.

Has the Labour government’s big election win given them a mandate to be a bold progressive government or a moderate and centrist one?

We need an unapologetic progressive media network that covers TV, radio, print newspapers, podcasts, and digital news. A progressive media infrastructure to rival the Murdoch media.

The Queen’s Gambit is a story set during the Cold War about an orphan chess prodigy, Beth Harmon, who struggles with addition during her quest to become the world’s best chess player.

You can’t be what you can’t see. Young girls are not seeing women represented in television sports news.

The New Zealand cannabis vote failed because it didn’t persuade enough undecided voters to vote yes. At 50.7% to 48.4% it got agonizingly close. There are a couple of important lessons going forward for those who will (and should) continue to campaign for reform.

Randall Munroe‘s cartoon on climate change.

Chris Luxton & Louise Upston - alternative National Party leadership?

Vice President elect Kamala Harris gives victory speech in symbolic suffragette white.