Cassidy Warner, Staff Writer
Cassidy Warner is an Australian writer living and working in Sydney. She has a BA with Distinction from the University of New South Wales, dual majoring in English and Politics, but no amount of formal education has satisfied her desire to take things apart and find out why they tick. Cassidy is as passionate about intersectional politics, philosophy, and injustice as she is about storytelling.
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Unlike other liberal democracies, Australia has very poor protections for freedom of expression and freedom of the press, especially against defamation lawsuits, which severely handicaps journalists and keeps important information from the public. Can recent reforms change this?
Certain cities, like Canberra, Singapore, and Shenzhen are said to “lack character.” But what does that really mean?
In an era when many established democracies are backsliding, Australian democracy remains resilient. What can other countries learn from it?
The new security deal between China and the Solomon Islands has shaken Australia and its allies. What’s the significance of this deal, and how should they respond?
Indonesia is planning to move its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara – a new city it’s building – by 2024. Indonesia is not the only country to be enticed by the idea of a “fresh start” city, but these cities are rarely the panaceas or utopias their creators envisioned.
China is undertaking the largest afforestation project the world has ever seen. But building an enormous wall of trees is harder than it sounds.
Japan is in a population crisis. But its pride and prejudice are preventing it from embracing the obvious solution.
I both love and hate sharks. Love them because they are a symbol of the ocean, the power and ferocity that lurks beneath the surface; and hate them because they remind me that the ocean, this thing that I love, will never be truly safe for me.
Despite their many similarities, Australia and New Zealand differ wildly in their approaches towards China. But that will change as Wellington finds it increasingly hard to reconcile its differences with Beijing.
AUKUS largely helps Australia achieve its strategic goals and is a sign that the young Western nation is maturing.
The world is hugely dependent on Taiwan’s foundries for semiconductors, which makes the question of who controls them – and how they use this power – of paramount importance.
China’s government regards “sissy” Chinese men as a liability and is trying to get them to imitate the exaggerated machismo of the West. But the more effeminate version of masculinity has enriched China’s culture for millennia and will help it thrive in the 21st century.
Metamorphosizing from a fearsome monster to a bogeyman to a cute cartoon character to a conservation mascot, the Australian bunyip is a metaphor for our changing relationship with nature.
In much of East Asia, the preference for whiter skin stems not from any desire to imitate Westerners, but from traditional culture.
I feel no obligation to have kids, and neither should you.
