John Birmingham
Brisbane Times
Australia
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Past articles by John:
When the coronapocalypse is over, I’m never washing my hands again
I’ve washed them so many thousands of times the last few days that I have scrubbed off every loop and whorl of my fingerprints and clogged up every pore with soap. → Read More
What they're not telling you about the Great Baboon Escape
Nobody in the so-called "responsible" media will tell you this, so it falls to me to screech an appropriate warning about the great baboon escape yesterday. The Danger Has Not Passed. → Read More
LNP had doublespeak down to a science at convention
When politicians such as Queensland Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington say they will 'consider' something, this is what they really mean. → Read More
The hunger game: Or how I learned to start worrying and love the cod
Fish helped Germany lose two world wars. Today, much of the West's reliance on fragile food networks leaves it even more vulnerable. → Read More
There are espressos. There are martinis. Never the twain shall meet
Espresso martinis are an abomination and you are a disgrace for drinking them. → Read More
Workplace disaster shows the world just isn't ready for Aussie hip-hop
One day every YouTube user in the world woke up to ‘Aussie Hip Hop Friday’ on their homepage. What could go wrong? → Read More
No such thing as a free lunch ... or muffin
BREAKING NEWS: Muffin Broke has filed for bankruptcy following the failure of a radical scheme to give away all of its muffins, prompting a furious backlash. → Read More
John Birmingham: The nation-builders we constantly fail to recognise
If it’s late enough in summer that we’ve grown exhausted of complaining about the weather, it must be time to have a few too many beers and start punching We all know of the great men who shaped Australia, but what of the great women -- women like John Macarthur's wife, who ran the farm while he was off fighting, feuding and facing charges on the other side of the world → Read More
Nine-year-old Harper Nielsen teaches Australia lesson on empathy
A nine-year-old girl with more sense and humanity than any of the shrieking cry-bullies piling onto her gave us all a primary school Ted Talk on empathy. → Read More
John Birmingham: How Sky News became Australia's Fox News
Sky News' run-in with Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young wasn’t so much a failure of its editorial policies as it was the inevitable result of them. → Read More
LinkedIn says a deputy PM must be 'experienced', 'passionate' and, er, 'creative'
The words “never been caught on the tool at work” have dropped out of most Australian deputy prime minister profiles. → Read More
The hypocrisy of Barnaby Joyce is stunning
It’s a helluva risky business writing a column about Barnaby Joyce at the moment. → Read More
Be kind and rewind to a simpler time
One of the challenges of family life is finding a movie on which everyone can agree. This was part of the ceremony of a visit to the old video store. → Read More
Some assembly required: Remembering IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad
Condolences are flooding into this relatively cheap but easily assembled Nordic township, after Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA passed away on the weekend at the age of 91. → Read More
How we came to mark Australia Day on January 26
The commemoration of January 26 was long a private affair, although it might have contributed to one of the first real public crises in the early colony. → Read More
Prince William followed my advice and now he's a man
Finally! Prince William got a proper haircut. → Read More
Prince William followed my advice and now he's a man
Finally! Prince William got a proper haircut. → Read More
No Channel Seven, Cottrell is no 'right wing activist'. He's dangerous
Men like Cottrell, smart enough to present as having genuine alternatives to a failing system, are more dangerous than all the bellowing idiots with death’s head tattoos. → Read More
No Channel Seven, Cottrell is no 'right wing activist'. He's dangerous
Men like Cottrell, smart enough to present as having genuine alternatives to a failing system, are more dangerous than all the bellowing idiots with death’s head tattoos. → Read More
There are votes in race-baiting and that's a stain on us all
We all lose something of value when our politics is coarsened by crude ugliness of thought and deed. And there is nothing cruder and uglier than stoking racial fear and hatred. → Read More