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Jacqueline Maley

Jacqueline Maley

Jacqueline Maley is a columnist.

Timothée Chalamet comes from a family who knows how tough life in the high arts really is.

Chalamet’s takedown of ballet and opera hurt him. Turns out popularity has a downside

The problem with riding to fame, popularity and wealth via internet-fuelled celebrity is that the internet always eats its own.

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The new National Party leader, Matt Canavan, would like “more Australian babies”.

Matt Canavan and the male breadwinner model: A throwback to the ’50s

The new Nationals leader wants tax changes that will penalise single parents and could hamper female workforce participation.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Supporters gesture to the Iranian players on the Gold Coast on Sunday night.

We are watching state-sponsored control play out live on the Gold Coast

The Iranian women’s soccer team are trapped in a living nightmare and Australia’s government appears powerless to intervene.

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Demi Moore attends the 32nd annual Actor Awards earlier this month.

Is it OK to mention how skinny female celebrities are getting? Again?

Body-shaming is uncool and the policing of women’s bodies is a retrograde step. But we can’t ignore what we see. 

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Jackie O Henderson.

Jackie O enabled the misogyny of Kyle Sandilands. Inevitably, he turned on her

Prime ministers and premiers have pandered to bottom-shelf vulgarian Sandilands. It’s hard to feel too much sympathy for his co-host when she endured one of his on-air sprays.

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“Wuthering Heights”

What if Emily Brontë were on TikTok? Why Wuthering Heights is the movie for the moment

How does the film depict an abusive hero, who is also a person of colour, in the age of both woke and Donald Trump? Actually, it doesn’t.

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Kim Williams, now 73, was 30 when he first applied for the ABC’s managing director role. He was told, “Later, come back later.“Nic Walker

‘I’m a lots-of-feelings person’: Inside the world of ABC chair Kim Williams

“Interventionist and elitist”, or “shy” and “sensitive”? ABC chair Kim Williams attracts strong opinions – and holds plenty of his own.

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The former politician was unmoored by the unexpected death of his wife.

Bob Carr on marriage, grief and finally learning how to do a load of laundry

Life became very dark for the former foreign minister after the sudden death of his beloved wife Helena.

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Opposition Leader Angus Taylor.

Migrants already sign on to Australian values, so what exactly is Angus Taylor proposing?

The new Liberal Party leader wants to test how committed immigrants are to Australian values. But policing the values of freedom and tolerance can be precarious.

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Sussan Ley arrives to address the media after she was ousted as leader by the Liberal Party.

Sussan Ley wasn’t dumped because she’s a woman, and yet ...

The Liberal Party has just knocked off its first female leader, after nine months. How will they win back women voters now?

  • Jacqueline Maley