Ben O’Shea: Radicalisation is happening all the time in WA
West Aussies are still coming to grips with a knife attack on the weekend by a teenager police described as “radicalised”. One man was hospitalised after being stabbed in the …
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Ben O’Shea: Abigail Star Melissa Barrera on the horror-comedy remake of Dracula’s Daughter
Nearly 130 years after Bram Stoker published his gothic masterpiece Dracula, and almost 550 years since the death of the real-life man who likely inspired it, Vlad the Impaler, Mexican …
Ben O’Shea: Love and other catastrophes we need to talk about
We talk a lot about the cost of living, but, with Valentine’s Day looming next week, we need to talk about the cost of loving. New research commissioned by the …
Ben O’Shea: Just say No to Voice to Parliament disinformation
Are you lazy, selfish, racist or gullible? If you’re currently thinking of casting a No vote in the Voice referendum, it might pay to look in the mirror and ask …
Ben O’Shea: The lingering impact of COVID vaccine misinformation is becoming dangerous
There’s a conspiracy theory we need to discuss, and it’s not that Kim Jong-un was actually wearing Uniqlo women’s pants when he toured a weapons factory recently. North Korea’s Korean …
Ben O’Shea: The first signs of trouble for all-conquering Labor
There was a notable piece of symmetry to Labor’s newest MP, Magenta Marshall, celebrating her Rockingham by-election win by standing on the side of a local road, holding up a …