Day: August 14, 2026

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and federal MP Barnaby Joyce have distanced themselves from former Western Australian candidate Parminder Singh after he made a series of homophobic comments. Singh, who was number three on One Nation WA’s Legislative Council ticket at the 2025 state election but was not elected, made the comments in a video […]

Former Olympic diver Freddie Woodward has opened up about a deeply private struggle with compulsive pornography use that followed him through the height of his sporting career. When Freddie Woodward competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, he had reached the pinnacle of a remarkable diving career. By his early twenties, the Sheffield athlete had competed […]

Jessie Lewthwaite reflects on her lesbian rugby coach and why today’s transgender bathroom debate echoes a longer history of LGBTQ+ suspicion and exclusion. My high school girls’ rugby team was very bad at the sport. We were from a poor school; most of our players had to drive over an hour to get to practice, and […]

Winter Pride is taking a hiatus in 2026, but anyone who already booked flights, accommodation and annual leave still has plenty to pack for. Queenstown’s annual Winter Pride festival may be taking a break this year, but the rainbow community certainly isn’t abandoning the mountains. From Friday 4 to Sunday 6 September, independently produced LGBTQ+ […]

A new Australian-backed programme will support Fiji and neighbouring Pacific nations to strengthen HIV prevention, testing, treatment and community-led care. The 30-month Australian Support for Pacific HIV Action (ASPHA) programme is funded by the Australian Government and will initially focus on Fiji, where new HIV infections have risen sharply. New infections in Fiji increased tenfold […]