Warwick McFadyen

Warwick McFadyen is an award-winning journalist with more than 40 years’ experience in metropolitan media. He has held senior writing and editing positions with The Age, has won two Walkley Awards and four Quill Awards, and was highly commended in the Keith Dunstan Award for commentary in 2020’s Quills. He has published two books of poetry, On Reaching Land’s End and The Life and Times of Mr Agio and Other Poems.

Warwick's recent articles

Power and alienation

Power and alienation

The hollow man thought he had power over everything, a snap of the fingers was the sound of a king.

Lockdown protesters march across the flat earth

Once more unto the breach of commonsense and science, they come. The anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers. Blinded by ignorance and feverish self-righteousness, its a wonder they dont march off the edge of the flat earth.

How ironic that the Department of Home Affairs sees itself as the guardian of Australian values

A parliamentary report urges the government to work on improving the school curriculum to develop in students understanding, empathy, and an openness to diversity. It seems the adults in the room also need to learn some lessons.

Scott Morrison's danger zone

Sovereignty isnt going to be protected by everyone joining hands and singing Danger Zone in the face of an advancing enemy. But Morrison makes a mockery of reality.

Eddie McGuire: words matter, because words and actions are indivisible

Which bit was the object of the apology? The misinterpretation, the original sins or the reaction?

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