Queensland Parliament sets worrying precedent
A most authoritarian gesture
The conservative student who challenged university wokeness
What a journey my university experience has been… Never would I have thought that this is what university would look…
Genuine conservatives must find a way forward – or be stuck in the worst of all worlds
For classical conservatives, it was hard to know for what outcome to hope from last Thursday’s UK General Election. Were…
Easter silence: corporations, councils, and governments bury another Christian festival
Last year, swathes of my local area spent time swaddled in trans flags, rainbow flags, and Welcome to Country messaging.…
A journey into the classical Roman rite
In the heart of an Australian capital city, amidst the bustling modernity of our liberal society in 2024, I found…
Reclaiming the national interest: rethinking Australia’s immigration policy
‘The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point…
From the referendum booths this morning
An amusing and TRUE anecdote from a Spectator Australia ‘No’ volunteer at a Voice referendum booth this morning… Volunteer: ‘Vote NO…
Albo’s first 44 words committed Australia to the Uluru Statement
Within the first 44 words uttered by the new Prime Minister of Australia on May 21 last year, Anthony Albanese…
Have universities hushed-up academics over the Voice?
Academic freedom is supposed to be sacrosanct at universities. However, the Voice referendum has exposed it as a sham. Universities…
Traditional ownership extinguishes common sense
The lengthy process to find a more permanent home for Australia’s low-level nuclear waste has likely received its last rites…
Crypto: the opposite of a Kantian investment
‘Fashion is a form of ugliness so despicable it has to be changed every six months.’ – Oscar Wilde. Therein…
The Pacific flirts with China at its own risk
Forewarned is forearmed… As China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, visits the nations of the Pacific, the rest of the world…
Will Albo follow in the footsteps of Jacinda Ardern?
Will the Australian Labor Party follow in the footsteps of New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern? Australia is one of the least…
Karl Marx wouldn’t fancy Xi Jinping
The essence of communism (in case you haven’t managed to grab a copy of Karl Marx’s The Communist Manifesto), is that everything…
New Zealand ‘trusts’ China on extradition
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister, under Ardern’s Labour government, has set another scary precedent in relation to China. ‘I don’t think…
Sydney University’s climate change agenda
As a Sydney University Student in my final year of an undergraduate degree, the past three years have been a…
What will a Mark McGowan landslide mean for religious freedom?
This Saturday, West Australians go to the polls. All the indications are that the McGowan Labor government will be re-elected…
Arbitrarily detained in Danandrewstan
Victoria’s lock-’em-up approach to Covid comes at high cost
Christmas Covid Outlaw
I was sitting with one other person in a sterilised public hospital reception area waiting to be tested for COVID…
Woke for kids
Now that hate-speech has been recognised as an act of physical violence, using non-problematic language has never been more important.…
The cancellation of Mr Heydon
Chambers is abuzz with the Dyson affair
Confessions of a White House staffer: forgotten coffees and flustered phone calls
Things have been frantic over the last few days, as I’ve been forced to assist one of my bosses in…
2271: I’m not here or there
All but one of the unclued lights can be preceded by the same word, large or small. Solvers are requested…
How to defeat Isis, by a retired British commander
Military action against Isis needs a coherent strategy, says a former senior commander in the British army
