Scott Morrison’s finest hour?
Last Thursday night at the United Israel Appeal dinner in Sydney, Scott Morrison gave the most important speech of any Australian Prime Minister…
We need more George Christensens in public life
I’m saddened to see my friend George Christensen bowing out of parliament at the next election. But much of our…
Kevin Andrews deserved better
Kevin Andrews didn’t deserve the vilification he received after losing yesterday’s Menzies preselection, especially from journalists who appear to have…
The reef is fine but academic freedom remains in peril
The first images I saw of the Great Barrier Reef were in 1980s television news reports warning that the crown-of-thorns…
A glimmer of gender sanity in sport?
After initially publicly backing gender-fluid guidelines for women’s and girls’ sport, Sports Minister Richard Colbeck is now walking this back.…
Two years on from “marriage equality”, basic freedoms are under threat
As the nation today marks the second anniversary of the vote to redefine marriage, we remain in the grip of…
Will CPAC get Australian conservatives out of the closet?
As conservatives gather for the inaugural Australian Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Sydney this weekend, it is worth considering…
The successful failure of the Australian Conservatives
In 1946 Winston Churchill declared to the British Conservative Party leadership what he believed to be its “main objectives”. Topping…
Why this Conservative believes Fraser Anning couldn’t be more wrong
I was working out of a coffee shop in Cairns overlooking Trinity Inlet when my Twitter feed went nuts with…
Third party insurance against another decade of political failure
Economic and social decline looks set-in as our lost political decade morphs into a second with no end in sight.…
“Progressive” ideas didn’t win Victoria, conservative ideas went missing
I don’t believe for one moment that Daniel Andrew’s stunning election victory means Australians are converts to “progressive” politics. Does…
Liberals lead charge against parental choice
Warnings that freedoms would be lost if same-sex marriage was passed were ridiculed every day during last year’s debate. Ten…
One Nation should place principle over populism
One Nation’s decision to side with Labor and populist Senate cross-benchers to block the Government’s plan to reward effort through…
Why Australian Conservatives will not split the centre-right
Go or stay? That is the question for disenchanted Liberals pondered by The Spectator earlier this month. Nationals’ supporters may…
What would Menzies make of marriage equality?
What would Sir Robert Menzies have made of attempts to conscript his name to the cause of redefining marriage in…
