The Pub Test: The real state of the Australian economy
Nobody has been this broke in generations
A very Arabian Christmas: stolen cars, flying princesses, and the Russian Mafia
Part 2 of A very Arabian Christmas continues to do for Speccie Christmas articles what Die Hard did for Christmas…
A very Arabian Christmas
What the hell was I thinking?
What’s happening in Korea?
I love the Republic of Korea. It is a country I can visit over and over without ever tiring of…
Dear Mr Dutton, we want something else (with love from Barcelona)
From Barcelona: It’s hard to escape Australian politics when I see examples of inaction all over the Iberian Peninsula. The…
Madrid’s bullfighting triumphs over ‘eating ze bugs’
From Madrid: Madrid is better than Paris. That’s my advertising slogan for this great city. Instead of Midnight in Paris,…
Portugal’s national identity is forged through individual bravery, not identity politics
From Lisbon: Portugal, a seafaring nation, pioneered the Age of Discovery and the exploration of the New World. Synonymous with…
Trump vs Albo the Unready, but what will Dutton do?
Donald Trump’s landslide election win is likely to give the Republicans a majority on every measure of electoral success with…
Trump’s win means we’ve narrowly avoided war
There is little doubt that the US is the mightiest military power in human history. At a time when Australia’s…
Albo’s flight upgrade saga reflects self-entitlement culture
We are living in an age of self-entitlement. Former AFR columnist Joe Aston’s ‘story about power in the shadows’ has…
Land tax is socialist and should be banned
Stamp duty makes it more difficult to purchase a home. Not only does it increase the initial outlay required, but…
It will take more than hot air to fix Labor’s renewables woes
The wheels are falling off Mr Bowen’s energy policy as the Albanese government heads downhill like an out-of-control billy cart.…
Albo the Appeaser talks out of both sides of his mouth
Reflecting on the Conservative Political Action Conference 2024 in Brisbane last weekend, I realised something the left can never comprehend.…
Australia must do some of the heavy lifting against terrorism
With domestic politics seeming to pander to those in our country who wave Hezbollah flags, our foreign policy is an…
Buyer beware as Bowen ‘models’ energy bills again
Anyone following Energy Minister Chris Bowen on X would know that Peter Dutton is living rent-free in the minister’s head.…
The Greens’ housing delusion
There is nothing better than living in your own home. Even with a mortgage, being able to be the king…
The RBA is doing its job, so don’t shoot the messenger
People love to hate the RBA at the moment. Along with unnecessarily high energy and grocery bills, mortgage repayments are…
Dutton cleanses NSW Liberal temple just in time
From the early days of federal politics in Australia, conservatives have been split over issues such as free trade versus…
Masculinity is not toxic
Violence against women and children is never acceptable, no matter who the perpetrator. Bill Shorten, in an interesting piece in…
Beware the infiltration of ‘pocket socialism’
Have you ever noticed pockets of socialism appearing in our society? I refer to identity politics practices that infiltrate our…
Labor’s recession we didn’t have to have
Federal spending is set to increase to its highest level since the mid-1980s, pandemic spending aside, at 26.6 per cent…
‘Breaking’ news: our constitutional monarchy wins gold!
Australia’s constitutional monarchy is one of the most modern forms of liberal democracy. And despite all the embarrassment from a…
Next time, the French Wokerati should fight their own wars
The mainstream media is shoving the Paris Olympics down our throats. But like many other Australians, I want nothing to…
Time for tough love or Australia will go to the dogs
From Thimphu, Bhutan: To ‘go to the dogs’ is an idiom that means an organisation or a country is ‘deteriorating…
Don’t kowtow to useful idiots, and say no to a republic
So, our young people are increasingly in favour of a republic? Help them pack for the Democratic Republic of Korea,…
