We picked it
The Coalition’s election victory may have come as a shock to many, but certainly not to readers of The Spectator…
Smarter than a sea sponge
What a relief. It turns out Democratic representative for New York, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, was just joking when she said in…
Dumb question
The greatest insult imaginable to the intelligence of the average Australian voter was served up the other night by Bill…
Saving the world one Big Mac at a time
For weeks, journalists have pestered Opposition leader Bill Shorten about the cost of his climate policies. At the first leaders’…
Australian letters
Compensation for abuse Sir: Christopher Akehurst wonders about the appropriateness of financial compensation for sexual abuse claimants, an idea I…
Return of the Hollow Man
Week one of the election campaign marked the return of Opposition leader Bill Shorten in a much-loved role — the…
Tinpot Torquemadas
Just when freedom of speech has been under attack through the Passion of Israel Folau, this week proved the ‘woke’,…
Turnbull goes Twin Peak crazy
Former Prime Minister Turnbull is right about one thing: he’s not in politics anymore and he doesn’t have ‘to engage…
Labor’s electric road to nowhere
It’s like déjà vu all over again. The economy, although slowing, is growing at a respectable 2.3 per cent. Unemployment…
Labor does the Time Warp (again)
For those who enjoy their schadenfreude neat, there was plenty to savour watching the NSW election results on the ABC.…
Christchurch
Australians sometimes think our Kiwi cousins are two hours ahead but more than 20 years behind us. New Zealand is…
Australian letters
Uninspired Sir: As an Australian pessimistically into his eighth decade I’ve been dutifully voting since the age of 21. Partly…
Australian letters
Virulently proportional Sir: James Allan’s rhetorical assault on Jacinda Ardern suffers from a plethora of boringly familiar trans-Tasman prejudices. To…
Labor goes coal turkey
Opinion polling last week provided chilling evidence that Australians are planning to elect a Shorten Labor government – the Greenest…
Private Pyne deserts
In 2016, the Turnbull government committed Australia to a $50 billion deal with the French to buy a dozen conventional…
Australian letters
Sidelined Sir: I strenuously object to David Flint’s assertion (“Footballers have rights too”, March 2) that Australia’s National Rugby League…
Australian letters
CO2 Sir: Will you or a politician please explain to the people the thermodynamics of how .038% of CO2 can…
Labor is beatable
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen is pretty darn sure of himself. What he wants out of May’s election: a clear mandate…
The Internationale
The number of significant political events that have taken place over the past week or so should, when taken together,…
Power without responsibility
Stanley Baldwin is remembered for saying ‘power without responsibility – the prerogative of the harlot through the ages’. Baldwin meant…
Kenneth’s bank job
Bank bashing is a national pastime in Australia and the proliferation of parliamentary inquiries into financial services – there have…
A chink of Newspoll light
Prime Minister Scott Morrison must be wondering what he did right. This week’s first Newspoll of the year has Bill…
Silence of the Lambassador
It’s beyond embarrassing, it’s humiliating. But more importantly, it is the perfect metaphor for how the values of mainstream Australia…
The real dangers of Labor
Four months out from a likely election day, the Australian Labor Party is sitting pretty. The polls have Labor commandingly…
Australian letters
Shakespeare in love Sir: James Allan (“Australian Notes”, The Spectator, Australia Jan 5) correctly identifies the paucity of knowledge of…
