Bill Shorten, drunken sailor
When Bill Shorten tried to make Question Time hay of Malcolm Turnbull’s political demise, to gales of backbench laughter Prime…
Scott, don’t go to Poland
This week’s IPCC report, with yet another deadline for action to avert climate ‘catastrophe’, deserves push-back from Australia. Instead of…
Australian letters
Climate wars Sir: Your editorial about a cold September and global temperature change since 2015 is pure rubbish. A quick…
Juvenile and clueless
‘Juvenile and clueless’ is how the Australian’s esteemed Editor-at-Large Paul Kelly deems the suggestion by Liberals and conservatives (including many…
Aunty’s dropped her bloomers
There’s delicious irony in sacked managing director of the ABC, Michelle Guthrie, being replaced by a man. Having pursued the…
Australian letters
Flying circus Sir: Congratulations on 10 years of The Speccie Oz. As you note in your editorial, your contributors have…
Turnbull’s Costa Concordia
In 2012, the liner Costa Concordia struck a rock just off the Italian coast. The huge ship capsized and sank,…
Turnbull’s political suicide
The Canberra press gallery can’t work out why their favourite Liberal is no longer prime minister because they have almost…
Australian Letters
Perhaps Sir: The editorial marking the 10th anniversary of the Australian edition (September 8) salutes the leading contributors. Less than…
Listen: The full recording of The Anglo-Australian Forum
In a day full of laughs and vibrant, honest debate, a stellar panel explored the trade, political and cultural bonds…
Watch: the fun and highlights of Andrew Neil with Nigel Farage, Tony Abbott and John Howard in Sydney
It was a sparkling Sydney harbour that greeted guests at the second Spectator Anglo-Australian Forum. A wonderful crowd of Speccie…
10 years, covered
One of the great joys of editing The Spectator Australia is seeing – late on a Wednesday evening – the…
Satisfaction guaranteed
‘It’s wonderful to be here, it’s certainly a thrill. You’re such a lovely audience, we’d like to take you home…
Thanks for nothing, Malcolm
One thing we can be sure of is that the Liberal prime minister who once tried to join the Labor…
Australian letters
No go zone Sir: In the leading article of the Spectator Australia (‘Outrage over Anning’, 18 August) it is warned…
It was Mr Turnbull wot dunnit
As we go to press, it’s unclear whether the inevitable second round of the Liberal party spill drama will already…
Outrage over Anning
It goes without saying that the use of the two words ‘final solution’ in a parliamentary maiden speech about immigration,…
Australian letters
Turnbull tragedy Sir: The 11 August Spectator Australia neglects to mention Malcolm Turnbull’s great gift to the Australian people. Our…
NEG? No thanks
Back in July 2014, The Spectator Australia was ridiculed by the luvvies for running a self-congratulatory cover crowing about the…
Yesterday’s news
What a week. The so-called demise of Fairfax one day, the threatened demise of Malcolm Turnbull the next. The luvvies…
Great betrayal, Part II
The news that, behind our backs, the team that signed us up to the greatest betrayal of this nation by…
Australian letters
Russian meddling Sir: Please help me out here: just what, exactly, did the Russians do, and/or try to do to…
King Coal’s reign not over yet
When it comes to power generation, only two things matter. One, ensuring a sufficient and reliable supply of electricity to…
GST money for nothing
Paul Keating once warned about never getting between state premiers and a bucket of money. Since 1999, that bucket has…
It’s coming back…
In 2013, the Australian people thought they’d tossed the pernicious carbon tax out for good. And with it, the job-destroying,…
