Good government ‘canceled’
The decision to cancel this coming week’s sitting of parliament is typical of the entire Turnbull Political Methodology: obfuscate, prevaricate,…
Yessssssss
The devil is in the detail. And the snakes are in the grass. This week’s cover by Sarah Dudley and…
New Year’s election?
What a mess; and, for once, it didn’t start with Malcolm Turnbull. The citizenship fiasco is a consequence of the…
Julie? No thanks
There is now a real prospect that Julie Bishop will become our next Prime Minister. Alas, such an outcome would…
Age of Endarkenment
All around us, we are seeing the cultural lights of Western civilisation flickering, if not being dimmed or even switched…
Just another hoax
Two out of three ain’t bad. Or so we are supposed to believe. So let’s start by accepting that the…
Goats, volcanoes and Turnbull
‘Contrary to the breathless assertions that climate change is behind every weather event, in Australia, the floods are not bigger,…
Grateful, not dead
As is the case after every horrific mass shooting in the United States, Australians not directly affected by the events…
Australian letters
More please Sir: What a great pleasure it was for me as a hybrid New Zealand / Australian to read…
Absolutely nothing
Once more we are being asked to believe the unbelievable. Once again the usual suspects in the media and politics…
Happy New Year
As with the Chinese New Year, Ramadan, and other festive occasions on our multicultural calendar, the ten-day period from Rosh…
Australian letters
Spreading the word Sir: Yesterday, I left my copy of last week’s Speccie behind at the optometrist after an appointment.…
Our energy farce
What a mess! Australia has the world’s largest readily available supplies of coal, gas and uranium yet our power prices…
Australian letters
Odious Sir: It is typical of the sloppy zealotry of your Australian edition, which is so at odds with the…
The conservative case for SSM
Is there a credible conservative case for voting Yes to same-sex marriage? This critical question has been addressed by, among…
The Great Cultural Swindle
Forget about the ‘culture wars’. What Australia, and indeed the West, is now being subjected to, and in many ways…
Australian letters
What’s the question? Sir: Will the wording of the postal plebiscite be set to harvest a ‘Yes’ vote to distort…
Burqas and bigots
When the first pictures emerged of Afghan women celebrating the demise of the Taliban by scornfully tearing off their blue…
Australian letters
Foreign head of state Sir: Neil Brown does a Tony Abbott and conflates republicanism with every socialist cause he can…
Frazzled
Soon it will be raining barbequed chook in Port Augusta, thanks to the latest madcap scheme by the Turnbull and…
Nice is overrated
It’s time that conservatives stopped being so damn nice and finally decided to stand up for what they believe in…
Gaggle of gays
It beggars belief that at a time when all Liberal guns should be squarely focussed on the destructive ‘tax and…
Healthy scepticism
As we pointed out last week, if the Liberals wish to win the next election they can do so easily.…
Australian letters
Stats 101 Sir: Jeremy Sammut’s discussion (July 15) of Tim Soutphommasane’s argument that “equality of opportunity is a myth in…
Freeze out the bedwetters
The next federal election is a shoo-in for the Coalition. This statement may appear counter-intuitive, but is nonetheless true. The…
