Back to the future
With luck and prudent decision-making, the Coalition government will ride comfortably high in the opinion polls up to and beyond…
Australian letters
Harsh words Sir: Noreen J. Pryor’s harsh words and insinuations about Rowan Dean in particular and the Spectator in general…
Straight to the heart
Muhammad Salah, or Abu Rajab as his mates call him, is what you might call a ‘firebrand cleric’. Even, possibly,…
Australian letters
Machiavellian Mal Sir: Spring has arrived! The shackles of Winter have been broken, the blossoms are blooming, the sun is…
Straight to the heart
Muhammad Salah, or Abu Rajab as his mates call him, is what you might call a ‘firebrand cleric’. Even, possibly,…
Lingua malcolma
There is a breath of fresh air that has wafted through our political system over the last three weeks, ushering…
Australian letters
Conspiracy theory Sir: What happened to the Letters page in this week’s issue? What was the reason for its non-appearance?…
Through gritted teeth
Many questions remain in the wash-up of the House of Cards style coup in which Malcolm ‘FU’ Turnbull plotted over…
Cover 3 October 2015 AU
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Through gritted teeth
Many questions remain in the wash-up of the House of Cards style coup in which Malcolm ‘FU’ Turnbull plotted over…
Cover 26 September 2015 AU
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Australian letters
Tur(n)bulence ahead Sir: I find I disagree with the sentiments expressed in your cover article (Turnbull’s Treachery) of 19 September.…
The Great Communicator
He pauses, he stutters, he umms and he ahhs. Hesitant moments as his hands wave meaninglessly in the air; awkward…
Cover 19 September 2015 AU
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Coup de (dis)grâce
The knifing of Tony Abbott will go down as one of the most destructive and arrogant acts of political bastardry…
Coup de (dis)grâce
The knifing of Tony Abbott will go down as one of the most destructive and arrogant acts of political bastardry…
Cover 12 September 2015 AU
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Australian letters
Mistaken identity Sir: Taki is mistaken in his column of 29 August 2015. Louis XVIII was not a ‘fat Napoleonic…
Photo opportunity
Former Speccie columnist and would-be federal Treasurer Chris Bowen clearly is in need of a decent sub-editor to help him…
Photo opportunity
Former Speccie columnist and would-be federal Treasurer Chris Bowen clearly is in need of a decent sub-editor to help him…
Cover 5 September 2015 AU
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Distraught and distracted
The law is straightforward. If you denigrate or demean the work of a Royal Commission, or indeed a Royal Commissioner,…
Distraught and distracted
The law is straightforward. If you denigrate or demean the work of a Royal Commission, or indeed a Royal Commissioner,…
Cover 29 August 2015 AU
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Protecting Leftist dogma
It’s hard to see what Dyson Heydon, Mark Latham and anal sex have in common, yet these are the three…