Mathias on message
As is now widely accepted, and was pointed out in this magazine shortly after Budget night (‘The budget isn’t the…
Back to Iraq
It’s twelve years and eleven months since a single graphic image punched us in the guts with such force. Then,…
Australian Letters
Debating Israel Sir: I want to respond to Alan Gold’s article ‘Betraying Israel for the Muslim Vote’ in the August…
Cover 16 August 2014 AU
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Two worlds colliding
The imagery was faintly disturbing. A powerful whitefella sits in the middle of a group of Aboriginal elders, themselves surrounded…
Cover 9 August 2014 AU
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Ukrainian quagmire
‘We will not be deterred in our efforts to get on to that site and retrieve the bodies of Australians…
Qualities of a leader
Decisiveness. Perseverance. Effectiveness. These are the three key words being bandied around by the world’s top diplomats to describe Australian…
Cover 26 July 2014 AU
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You read it here first
In the digital age, weekly print magazines are not supposed to break stories, especially before the actual events have taken…
Cover 19 July 2014 AU
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Hip, hip hooray for Tony Abbott’s carbon tax repeal
Barring any more sudden Ricky Muir-like surprises, it looks as if the Senate will repeal the carbon tax; so allow…
Cover 12 July 2014 AU
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Our best newspaper
In polite company, it is now well known that the Australian’s claim to be the best newspaper in Australia is…
Cover 5 July 2014 AU
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Mugged by reality
When American neoconservatives rose to intellectual prominence in the 1970s, they were invariably described — not least by themselves —…
Cover 28 June 2014 AU
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Cover 21 June 2014 AU
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Spectator letters: Islamophobia, breast-feeding and Bach
Malcolm was hopeless Sir: The attempts by Mungo MacCallum (‘Turnbull lives on’, 7 June) and Richard Ferguson (‘One of us’,…
Hillary and us
So it was the quail what done ’er in. Asked to give an example of the ‘outrageous sexism’ that brought…
Spectator letters: The trouble with religion, alternatives to HS2, and whisky-drinking dogs
Old cabby’s tale Stephen Rommei’s London cabby story (Diary, 7 June) reminded me of catching a cab one cold night…
Tanya powder keg
Yet again, Tanya Plibersek has shown herself ill-equipped for the critical and sensitive portfolio of foreign affairs. Launching into a…
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