The Bolt crucible
Yes to free speech, no to racism. It should be a pretty simple formula but, of course, the devil is…
Cover 22 March 2014 AU
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Consumer vs taxpayer
Remember Kim Carr’s dire warning: ‘The government has effectively signed the death warrant on Australia’s last fresh-fruit cannery, ensuring the…
Cover 15 March 2014 AU
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Is Tony Abbott a dry?
At six minutes past eight on the evening of Monday 3 March, the camera panned unexpectedly off the face of…
Letters
Long Labor Sir: The insightfully worded editorial ‘The Sins of Craig Thomson’ (22 February) has historical echoes. The original ‘Blind…
Cover 8 March 2014 AU
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Politics is not a blood sport
Mocking, abusing or vilifying Labor leaders is morally repugnant. Mocking, abusing or vilifying Liberal leaders is cool. Such is the…
Letters
Oh, the horror! Sir: I think the enthusiasm of Dean Bertram for genre horror and sci-fi films (‘Terror Australis,’ 15…
Cover 1 March 2014 AU
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Breaking windows
Smash! Don’t say we didn’t warn you. As one energy-reliant manufacturer after another shuts up shop; as our energy prices…
Cover 22 February 2014 AU
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Creative destruction
In Labor’s telling, the decision by Japanese Toyota executives to pull the plug on their Australian operation is Tony Abbott’s…
Australian letters
Keep the Lord’s Prayer Sir: Chris Ashton has outlined three reasons why recitation of the Lord’s Prayer should be removed…
Cover 15 February 2014 AU
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The trouble with Aunty
The image of the benign, slightly fuddy-duddy old eccentric has been wrong for some time. But in recent weeks, the…
Cover 8 February 2014 AU
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Rogues gallery
There seem to be an awful lot of rogues out there. When it became clear that corruption allegations against former…
Cover 1 February 2014 AU
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Letters
Too right wing Sir: I have been a subscriber to The Spectator since the early Eighties. Like many readers I…
Broken society
The deaths of NSW teenagers Thomas Kelly and Daniel Christie were beyond tragic. The senseless, random nature of the violence…
Cover 25 January 2014 AU
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Very, very effective
The border protection debate is roaring again, and we’re happy to join the fun. One place to start is to…
Cover 18 January 2014 AU
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Cover 11 January 2014 AU
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