Features Australia
Where’s the due diligence on renewables?
You know that lovely warm glow you get on a summer’s evening when it’s still 42 degrees outside and you’re…
Attacking the rule of law
The rule of law has been a trending topic this year, both in Australia and overseas. Much of the discussion…
Business/Robbery etc
It really works! When the big end of town puts its mind to it (along with a few million dollars),…
Tarnished crown jewel
With Malcolm Turnbull hanging on by a one-seat majority federally, the devastating result in the Western Australian state election leaves…
Whacky schemes
When the Rudd government greatly expanded the Renewable Energy Target in 2009, turning an innocuous Howard government initiative into the…
Bureaucrats and barbarians
We have mourned Bill Leak. Now we must avenge him. The time for tears has passed. It’s anger we need…
Words are cheap
Like many Speccie contributors, I was privileged to know Bill Leak personally, although for only about ten months.But through no…
Bill and the Lilliputians
The death of great men illuminate the darkness like lightning on a stormy night. So it is with Bill Leak,…
Ellis is not an island
Interesting timing Kate Ellis. While feminists were busy waxing their broomsticks for International Women’s Day (slash month, slash decades), MP…
Bill, me and 18C
As a writer and raconteur Bill Leak was peerless. He had a larrikin wit of which Henry Lawson would be…
Islamophobia is dangerous humbug
Among the most purely dishonest expressions in modern politics (eclipsing even ‘Social justice’) is ‘Islamophobia’. A phobia – the word…
Hot air
Climate change has taken place for thousands of millions of years. The extraordinary claim that humans cause climate change must…
Jewish values and 18C
As anyone who has closely followed the 18C debate knows, the major secular Jewish communal bodies, particularly the Executive Council…
Copping it sweet
New research from the University of Melbourne claiming a tax on soft drink could add 1.2 years of healthy life…
Killing history
In February, the Dean of Bristol Cathedral, the very reverend David Hoyle, announced his ‘openness’ to removing the Cathedral’s largest…
Business/Robbery etc
It’s a no-brainer. Both economically and politically, only time will tell whether cutting penalty rates will create enough new jobs…
Building walls
The really bad ideas never go away – Bert Kelly. Protectionism is one of those really bad ideas. Last month…
The Beijing Model
Have the Chinese really found a preferable version of political leadership?
Jewish values and 18C
As anyone who has closely followed the 18C debate knows, the major secular Jewish communal bodies, particularly the Executive Council…
Building walls
The really bad ideas never go away – Bert Kelly. Protectionism is one of those really bad ideas. Last month…
Killing history
In February, the Dean of Bristol Cathedral, the very reverend David Hoyle, announced his ‘openness’ to removing the Cathedral’s largest…
Islamophobia is dangerous humbug
Among the most purely dishonest expressions in modern politics (eclipsing even ‘Social justice’) is ‘Islamophobia’. A phobia – the word…
Business/Robbery etc
It’s a no-brainer. Both economically and politically, only time will tell whether cutting penalty rates will create enough new jobs…
Hot air
Climate change has taken place for thousands of millions of years. The extraordinary claim that humans cause climate change must…
Copping it sweet
New research from the University of Melbourne claiming a tax on soft drink could add 1.2 years of healthy life…
