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Millennial marxism
The Millennial generation, born between 1980 and 1996, is the smartest, best-educated, most tech-savvy generation that has ever walked this…
Whip out 18C
Another week, and another slap in the face from a major university to the hard-working taxpayers of mainstream Australia –…
Western Civ rules – OK!
According to the the Times Higher Education Supplement, there is only one Australian university in the world’s top fifty: the…
Friends like these
The Liberal-National coalition lately has been showing signs of electoral recovery. Malcolm Turnbull’s and Scott Morrison’s budget was generally well-received.…
Congratulations Julie, Malcolm
So it seems that somebody finally picked up that pristine copy of The Spectator Australia that is usually left untouched…
Betraying Trump and Israel
The decision by Australia to boycott the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem is yet another in a long…
Mr Morrison’s budget gamble
A broken clock is right twice a day. When it comes to accuracy and reliability, that’s infinitely better than federal…
Battle fronts
Australia sits at a critical crossroads, where the damage from the Left’s long march through all our institutions can either…
Act on rogue bankers, PM
Malcolm Turnbull’s contortions over the banking royal commission highlight the Prime Minister being so right yet so wrong. His government…
In praise of Israel (1)
Free speech has a new champion, and his name is Israel Folau. And once again, the corporate, political and media…
No time for goodies and giveaways
After 30 consecutive losing Newspolls, knives are out for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Peter Dutton, Scott Morrison, Julie Bishop and…
Monash
According to his biographer Geoffrey Serle, in the 1920s Sir John Monash was ‘broadly accepted, not just in Victoria, as…
Resurrection unlikely
Could there be a better time of year than this for the Australian cricket team to decide to crucify themselves,…
Window display
On too many fronts, the Turnbull government’s embarrassing timidity is constantly on display. It is a timorousness fuelled as much…
Manna from Shorten
Just when the thirtieth consecutive Newspoll loss for the Turnbull government is looming, and it looks ‘Goodnight Irene’ for Malcolm…
Marshmallow fists
The tragedy is that even if Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull were to ‘take the gloves off’ in his battle with…
Trump, Turnbull, McCormack
Conservative and mainstream Australians can only sit idly by and watch the ‘Trump revolution’ with a mixture of envy and…
Bucking Barnaby
Something doesn’t quite add up. On the one hand, the Prime Minister’s spouse, Lucy Turnbull, proudly announces via a soft…
Exorcising Malcolm
Those close to the Prime Minister talk of ‘good Malcolm’ versus ‘bad Malcolm’ – the two sides to Mr Turnbull’s…
To stay or go?
Senator Lucy Gichuhi’s decision to sit with the Liberal Party is a small but important step militating against the fragmentation…
Shorten’s integrity trick
Now that same-sex marriage is out of the way, the banking royal commission hastily agreed to, and the Australia Day…
Mr Abbott’s agenda
The once and possibly future Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, this week started 2018 strongly. Writing for the Australian and speaking…
Save Australia Day
There is only one way for Australians to show their contempt for the stifling political correctness and bullying left-wing activism…
Trial by #metoo media
The Golden Globe awards have come and gone, with Hollywood emblackening itself and making self-righteous declarations against sexual harassment and…
True friend?
Exactly a year ago on this page and on our cover we denounced the Obama administration-sponsored United Nations Security Council…
