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Coal is a four-letter word

17 June 2023 9:00 am

Coal is a four-letter word for Labor/Green governments in Australia where it can’t be used in polite company. Thank goodness…

In the dark

10 June 2023 9:00 am

Three things can be safely said about the entire Brittany Higgins affair. Firstly, the average punter has no idea where…

Garlic-19

3 June 2023 9:00 am

A report by the Peter Doherty Institute suggests that good old Aussie garlic is good for warding off the coronavirus.…

‘From red tape to red carpet’

27 May 2023 9:00 am

In this week’s issue, we are delighted to hear from Gina Rinehart on the importance of mining to not only…

Expelling Moira

20 May 2023 9:00 am

The expulsion of Moira Deeming from the Victorian Liberal party requires one simple question to be answered: what is the…

Joke budget

13 May 2023 9:00 am

Treasurer Jim Chalmer’s 2023 federal budget is a wicked joke being played upon the average Australian household, replete with fantasy,…

A King’s welcome

6 May 2023 9:00 am

This magazine supports our constitutional monarchy and thus naturally delights in the spectacle of the coronation. Our constitutional monarchy, the…

A conservative contrarian

29 April 2023 9:00 am

Sensibly, the late Barry Humphries allowed the political leanings of himself and his alter-egos to remain camouflaged within their biting…

Watershed

22 April 2023 9:00 am

What delicious timing. In the same news cycle that Peter Dutton announces the re-launch of the Coalition and his determination…

Mr Neil’s visit

15 April 2023 9:00 am

The visit to these shores, the furthest-flung and smallest outpost of the transatlantic Spectator empire, by our chairman Andrew Neil,…

Making Donald Great Again

8 April 2023 9:00 am

The news that a ‘kangaroo court’ has decided to charge Donald Trump with a pile of spurious charges from many…

Climate wars rekindled

1 April 2023 9:00 am

So, apparently the climate wars aren’t over quite yet. Thank goodness for that! That’s not us rekindling the battle, by…

Clown show

25 March 2023 9:00 am

From preposterously clownish Nazis to battery-powered campaign buses that have to be ditched in favour of diesel alternatives, the political…

Once upon a time

18 March 2023 9:00 am

Once upon a time there lived a generation who believed they knew far more about the world than their elders…

Covid abuses

11 March 2023 9:00 am

The latest revelations out of Britain regarding the grotesque abuse of power during Covid make for very disturbing reading. As…

Snowy 2.0h yuk!

4 March 2023 9:00 am

Lobb’s Hole doesn’t exactly sound the most appealing of places, and indeed it may well be the graveyard where Australia’s…

Super villains

25 February 2023 9:00 am

Climate wars? Solved! Energy wars? Done and dusted. Culture wars? Sorted. The Albanese government’s blueprint is now clear: declare that…

King, a canary in the coal mine?

18 February 2023 9:00 am

‘We won’t get to net-zero emissions in this country, or indeed the world, without the resources sector, without gas, and…

Empire-bashing

11 February 2023 9:00 am

Britain has become an irresistible target in recent times for sneering condemnation of its historical period of Empire, even in…

Lubricating his Voice

4 February 2023 9:00 am

Before they were even elected – and in fervent hope that they wouldn’t be – this magazine warned that an…

Voice of hypocrites

28 January 2023 9:00 am

A hurried visit by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to Alice Springs this week highlights everything that is wrong with his…

A land of progress

18 January 2023 10:00 pm

As Australia Day comes around, battle lines are again being drawn by self-described ‘progressives’ who refuse to see anything to…

Tall poppy

14 January 2023 9:00 am

At six feet, four inches, Cardinal George Pell was a man who towered above his peers, literally as well as…

Happy New Year?

7 January 2023 9:00 am

The month of January is named for the Roman deity Janus, a god with two faces who looks back to…

Tidings of comfort & joy

17 December 2022 9:00 am

‘God rest ye merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay…’ Easier said than done, of course, at the end of a…