Columnists Australia
Simon Collins
Like many Australians I was greatly affected by the news that James Packer has decided he is not well enough…
Australian notes
On tour with Jordan I got the phone call back in January. The man on the other end of the…
Brown study
I sometimes think that if we did not have Aboriginals in Australia, we would have had to invent them. They…
Simon Collins
Ireland beat Australia to marriage equality by five years, and with a Yes victory every bit as resounding as ours.…
Brown study
Three Billboards outside Batman, Victoria It all started when I was driving home in the Tesla from a meeting of…
Simon Collins
‘A woman preaching is like a dog walking on his hind legs,’ said Samuel Johnson, ‘It is not done well;…
Australian notes
The feminist revolution is already over. Men lost. International Women’s Day is a day when women of the chattering classes…
Brown study
I have a minority opinion on two big political issues. Michaelia Cash was right and should not apologise for anything.…
Simon Collins
Whenever I can justify flying business class to the UK I go with Malaysian. I do this mainly because three…
Brown study
Malcolm Turnbull is wrong about the effect of his proposed new morals code to stop ministers from philandering in the…
Brown Study
My colleagues and I in the noble profession of investigative journalism have now spent 12 months poring over the goldmine…
Australian notes
Turnbull’s 18C on steroids Rahm Emmanuel, one-time Chief of Staff in the Obama Administration, once said: ‘You never let a…
Brown study
I have been thinking about the wash up from the same-sex marriage issue and what we can learn about the…
Latham’s law
One of the strange reactions to the 17th Century Enlightenment was the concept of the Noble Savage. In the backlash…
Australian notes
18C for Tarneen? Last Friday marked the 230th anniversary of a penal colony being founded on the shores of Sydney…
Latham’s law
For the large amounts of national security spending and ‘expert advice’ available to our governments, they are still struggling with…
Australian notes
Human Rights Commission hoisted with its own petard In the recent Australian Marriage Law Survey, Australians were asked the following…
Brown study
You may be wondering what the connection is between the federal government’s innovation initiative and the developing sexual harassment scandal.…
Brown study
The tentacles of The Spectator Australia Investigative Journalism Unit extend far beyond its heavily fortified premises in Canberra. For example,…
Australian notes
Memo to Republicans: Australia is not a colony The fundamental difference between Australia as a ‘colony’ and every other colony…
Simon Collins
The critically acclaimed Darkest Hour brings the number of films about Winston Churchill released in the last decade to six,…
Brown study
Frankly, I have been shocked by the appalling revelations of sexual harassment that have come out in the last few…
Simon Collins
Thanks to the announcement of the engagement of two foreign celebrities 2017 ended on a cheery note for many Australians.…
Brown Christmas
This year has certainly seen some milestones. First, there was the fall of Robert Mugabe. Here, I must make a…
Australian notes
Watching the feral soap-dodgers Any other celebrity would be dozing in the VIP lounge, but I write from Sydney…
