In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Australia’s renewable energy superpower fantasy
One of Prime Minister Albanese’s favourite three-word slogans is ‘renewable energy superpower’. It comes from Ross Garnaut’s 2019 policy propaganda…
The world’s slowest apocalypse
If you believe the hype, this is the most dangerous time in history to be a human. There’s an apocalypse…
Biden: Divider-in-Chief
One of the media’s beloved titles for President Donald Trump was ‘Divider-in-Chief’. Well-deserved at times, the moniker was even used…
Australia’s Catholic Church: politics, paganism, and pandering
The Catholic Church is one of the oldest institutions in the world, and it has long held to the values…
Australia in race to host COP 29 in 2024
It’s the prize no sane country wants to win, but Labor – egged on by the Pacific Islands – is…
What do we really know about the IPCC?
Having concluded the latest Climate Change talk-fest – the United Nations COP26 in 2021 in Glasgow – the confected outburst…
Victorian Liberals: left of Labor?
Since when does a centre-right political party win office by proposing policies even further to the left than its centre-left…
Speaking on Cancel Culture at Friedman
Last weekend, Sydney played host to the Friedman conference where politicians, centre-right activists, and writers – including many Speccie contributors –…
Hollywoke hypocrites: Chinese & Muslim critics of Disney’s ‘Lightyear’ told their beliefs are ‘backward’
Socio-political critics of Pixar’s progressive flop, Lightyear have been mocked as 14 countries banned the ‘kids animated film’ for its…
China rising: do we need a Defence Levy?
[ This is part 3 of a series. Read part 1 and part 2 ] The truth lurking under the political spin is that…
Gender quotas bite Labor hard
It is going to be extremely difficult to write this while maintaining an air of sympathy – so bear with…
Climate Change, the art of sophistry
Sophistry is the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving. Climate alarmists who know the…
The Queen is Australia’s Head of State - don’t deny it
History tells us that new wars are lost because generals re-fight the last one. The looming battle to keep Australia’s…
Labor to ‘rescue’ ISIS brides?
If it wasn’t bad enough watching Foreign Minister Penny Wong hand $1 million to the Taliban in aid, it now appears that…
Of age and stage: over 50s excluded from workforce
I find it ironic that everyone wants to live a long life but nobody wants to get old. Even fewer…
Sydney: third-worst place for making friends
There is an odd condition known as Prosopagnosia – a cognitive disorder where the ability to recognise familiar faces is…
Albo learns nothing from European crisis – doubles down on renewables
Europe (and parts of Asia) are in the middle of an energy, food, social, and economic crisis exacerbated by ‘green’…
Dutch tolerance vs. the Great Reset
The Dutch are a tolerant people, and they have a long-standing reputation for that. I lived in the Netherlands for…
Why I adore Nick Kyrgios
I’ve always had a thing for bad boys and if ever there was a bad boy of tennis, Nick Kyrgios…
Freedom: the peak of achievement
As we watch with varying degrees of disgust, impotence, and annoyance at the events in Eastern Europe – where a…
Australian coal back in the Chinese market?
Coal is literally killing the planet. If we keep burning it, digging it up, and selling it, the sky is like totally going to…
Politicians ignore warnings from detransitioners
‘I do not have my breasts,’ said a former trans teenager, 17. They added the warning, ‘Do not transition.’ Anthony…
Freedom Flyers: the fight against vaccine mandates
Qantas has announced it will be dropping vaccine requirements for international travel starting July 19, (finally) bringing it in line with many…
Incoherence is destroying the Liberals
If you’re reading this, it’s highly likely you’re conservatively inclined. Indeed, skimming The Spectator Australia or spying the Sky After Dark set are…
No more mask mandates, please
New Zealand epidemiologist Michael Baker has just called for the government to reintroduce widespread mask mandates as Covid cases rise in an…
