In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
It’s Doctor Demento
Poor old John Hewson has been dumped as a columnist with the Nine chipwrappers for the great crime of being…
Lockdowns: last resort or first response?
Just two weeks ago, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a four-phase plan agreed upon by the federal and state leaders…
What has liberalism ever done for us?
Liberal civil society stands at a critical point where a choice must be made; whether to evict the barbarians from the citadel or…
IT’S BACK: What’s woke this week?
Does it seem to you that rather than falling slowly like Alice, we’re gathering speed in our plunge down the rabbit hole to Wokerland?…
Spectator Australia TV: why lockdowns destroy lives
On Counter Culture – why lockdowns destroy lives, with Professor Gigi Foster. Got something to add? Join the discussion and…
Fire! Fire! Fire!
The Spectator Australia’s Twitter account was suspended for 12 hours last night for the terrible sin of ‘violating community standards’. This…
Mark McGowan may have repented – but has reminded us of the threat to religious freedom in Australia
Yesterday, the Western Australian government backed down from its decision to cancel a booking made by Australian Christian Lobby to run…
The Member for Union Super?
The Labor member for Whitlam in New South Wales, Stephen Jones is morphing into the chief lobbyist for the super…
If the premiers are keeping us safe from the virus, who is keeping us safe from the premiers?
As if we needed more evidence that state premiers have become a law unto themselves, Daniel Andrews provided it today…
‘Feminists’ fighting the Liberal Party are making women collateral damage
How we frame political conversations is incredibly important, particularly when we are discussing a deeply personal topic like sexual harassment.…
What’s there to celebrate about Twitter’s fifteenth birthday?
Fifteen years ago, on July 15 2006 , Jack Dorsey launched Twitter. On that inaugural day, then 224 tweets were…
Meet the Covid billionaires
While the peasantry lick their wounds and shake the dwindling remnants of childhood piggy banks, there are plenty within the Covid…
Question everything
On learning about the extension to Sydney’s lockdown until the end of July, my mind broiled with one big question:…
The Oldest Culture: Mathematics
A series of articles examining Dark Emu-style claims. The study of mathematics has been in the news lately, with great…
Net zero emissions? That will be $3000 for each of you, each year
In a widely accepted assessment, Energy consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd. estimate the carbon price must rise to $160 per ton by…
Daniel Andrews is no longer just a threat to Victoria, but the nation as a whole
Stricken by all the attention being paid to New South Wales, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, joined the ABC’s 7.30 for…
God botherers shouldn’t bother Mark McGowan
According to the proposed changes to the National Curriculum, Christianity is being expunged from what it is to be Australian.…
Is the vaccination emperor as naked as his lockdown cousin?
In my article in The Spectator Australia on Tuesday on discrepancies between models that predicted a reduction and data that showed a surge…
China and the Taliban: the Axis of Assholes
As the Taliban prepare to yet again, a quarter of a century later, take over Afghanistan, an olive branch is…
The Godfather’s guide to tackling the coronavirus pandemic
The federal government needs to take a leaf from Mario Puzo’s classic mafia novel The Godfather — let alone Francis…
Inside the Great Siege of Sydney
The current Covid-19 restrictions on normal life in Sydney and surrounds have been portrayed as both ‘lockdown lite’ and ‘draconian’ — and…
Masterchef win leaves a bad taste in the mouths of the haters
First Hillsong won Australian Idol. Then, they won the Federal election. Last night they won Masterchef. It was all too…
Why I’m off to the Liberal Democrats
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s roadmap to normality was criticised as vague but it did contain one piece of substance –-…
Two more weeks of lockdown? This would change the pollies and penpushers’ minds
The latest government edicts by New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian are proof that one can lose all the good…
The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Review Authority is failing the national interest test
They say that a country is a state of mind rather than a place. It has some truth to it…
