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In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.

Marxism has taken over Christianity

2 June 2021 4:00 am

Australia cannot ignore reality any longer: an unhealthy relationship has formed between Marxist activism and the Christian church. Whether it…

The fantasy prediction of 510,000 deaths

1 June 2021 6:33 pm

In the evidence he gave to the British parliament on 26 May, Boris Johnson’s former chief of staff Dominic Cummings…

ABC 7.30: ‘Underwhelming – on any measure’

1 June 2021 5:00 pm

High paid ABC TV current affairs presenter, Leigh Sales, likes nothing more than rattling off carefully compiled, pre-prepared questions to…

Is this really about Israel?

1 June 2021 3:30 pm

The reignition of Israeli-Palestinian conflict was as inevitable as it is tragic. Following the prompts of mainstream media, the world’s…

Fight to win or don’t fight at all

1 June 2021 2:00 pm

Here are a few quick thoughts on the Christian Porter saga.  First, though, let me say bluntly what regular SpecOz…

Lockdown IV: The Victorian government can’t evade the law

1 June 2021 12:03 pm

Why is it that Victorians, perhaps more specifically Melburnians, are having such a bad time with Covid in comparison to the other states? Why is this fourth lockdown occurring?  Already…

ScoMo and Josh’s irrational exuberance

1 June 2021 4:00 am

Last week the Australian Bureau of Statistics released figures showing new private capital expenditure rose 6.3 per cent in the…

Is the Coalition conning coal communities?

31 May 2021 6:12 pm

The voters in Upper Hunter may have elected a pro-coal candidate nine days ago, but it remains to be seen…

Fighting for democracy, one tea at a time

31 May 2021 4:32 pm

The Milk Tea Alliance — originally some pro-democracy social media geekery in Hong Kong and Taiwan — is racing through South…

Scott Morrison must remind Jacinda Ardern who her real friends are

31 May 2021 3:11 pm

If, to borrow Paul Keating’s description, Australia is the arse end of the world, New Zealand is the arse end…

World No Tobacco Day exposes Big Public Health’s failure

31 May 2021 1:36 pm

Today marks “World No Tobacco Day”, a World Health Organization initiative to draw attention to the dangers of tobacco, what governments…

How we flag our racial prejudice

31 May 2021 11:37 am

Australia is a systematically and institutionally racist country; that is the story peddled by the Australian Human Rights Commission at…

Australia: where to from here?

31 May 2021 4:00 am

When the American singer-songwriter, Jackie DeShannon, was played “What the World Needs Now” by the composers Burt Bacharach and Hal David,…

Archi or Marxibalds?

30 May 2021 4:28 pm

Cultural Marxism’s long march through the institutions is well-nigh complete. Emblematic of art imitating life, the 2021 Archibald art competition…

Why we mustn’t fly overseas – even if we could

30 May 2021 2:15 pm

Australians must stop flying overseas, turn off their air conditioners and drive more slowly if the world is to achieve…

Spectator Australia TV: Melbourne in lockdown – here we go again

30 May 2021 11:59 am

This week on Spectator Australia TV: Melbourne in Lockdown — Here We Go Again. IPA rising star Cian Hussey on…

What would Menzies make of the modern Liberal Party?

28 May 2021 2:08 pm

Labor’s 20 per cent result in last weekend’s Hunter by-election is a warning to both the state and  federal party,…

In the bleak midwinter

28 May 2021 11:48 am

As autumn fades and the final leaves fall, the bitter winds of winter loom. Cold hearts of powerful people begin…

How the national curriculum abolishes Australian citizenship

28 May 2021 4:00 am

The draft national curriculum for schools is seeking to teach the next generation of Australians a progressive and utopian view of…

Comment is free, but facts are sacred

27 May 2021 8:01 pm

The machine of left-wing activism has gone into a panic with a decade of propaganda starting to unravel.  Public patience…

ScoMo goes troppo

27 May 2021 6:07 pm

Many Spectator Australia readers will recall the way Paul Keating taunted John Hewson in the lead up to the 1993…

Incompetence abounds in Victoria – but I feel fully reassured

27 May 2021 4:06 pm

Having spent another 40 minutes of my life this morning — time I won’t get back — listening to senior…

It’s time to give up sex. Thanks feminism

27 May 2021 2:08 pm

Earlier this week, New South Wales unveiled huge changes to the definition of consent. The new affirmative consent model could…

Jacqui Lambie said what?

27 May 2021 12:58 pm

Imagine the furore if a Coalition parliamentarian told a Qantas staff member “your CEO is a poof”. Imagine the fury…

It’s bad enough in Danandrewstan without lockdown

27 May 2021 10:59 am

When Victorian Treasurer, Tim Pallas delivered his budget last week, he spoke of a Victoria defined by relief and joy.…