In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Why Danandrewstan remains a disaster zone, in 15 words
Well, whaddya know? Danandrestan didn’t open up further today because of the latest clusterfuck involving its health bureaucracy, that group…
Did a lack of diversity in the commentary box spoil your grand final too?
It was difficult to sit through the AFL grand final knowing all the television commentators were white. I had been…
We have a crisis of good governance – and it’s not just in Victoria
As weeks go, the one just past has been a shocker — and not just for Victorians still in the…
What the ACT election results tell us about our rulers in the Bubble
Last weekend’s ACT election results have again revealed how out of touch our nation’s capital city is with mainstream Australians.…
EXCLUSIVE: Are the ADF’s pandemic operations breaching its own guidelines?
The Spectator Australia has seen a copy of the Defence Department’s un-redacted Defence Assistance to the Civil Community manual which…
Our very woke Wallabies
Having gotten rid of their star black player, the Australian rugby team is set to take a knee at the…
National Water Week reveals a policy drought
This is National Water Week. Its theme is “Reimagining our Water Future”. Proclaiming water to be one of the seven…
Judgement time
When does an error in judgement cost someone their job? It depends. If it is Gladys Berejiklian, you are safe. If…
The Murdoch Royal Commission is one man’s inadequacy
There is an unpleasant screaming and stamping of feet coming from aisle three where a toddler has been divested of…
Was Judas the world’s first socialist?
While readers of The Spectator Australia may not usually find themselves immersed in discussions of the Bible and theology, they would routinely have waded into important contributions here on…
Wake up before the Woke wear you down
These are strange days when a woman cannot stand up for women’s rights. It is wrong. The bra-burners of the…
Because curfews went down so well in Victoria, didn’t they, Deb?
The politician vying for Queensland’s top job has promised to make people even less free if they vote for her…
What second wave?
I have a bee in my bonnet about the universal description of Victoria’s Wuhan virus travails as a ‘second wave’. …
Gladys Berejiklian sounds like something out of Seinfeld
The medieval literary classic, The Decameron by Giovanni Boccoccio (1313-75), has nothing on the sordid tryst between the New South…
The Cox Plate cock-up: another sign Dan Andrews’ crew is headed for the knackery
Another day, another cock-up, by Dan Andrews’ shambolic government. This time it was the ‘essential industry’ of horse racing that…
The Greens don’t have a prayer of getting away with their hypocrisy on church numbers
Nothing makes Leftist heads explode like Christian leaders who venture an opinion outside the four walls of the church. So…
Happy International Pronouns Day!
Get your GLAAD rags on, roll out the rainbow skittles and get ready to party. On second thought, you’d better pour yourself a stiff drink before…
Victorian Labor: the walking dead
As a group, the Victorian ALP is politically walking dead. It cannot win the next state election in November 2022. …
A death tax is still alive and well in Australia
Until we achieve immortality, we have to deal with death and taxes. But take comfort, at least Australia doesn’t have…
Daniel Andrews and his demons
Nobody seems to know what is driving Daniel Andrews on his road to Victoria’s damnation. Every time he turns the…
Dandrewstan: the lead in the saddlebags as states shed jobs
There’s more bad economic news out today from the Australia Bureau of Statistics; more bad economic news that not only…
Recreating the 2010 hung parliament? That will have the voters flocking to you, Adam
Greens leader Adam Bandt – forgetting that the ACT is 2300 square km surrounded by reality – believes the party’s…
Has WA made a unilateral declaration of independence?
I remember the good ol’ days in March 2020 when we were told Western Australia would go into a short…
Anastacia Palaszczuk’s euthanasia pledge and the culture of killing for convenience
In the same week that Stevie Nicks boasted there would have been no Fleetwood Mac had she not aborted her…
The Reserve Bank’s great gamble on interest rates
The fiscal path outlined in the federal budget will constrain monetary policy and undermine the stability of the Australian economy.…
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