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

Listen: The full recording of The Anglo-Australian Forum

14 September 2018 7:38 pm

In a day full of laughs and vibrant, honest debate, a stellar panel explored the trade, political and cultural bonds…

Tiberius on Twitter

14 September 2018 3:37 pm

So now we know what really motivates Malcolm Turnbull. His tweets from far away New York make it very clear:…

Abortion and the Deep South

14 September 2018 8:51 am

In one of the many forgotten decisive moments in the history of the United States of America, the question of…

No basis in bias science

13 September 2018 12:34 pm

News that the Australian Taxation Office has been running unconscious bias training courses raises the question: why are taxpayers footing the bill…

A Christian’s advice to Christians about our Christian PM

13 September 2018 6:23 am

I received an email with suggestions from Scott Morrison’s former pastor to all Australian Christians. I don’t know their name…

Watch: the fun and highlights of Andrew Neil with Nigel Farage, Tony Abbott and John Howard in Sydney

12 September 2018 9:50 pm

It was a sparkling Sydney harbour that greeted guests at the second Spectator Anglo-Australian Forum. A wonderful crowd of Speccie…

Deep State Downer?

12 September 2018 8:13 pm

“Russiagate” has its genesis in a strange meeting in London in May 2016 between the then junior policy adviser on…

What religious protections?

12 September 2018 5:38 pm

When Senator Matt Canavan addressed a conference hosted by the Australian Christian Lobby following the same-sex marriage plebiscite in 2017,…

The inequality storm in a teacup

12 September 2018 2:50 pm

The idea that economic inequality is a problem — and an increasing one — demanding public policy remedies has taken…

Arresting women for their crimes isn’t sexist – it’s justice

12 September 2018 10:59 am

The discrimination industry seems to dwell in a fantasy world we could simply refer to as “Alt Reality”. In this…

Bogans and the bourgeoise must unite to fight rich inner-city progressives

12 September 2018 7:50 am

Bogans and the bourgeoise must unite to fight rich inner-city progressives Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has made it clear that…

Yes, we are all very racist indeed

11 September 2018 5:56 pm

Another week, another supposedly racist Herald Sun cartoon penned by the irrepressible Mark Knight. Didn’t he learn his lesson after…

Morrison and Ming

11 September 2018 3:52 pm

Returning to hallowed ground of Liberal folklore, Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week chose Albury as the place to reinvoke…

Be an advocate, Prime Minister – not an evangelist

11 September 2018 1:38 pm

Scott Morrison has made a good start to his prime ministership. He has gone some way to rallying his divided…

Liberals want quality, not quotas

11 September 2018 11:20 am

Sorry lefties, but the Liberal Party ain’t ever going to have targets or quotas for transgenders or albinos. If the…

King should succeed the republican in Wentworth

11 September 2018 7:32 am

Are the powerbrokers and lobbyists who run the NSW Liberal Party like the Bourbons? Have they learned nothing, and forgotten…

Socrates, the poets and the deplorables

10 September 2018 6:42 pm

Everyone who has ever read or even started to read Plato’s Republic, the philosophical text by that dead white male…

Scorning our wealth

10 September 2018 5:19 pm

Back in the chaotic dying days of the Whitlam-Cairns-Connor government, Canberra was buzzing with Rex Connor’s grand plans for a…

Newspoll, schmoozepoll

10 September 2018 12:20 pm

Australian voters need to ignore the mainstream media’s obsession with political polls. They’re desperate for something to write about, and…

At least the au pairs don’t want subsidised housing

10 September 2018 10:52 am

A pretty young woman asking a favour, a deputy prime minister pleased to grant it – we’re looking back in…

Multiculturalism works; multivaluism doesn’t

10 September 2018 7:49 am

Every sentient being on the surface of the earth is now presumably familiar with the perennial need for more and…

The Honey Badger, The Block — and Ronald Reagan

9 September 2018 6:02 pm

On the Other Channel, The Block contestants have what is called their ‘hero piece’. This is when you furnish your…

Twenty ideas for a Morrison government

8 September 2018 11:21 am

When Bill Shorten lost the last election he did a victory lap around Australia. He knew that if he could…

Sinking funds, not sinking islands

7 September 2018 9:27 pm

It’s good to see that Marise Payne has stepped into Julie Bishop’s shoes so deftly and is now humouring the…

Great to see Fairfax journos exploring new careers

7 September 2018 6:23 pm

Great to see Fairfax journalists exploring new career options. It’s even better — given Fairfax’s predilection for indulging whingers —…