In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.
Listen: The full recording of The Anglo-Australian Forum
In a day full of laughs and vibrant, honest debate, a stellar panel explored the trade, political and cultural bonds…
Tiberius on Twitter
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
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
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
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
It was a sparkling Sydney harbour that greeted guests at the second Spectator Anglo-Australian Forum. A wonderful crowd of Speccie…
Deep State Downer?
“Russiagate” has its genesis in a strange meeting in London in May 2016 between the then junior policy adviser on…
What religious protections?
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
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
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
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
Another week, another supposedly racist Herald Sun cartoon penned by the irrepressible Mark Knight. Didn’t he learn his lesson after…
Morrison and Ming
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
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
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
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
Everyone who has ever read or even started to read Plato’s Republic, the philosophical text by that dead white male…
Scorning our wealth
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Great to see Fairfax journalists exploring new career options. It’s even better — given Fairfax’s predilection for indulging whingers —…