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A diesel in the shed
You can have your solar panels and your turbines on the hills; You can use the warmth of sunshine to…
Week in 60 Minutes S2E11: The Anzac Legacy – Prof. James Allan, Edie Wyatt & Michael de Percy
It has been a quiet Anzac Day, with the normally argumentative Left taking a break. Anthony Albanese is in PNG,…
On Passover, Israel, and the scourge of antisemitism
On behalf of the Australia-Israel Allies Caucus, I wish all who celebrate a happy and holy Pesach/Passover. Passover commemorates the…
Laughs, lies, and lights out
Oh, the irony! Here I was reading our local Noosa newspaper last Saturday morning and laughing when the power started…
Australia fails to protect children from gender experiments
The debate over so-called ‘gender-affirming care’ for children has reached a crucial moment. This treatment approach, which often involves the…
Only official misinformation allowed
Over the last four years, the Australian ruling classes have demonstrated an insatiable appetite for power and control over our…
Do you wish your country would become normal again?
Would it be nice if universities suddenly became passively progressive again, instead of shamelessly revolutionary? Should national holidays return to…
Broken promises, broken budgets
In December 2021, Anthony Albanese announced his ‘plan’ to reduce electricity prices by $275 per household by 2025. He said…
JK Rowling puts Wikipedia’s neutrality to the test
Blurring the lines between up-to-date encyclopedic information and sensationalism
Alexandra Marshall Live S2E9 with Pete Shmigel
Propaganda, censorship, and the nations spending a fortune to undermine the West… Citizens are under attack domestically and from abroad.…
Women’s liberation stumbles backwards
I must start this off with an admission, I am a bloke – worse – an old bloke – even…
Mental health and restraint: the unsolved conundrum
When is it appropriate to schedule someone into compulsory care when he or she is out of touch with reality?…
Outsourcing politics, killing democracy, fomenting revolution
Robert Jenrick, in the London Daily Telegraph, fears that the inevitable Starmer government in the United Kingdom will enact a ‘second…
The assault on the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador
There is no doubt that the Ecuadorian assault on the Mexican Embassy in the capital Quito appears to be an…
I’m all in for Fallout
It was only a matter of time until Amazon decided to throw its hat in the ring and join the…
Forced divestiture is better than expanding regulation
‘Muddying the waters’ is one of the cleverer and more effective tools deployed by public relations advisers. The method involves…
The far-left takeover: working in childcare is a political act
Concerns are being raised about Australia’s new Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF 2.0). The Frankfurt school cultural Marxism – aka Critical Theory…
The land that time (but not the government) forgot
Australia’s vaccine regulator, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), is still determinedly operating a virus theme park which…
Victorians have no idea
When it comes to Indigenous matters, it seems Victorians and their Members of Parliament, have no idea what is happening…
Vale David Martin Jones
It is with the deepest sadness that I advise readers of The Spectator Australia of the tragic passing of David Martin…
A fight for the future of women’s rights
I landed at Sydney airport last week at the exact time that Sall Grover was being cross examined in the…
Women need protection
In light of the violent tragedy that unfolded in Bondi, it is imperative that we look seriously at crime, opportunity,…
The Albanese government is our biggest national security threat
The bold display of Iranian military drones over the holy city of Jerusalem symbolises the weakness of the Albanese government.…
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