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

Gore blimey! Al’s that for a stack?

10 July 2017 8:27 pm

Want to have some innocent merriment at the expense of the man who put the cash into climate catastrophe, Al…

The other side of rights

10 July 2017 3:44 pm

There’s something quite disconcerting about modern society’s preoccupation with rights movements and the Trudeauan, technocratic snobbery that seems to come…

Why should the rich have free public schools?

10 July 2017 12:30 pm

We all know the school stereotype. Government schools are full of disadvantaged students and struggling for money, while overfunded wealthy…

G20: our greatest moral challenge is preserving the West

9 July 2017 8:15 pm

The main news headline to come out of the G20 seems to be, in essence, that “The United States’ influence…

Yassmin and Tim, from migrant to migrant, please stop whinging

9 July 2017 2:34 pm

Dear Yassmin and Tim You know your incessant whinging about how horrible Australia is? As a migrant to fellow migrants,…

Brave Badham’s “Battle of the Bulge” against Trump

9 July 2017 8:31 am

Politically correct feminism just keeps getting funnier, folks! These days, rants from its most zealous true believers are so jaw-droppingly…

Theresa May and three heresies

8 July 2017 2:25 pm

There’s still a whole lot of libertarian grand-standing going on about the British general election, much of it predicated on…

“Guten tag! Welcome to Hamburg!”

7 July 2017 6:49 pm

“Really Lucy, it’s quite frustrating. I was hoping to get away … get away from we-know-who and his rants, I…

The Donald delivers the speech we’ve been waiting for

7 July 2017 1:54 pm

Aficionados of The Spectator will know that entries in the 2017 Thawley Competition have opened, with a tasty $5000 prize…

Is Turnbull planning a lightning strike against Abbott?

7 July 2017 10:51 am

The Tony Abbott insurrection against the moderate overlords of the parliamentary Liberal party continues. ‘I am a member of the…

Julia Gillard, you’re fired

7 July 2017 7:11 am

It was ridiculous before it began: then she began and it spiralled into something hideously currish. Julia Gillard is not…

Does losing faith in religion really mark a new dark ages?

6 July 2017 9:08 pm

There are so many things that we lose on our passage through life: innocence, virginity, youth, looks, patience, temper, love,…

Gratuitous advice from a humble Liberal branch member

6 July 2017 2:39 pm

Dear Malcolm As a conservative member of the Liberal Party, I want you to succeed. I genuinely do. The alternative…

Gillard’s Trump Twitter claim leaves mental health lobby beyond blue

6 July 2017 2:06 pm

Newly appointed Beyond Blue chair Julia Gillard is already embroiled in controversy. Discussing Donald Trump’s Twitter habits on ABC’s Lateline,…

Male suicide has nothing to do with politics. Apparently…

6 July 2017 12:15 pm

The Sydney Morning Herald has been quick to report a half-yearly update on domestic violence. In a blizzard of statistics, there…

Dear Prince Harry, about those worries…

5 July 2017 7:41 pm

Last week I was detailing to my uncle the current Prince’s malaise with his occupation, my uncle replied with at…

Multiculturalism as a weapon

5 July 2017 3:05 pm

For most average people in the street, including most of the ordinary proponents of it, multiculturalism simply means more of…

Football violence is a crime

5 July 2017 12:26 pm

It’s time to stop pretending in Australia in the twenty-first century that an assault on the football field is anything…

If only Trump were Australian

5 July 2017 7:31 am

Amongst the recent brouhaha about US President Trump’s late-night tweeting habits, a lot of people missed a major speech he…

Sydney (pseudo) Science Festival 2017

4 July 2017 1:10 pm

The Sydney Science Festival (August 8-20, if you want to put it in your diary) has booked an Opera House…

Ugly socialist genes

4 July 2017 12:02 pm

Trigger warning: This article contains Swiftian satire. The current animus from the left, culminating in the attempted murder of a…

When electricity becomes a luxury

4 July 2017 7:18 am

“Where do you go?” They are all older women, retirees from the federal and Territory public services, the ASO5 and…

Ban Lee Rhiannon!

3 July 2017 5:27 pm

A woman who changed her surname so she could be named after a legendary Welsh witch wants to ban the Lord’s…

Not losing our religion

3 July 2017 1:43 pm

Findings from the 2016 Census that 30 per cent of Australians report having no religious affiliation have led to renewed…

Cory Bernardi has his work cut out for him

3 July 2017 7:37 am

The ancient Greeks often used the art form of storytelling, using fables or parables to get a point across. One…