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Climate Change Police: the new CCP
The Climate Change Police. It sounds like a concept from the latest sci-fi, techno-thriller, or dystopian novel – doesn’t it?…
The cancer of Christianophobia
Mulling over the recent Andrew Thorburn injustice, I reflected on a photo on my computer. Say ‘Hello’ to a boy…
Biology refuses to play along
A company that sells tampons has been accused of lying in advertisements that insist ‘only women can have periods’. They…
It’s what’s under the hood that matters
What does an out-of-control self-driving electric vehicle have in common with the self-identification movement? Both are headed for disaster...
The Olympics and World Cup Soccer – can we afford it?
As the Tokyo Olympics wound down, enthusiasm for the Olympic Games persisted, but there is a downside to the acceptance…
Northern Territory is set to abolish religious freedom
Proposed amendments to Northern Territory 1992 anti-discrimination legislation is set to abolish religious freedom, as well as erode freedom of speech. The…
Victoria’s infrastructure con job
Some things in life are just too good to be true: often we spot them, but sometimes we don’t. If…
Cultural safety and confusion training
‘What is a white person? And what is this “whiteness” you speak of?’ Since the full-day Cultural Safety and Respect…
The Lady’s for turning … and Britain is burning
One knows better than to compare today’s politicians to great figures of the past. But in the case of Liz…
Which employers still have vaccine mandates?
Australian citizens interact with businesses every day, but whether those businesses have policies requiring their staff to have proof of…
NY Supreme Court: unvaccinated and vindicated
Ever since vaccine mandates reared their ugly heads in 2021, countless unvaccinated individuals have lost their jobs for remaining steadfast…
Environmental extremists: iconoclasts without a cause
It is self-evident that even among those of us who are not religious, there is an instinct towards the numinous…
The centre-right should get on their bikes
The bicycle is the machine that best represents conservative and libertarian worldviews, and we cannot let our bikes be co-opted…
NZ passes anti-free speech language compliance law
New Zealand Labour, supported by the Greens, and Māori Party, have passed ‘plain language’ legislation, which will require all branches of…
Cheap renewables, rising power bills?
I cannot work out which is more incredible – the claims this government makes, or the fact that this government…
Net Zero: keeping Australia in the dark
It is claimed that Abraham Lincoln once said, ‘You can fool all the people some of the time and some…
The political asymmetry of Covid
A couple of days ago, Greg Sheridan had a piece in The Australian in which he argued: ‘Covid has been diabolical…
Where are electric cars going?
Countries are keen to out-virtue-signal each other with electric cars and their contribution to reducing Climate Change; what is plainly…
Tax changes our behaviour
Most people resent paying tax. Though it’s a sentiment just about everyone can relate to, the economic argument against tax…
Are progressives the new colonisers?
History shows that whoever utters the phrase ‘be on the right side of history’ often ends up eating their words.…
What about Azerbaijan?
The following is a letter in reply to What about Armenia? published September 28. The Spectator Australia is not in…
The modern Right’s Cold War moment
To the amusement of other classmates at the adults’ Saturday Vietnamese class, one tutor and I often wind up trying…
Confessions of a 10-year-old revolutionary
As a 10-year-old young ‘pioneer’ in communist-controlled Hungary, I hated the red kerchief I was forced to wear under threat…
Microsoft unveils the latest Pride flag
The Pride flag has had more updates than Windows, so it makes sense for Bill Gates and his team to…
The new big end of town
There is this perception that all that is bad about business comes from the ‘Big End of Town’. Books and…
