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Body politics
It’s my observation that most women come at politics from a fundamentally different perspective than men – as they do…
The women’s reshuffle
Do a word search of the transcript of the Prime Minister’s reshuffle press conference yesterday and you will find the…
Trapped in the People’s Republic of Wikipedia
I’m starting to learn what it might be like to live in China but fortunately my experience is actually pretty benign. I’m in a sort…
The school curriculum must focus on learning, not indoctrination
Calls to mandate what is described as ‘consent education’ in the national school curriculum represents the most recent example of…
Scott Morrison is being convicted of the crime of being a decent man
Compare the pair: Scott Morrison and Bill Clinton. Morrison, a prime minister undergoing a horror stretch of what seems a…
You reap what you sow: why Christian Porter may lose his defamation case
You may recall the Attorney-General’s appearance on Q&A in 2015. There Christian Porter metaphorically threw all male victims of domestic violence…
The Greens’ education policy is already paying dividends
Another Sunday, another piss and wind mailout to the Greens Party membership and camp followers — but one with a…
Stumblin’ Joe Biden: what I know about women
Biology is no match for ideology in Joe Biden’s America, where the President this week insisted “there’s not a single…
Sunday means Spectator Australia TV
Sunday is Spectator Australia TV, so what are you waiting for? Sit back and enjoy the latest show, featuring special…
For those who dare because it’s there
Russia is a weird place – not that anyone can blame them. It is an insane landmass, brutalised by geography…
The Greens: if you don’t go commando a child in Africa will die. Or something
My parents used to encourage me to eat my vegetables because “there are children starving in Africa”, as if my…
Quotas are trash
I’m sorry, but being in possession of a pair of chest-feeders should not double as a political qualification. There is…
Daniel Andrews’ monument to madness
The Premier of Victoria has morphed into a monument maker. The bricks and mortar of this statue are the vanity…
Flood plains are for – gasp – floods
Natural flood plains form where floods spread silt and mud in river valleys. Being flat, fertile, picturesque and usually supplied…
A letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, Former Liberal staffer Terry Barnes’s partisan attempt to blame sexist abuse in Parliament House on my government’s hiring…
Biden does a Merkel on illegal immigrants. Oops
In 2015, Angela Merkel opened her heart — and Europe’s borders — to all comers wanting refuge and/or a better…
We’ll have a gay old time, but there are other matters to discuss
By now everyone in the country knows about the petition to change the name of Street’s Golden Gaytimes. We at…
Teaching continues to go backwards
If ever the public needs additional evidence as to why Australia’s education system is either flatlining or going backwards based…
Of droughts and fires and floods
We all know Dorothea Mackellar’s famous words. More recently, Tim Flannery has told us our dams would never fill again…
The Woke and the Woeful
Forget the sun-kissed LA glamour of the Bold and the Beautiful. How about the latest in that other Californian soap,…
Here’s a disaster area. Oh. And some floods, too
If the Morrison government loses the next election, yesterday will likely be seen as the day the rot really started…
“You get the politicians you deserve” has never been more insulting
Hundreds of New South Wales families are being evacuated from flooded homes. Meanwhile, our political advisors are busy jerking off…
Why you’re stuck with lower wages (unless you’re a public servant)
The past 12 months have exposed the deep and dangerous division between the two Australias, one comprised of mainstream Australians and…
Sexual predators in Parliament? Name names, Lidia
If you define sexual harassment as a split second unwanted male gaze, don’t be surprised if you see attack everywhere. You’re sure to be “harassed” walking…
Nero walks in Western Australia
In 64 AD a great fire swept through Rome, destroying much of the city. The Emperor of the time, Nero,…
