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Green Eurocrats threaten our industries
The EU has long sought to impose its carbon dioxide abatement policies on the rest of the world. A major…
Blood in the water
Tibet is a glass of water balanced at the top of the world. It occupies the crumple zone leftover from…
Labor won in the West for all the worst reasons
Sometime towards the end of 2008, former Prime Minister John Howard came to Perth to give a speech on human…
No wonder ScoMo’s cautious
“We’ve been on narrow paths before, colleagues, and we’ve walked them together,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison told the joint Coalition…
Victorian Liberal MPs: you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things
Earlier today, a motion to spill the Victorian opposition leadership of Michael O’Brien failed to get the numbers after challenger…
How singer Sam Smith cancelled himself
In a classic case of unintended consequences, non-binary singer Sam Smith will find himself neither here nor there when awards…
Cancel culture and the left’s long march
Last week Manchester University in Britain published a ‘Guide to Inclusive Language’ that proves, once again, how successful the cultural-left…
The war on ‘normal’
The long arm of cancel culture now threatens to reach over the shower screen to police any politically-incorrect thoughts we have as…
March of anger is a political power play, nothing more
Today, thousands of people took part in 40 planned rallies across Australia, supposedly to demand action on “violence against women”. But, here’s the…
Why did Cormann get the top job at the OECD? His track record shows he won’t upset woke globalists
Having gone to considerable lengths in lobbying for one of our very own, former finance minister Mathias Cormann, to become…
Christian Porter sues the ABC: time to defund the left-wing circus
So, here we are — our national broadcaster is now firmly at war with the elected government of this country. …
Everything you need to know about the Coalition’s Newspoll “setback”
“A dose of Newspoll reality for Coalition”, the front page of The Australian reads today. Let’s take the figures that…
Opening up — not shuttering — markets will drive Australia’s post-COVID 19 recovery
Opening up — not shuttering — markets will drive Australia’s post-COVID 19 recovery. Despite this, many still doubt the merits…
About the OECD, Mathias…
As an Australian citizen, I would like to wish Mathias Cormann all the best at the OECD. I can only…
The WA Liberals have only themselves to blame
Tomorrow, 15 March, in 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated. In Shakespeare’s homonymous play a fortune teller warns Caesar of…
Spectator Australia TV, this week featuring Maurice Newman, Andrew Bushnell and the man himself, Rowan Dean
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Two big questions and two observations from the West
It wasn’t that long ago that a Western Australian landslide win — for the Liberals — was called at just…
Mathias Cormann owes his big break to Tony Abbott
I’ve known Mathias Cormann the better part of twenty years. When I was a senior adviser to Tony Abbott as…
Sydney University chooses to chase cash, not quality
There is an old and proven saying: Personnel is Policy. You hire the person best suited to implement your strategies…
The sinister push for rape star chambers
Wake up, people! I know most of you have had a gutful of watching zealots impose mob rule on our…
Time to put Andrew Hastie in the frontline
It’s becoming increasingly clear that Defence Minister Linda Reynolds may be unable to continue in her role, with her problems…
A reminder: the drama won’t stop in the West tomorrow
Tomorrow’s Western Australian state election should be dramatic enough — and there is likely to be more drama next Friday.…
An ‘independent inquiry’ into Christian Porter will mean the rule of law is over
Last week, an alleged historical rape by a current federal cabinet minister hit the headlines. In the following days, Attorney-General, Christian Porter, held a press conference to confirm…
Three rules for young staffers – and a better Canberra
Rules are awesome. They are a safety net that minimises risk to ourselves and to others. They give us a…
The tourism cash splash: message to ScoMo’s spine – where the bloody hell are you?
For those of you who have woken to the news this morning that the Commonwealth Government has announced a special tourism…
