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Welcome home: a tale of quarantine
“This is a five-star hotel. I can tell you, the food is great.” he said. “I get the same food as yous get.” …
Beware the Dan trap
Melbourne businesses are preparing to open up — what’s left of them — and Victoria’s Stockholm Syndrome is in full…
Rupert Murdoch doesn’t dominate our media. He stands in the way of total left control, hence the hate campaign
For the left, Rupert Murdoch truly is an, if not the, Antichrist. He has been so before Trump and is…
When will WA Labor lift the Iron Ore Curtain?
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is hopeful Western Australia will re–open by late December. No doubt that will be on…
Danandrewstan opens – in a way that only the people who created the problem to begin with could arrange
Daniel Andrews loves his facts and figures. At his press conference today, he seemed proud that it was 139 days…
ABC staff confirm their selfishness and self-obsession
The number one rule of consumer media is to understand your audience – unless you work at the(ir) ABC. The…
Palaszczuk’s punt: baristas or the bush
Once again, conservative Queensland voices stand alone and well apart from the madding crowd. While almost every other political body…
Why Danandrewstan remains a disaster zone, in 15 words
Well, whaddya know? Danandrestan didn’t open up further today because of the latest clusterfuck involving its health bureaucracy, that group…
Did a lack of diversity in the commentary box spoil your grand final too?
It was difficult to sit through the AFL grand final knowing all the television commentators were white. I had been…
We have a crisis of good governance – and it’s not just in Victoria
As weeks go, the one just past has been a shocker — and not just for Victorians still in the…
What the ACT election results tell us about our rulers in the Bubble
Last weekend’s ACT election results have again revealed how out of touch our nation’s capital city is with mainstream Australians.…
EXCLUSIVE: Are the ADF’s pandemic operations breaching its own guidelines?
The Spectator Australia has seen a copy of the Defence Department’s un-redacted Defence Assistance to the Civil Community manual which…
Our very woke Wallabies
Having gotten rid of their star black player, the Australian rugby team is set to take a knee at the…
National Water Week reveals a policy drought
This is National Water Week. Its theme is “Reimagining our Water Future”. Proclaiming water to be one of the seven…
Judgement time
When does an error in judgement cost someone their job? It depends. If it is Gladys Berejiklian, you are safe. If…
The Murdoch Royal Commission is one man’s inadequacy
There is an unpleasant screaming and stamping of feet coming from aisle three where a toddler has been divested of…
Was Judas the world’s first socialist?
While readers of The Spectator Australia may not usually find themselves immersed in discussions of the Bible and theology, they would routinely have waded into important contributions here on…
Wake up before the Woke wear you down
These are strange days when a woman cannot stand up for women’s rights. It is wrong. The bra-burners of the…
Because curfews went down so well in Victoria, didn’t they, Deb?
The politician vying for Queensland’s top job has promised to make people even less free if they vote for her…
What second wave?
I have a bee in my bonnet about the universal description of Victoria’s Wuhan virus travails as a ‘second wave’. …
Gladys Berejiklian sounds like something out of Seinfeld
The medieval literary classic, The Decameron by Giovanni Boccoccio (1313-75), has nothing on the sordid tryst between the New South…
The Cox Plate cock-up: another sign Dan Andrews’ crew is headed for the knackery
Another day, another cock-up, by Dan Andrews’ shambolic government. This time it was the ‘essential industry’ of horse racing that…
The Greens don’t have a prayer of getting away with their hypocrisy on church numbers
Nothing makes Leftist heads explode like Christian leaders who venture an opinion outside the four walls of the church. So…
Happy International Pronouns Day!
Get your GLAAD rags on, roll out the rainbow skittles and get ready to party. On second thought, you’d better pour yourself a stiff drink before…
Victorian Labor: the walking dead
As a group, the Victorian ALP is politically walking dead. It cannot win the next state election in November 2022. …