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Are multinationals now more powerful than the nation state?
If you look outside your window, the world is telling us that neoliberal globalisation has transferred too much power from…
Media botch: The Guardian, The Wiggles — and The Age relies on London to report Melbourne news
Another week in the death of Australian media is off to a strong start. Indeed, it could barely be better.…
When education is a waste of time and money
Think back to university or high school. Were you or your classmates ever left bored or wondering whether one of…
Tinker, tailor, Downer, spy?
It is a great pity that the Australian Senate does not have the same sort of inquisitorial role that the…
Bullying a child isn’t political debate
My great-grandfather, Hugh de Largie was a Labor senator in Australia’s first parliament. He followed Prime Minister Billy Hughes out…
It’s all over for Tony Abbott. Allegedly all over…
Updated: 7:30 pm, September 17 It’s all over for Tony Abbott — or so they claim. Fairfax boy wonder Bevan…
In praise of Peter King
When the news broke that Peter King would seek preselection for his old seat, there was a brief prospect of…
The camera never lies, but Fairfax does
For once, the idiot children at The Age appeared to have a pretty good story this week. They didn’t even…
The non-spy who didn’t shag me
Oh, not to be young and Russian in Washington DC. Politico reports: Nothing prepared the young Russians of Washington for the wintry…
Listen: The full recording of The Anglo-Australian Forum
In a day full of laughs and vibrant, honest debate, a stellar panel explored the trade, political and cultural bonds…
Tiberius on Twitter
So now we know what really motivates Malcolm Turnbull. His tweets from far away New York make it very clear:…
Abortion and the Deep South
In one of the many forgotten decisive moments in the history of the United States of America, the question of…
No basis in bias science
News that the Australian Taxation Office has been running unconscious bias training courses raises the question: why are taxpayers footing the bill…
A Christian’s advice to Christians about our Christian PM
I received an email with suggestions from Scott Morrison’s former pastor to all Australian Christians. I don’t know their name…
Watch: the fun and highlights of Andrew Neil with Nigel Farage, Tony Abbott and John Howard in Sydney
It was a sparkling Sydney harbour that greeted guests at the second Spectator Anglo-Australian Forum. A wonderful crowd of Speccie…
Deep State Downer?
“Russiagate” has its genesis in a strange meeting in London in May 2016 between the then junior policy adviser on…
What religious protections?
When Senator Matt Canavan addressed a conference hosted by the Australian Christian Lobby following the same-sex marriage plebiscite in 2017,…
The inequality storm in a teacup
The idea that economic inequality is a problem — and an increasing one — demanding public policy remedies has taken…
Arresting women for their crimes isn’t sexist – it’s justice
The discrimination industry seems to dwell in a fantasy world we could simply refer to as “Alt Reality”. In this…
Bogans and the bourgeoise must unite to fight rich inner-city progressives
Bogans and the bourgeoise must unite to fight rich inner-city progressives Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has made it clear that…
Yes, we are all very racist indeed
Another week, another supposedly racist Herald Sun cartoon penned by the irrepressible Mark Knight. Didn’t he learn his lesson after…
Morrison and Ming
Returning to hallowed ground of Liberal folklore, Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week chose Albury as the place to reinvoke…
Be an advocate, Prime Minister – not an evangelist
Scott Morrison has made a good start to his prime ministership. He has gone some way to rallying his divided…
Liberals want quality, not quotas
Sorry lefties, but the Liberal Party ain’t ever going to have targets or quotas for transgenders or albinos. If the…
King should succeed the republican in Wentworth
Are the powerbrokers and lobbyists who run the NSW Liberal Party like the Bourbons? Have they learned nothing, and forgotten…
