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Why we’ll all pay for South Australia’s bank heist
The South Australia state parliament is in recess for a fortnight. It’s time for Premier Jay Weatherill and his bullish…
The crucial left/right divide
Forget all the recent talk about labels and who gets to wear the tag of ‘centrist’ or ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative’…
No conservatives, thanks; we’re liberals
Last night I went to sleep on the right. I must have tossed and turned a lot because when I…
The renewables creation story
To recap: the nation’s embrace of renewables has caused widespread blackouts, businesses to close, the indigent to seek shelter in…
Won’t somebody please think of Menzies’ child?
I’m going to bury my lead here, but it’s for the good of the story. Earlier today Australian Taxpayers Association…
Turnbull’s just Dizzy
Well, Malcolm Turnbull did it on Monday in London. He took Tony Abbott’s bait and weighed into the moderate v…
How many of Malcolm’s centrists will be on the booths come polling day?
I’m no Crosby-Textor, but if Malcolm Turnbull was wondering what the recipe for electoral success is, it certainly isn’t telling…
The gloating season
This is Labor’s gloating season. The time when the latest Newspoll tells us the Coalition’s primary vote has slipped from…
Gore blimey! Al’s that for a stack?
Want to have some innocent merriment at the expense of the man who put the cash into climate catastrophe, Al…
The other side of rights
There’s something quite disconcerting about modern society’s preoccupation with rights movements and the Trudeauan, technocratic snobbery that seems to come…
Why should the rich have free public schools?
We all know the school stereotype. Government schools are full of disadvantaged students and struggling for money, while overfunded wealthy…
G20: our greatest moral challenge is preserving the West
The main news headline to come out of the G20 seems to be, in essence, that “The United States’ influence…
Yassmin and Tim, from migrant to migrant, please stop whinging
Dear Yassmin and Tim You know your incessant whinging about how horrible Australia is? As a migrant to fellow migrants,…
Brave Badham’s “Battle of the Bulge” against Trump
Politically correct feminism just keeps getting funnier, folks! These days, rants from its most zealous true believers are so jaw-droppingly…
Theresa May and three heresies
There’s still a whole lot of libertarian grand-standing going on about the British general election, much of it predicated on…
“Guten tag! Welcome to Hamburg!”
“Really Lucy, it’s quite frustrating. I was hoping to get away … get away from we-know-who and his rants, I…
The Donald delivers the speech we’ve been waiting for
Aficionados of The Spectator will know that entries in the 2017 Thawley Competition have opened, with a tasty $5000 prize…
Is Turnbull planning a lightning strike against Abbott?
The Tony Abbott insurrection against the moderate overlords of the parliamentary Liberal party continues. ‘I am a member of the…
Julia Gillard, you’re fired
It was ridiculous before it began: then she began and it spiralled into something hideously currish. Julia Gillard is not…
Does losing faith in religion really mark a new dark ages?
There are so many things that we lose on our passage through life: innocence, virginity, youth, looks, patience, temper, love,…
Gratuitous advice from a humble Liberal branch member
Dear Malcolm As a conservative member of the Liberal Party, I want you to succeed. I genuinely do. The alternative…
Gillard’s Trump Twitter claim leaves mental health lobby beyond blue
Newly appointed Beyond Blue chair Julia Gillard is already embroiled in controversy. Discussing Donald Trump’s Twitter habits on ABC’s Lateline,…
Male suicide has nothing to do with politics. Apparently…
The Sydney Morning Herald has been quick to report a half-yearly update on domestic violence. In a blizzard of statistics, there…
Dear Prince Harry, about those worries…
Last week I was detailing to my uncle the current Prince’s malaise with his occupation, my uncle replied with at…
Multiculturalism as a weapon
For most average people in the street, including most of the ordinary proponents of it, multiculturalism simply means more of…
