Lies are spoken often and freely in public policy debates. But they seldom bear the scrutiny which inevitably comes their…

Supporters of same-sex marriage predicted a ‘campaign of hatred’ would be unleashed by the proposal’s opponents. That’s why Bill Shorten…

If the Walkleys had a Most Humorous Headline category, ‘No bias at the ABC vows new chairman’, would surely take…

Australia’s housing prices are astronomical. Indeed, compared to local salaries, Australian cities are among the world’s most unaffordable places to…

Dictators in the modern age have become very adept at buying friends and reliable apologists. They are praised for their…

As we approach Holy Week (or as some call it, the Easter holidays), I was prompted to remember the principal…

This year’s centenary of the 1917 Revolution always had the potential to expose underlying but usually concealed friction within the…

God knows why, but I found myself browsing that Humans of New York website yesterday. Terrible site. It’s basically emotional…

The Whitlam government’s decision to lay out the welcome mat to communists we had been fighting in Vietnam for almost…

Around this time in March each year, millions of people in developed countries spend 60 minutes of their lives reeling…

Nearly sixteen months after Dyson Heydon handed down his final report following the Royal Commission into Trade Union Corruption, Malcolm…

Now and again the world gets a real life opportunity to catch a glimpse what would happen if the inmates…

The “Infidel” Ayaan Hirsi-Ali is coming to Australia on a speaking tour in April and she will be exercising her…

TRIGGER WARNING: Mansplaining. Women can’t seem to catch a break these days. As if dealing with the catcallers, creeps and…

I’m a bit turned-around on a rather major point of public discourse, dear reader, and am hoping you might walk…

Following a long campaign the government is finally moving to reform Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, a legal provision…

On Wednesday, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club and CoalSwarm released the 2017 edition of Boom and Bust: Tracking the Global Coal…

From The Age website, earlier this evening. As John McEnroe used to say: “You cannot be serious!” Got something to…

There’s been plenty written about 18C in the past few months with many media organisations and personalities coming out strongly…

In a move that has left many jaws on the floor, and steam blasting out of ears, former prime minister…

The Turnbull government’s proposed changes to section 18c don’t go all the way, but they’re a pretty good start. Yesterday, Prime…

The Vocal website probably doesn’t figure large in Spectator readers’ minds. Indeed, it doesn’t figure large at all. It’s not…

Too many problems in modern Australia country have been either created by our ruling political class or made significantly worse by…

No one doubts Malcolm Turnbull is intelligent. But is he smart? Some commentators attribute the government’s popularity malaise to some…

On the pages of The Sydney Morning Herald (of course), an ANU climate scientist (of course), Sophie Lewis, agonises whether…