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Modern Art: an ugly reflection

1 May 2023 6:30 am

Art is a reflection of civilisation. How apt then, that the last time I wandered beside the Arts Centre in…

Albanese vs. Dutton: where does the real leadership merit lie?

1 May 2023 5:15 am

I can’t be the only one tired of the sycophantic way in which the Prime Minister and his government are…

Naivety threatens Australia’s future: the danger of racial bureaucracies is real

1 May 2023 5:00 am

The naivety of so many well-meaning commentators conveniently glossing over the racial nature of the Voice proposal in the Uluru…

Mandates are, and always were, immoral

1 May 2023 4:00 am

There is a brilliant freely accessible short story The Lottery written by Shirley Jackson in 1948. The Hunger Games is the contemporary version.…

Government: the problem or the answer?

30 April 2023 6:00 am

I have long believed that growth, prosperity, progress, and ultimately personal fulfillment are not created by government or any group…

The achievements of Captain James Cook are a story for the ages

30 April 2023 5:30 am

This year, on 29 April, it was 253 years since Captain James Cook landed at Botany Bay. Despite the obvious…

Recall Election legislation is desperately needed for rogue politicians

30 April 2023 4:00 am

One legislative mechanism that would enable voters to annul the term of politicians who go rogue or fail to represent…

China’s Mafia capitalism – the Marxist challenge

29 April 2023 2:43 pm

Here’s a challenge for Australian Marxists. It can be assessed that the ‘success’ of the Chinese Communist Party is, in…

Straight out of Marcuse

29 April 2023 5:00 am

‘The education of all children, from the moment that they can get along without a mother’s care, shall be in…

Alan Jones: the sporting blazer brigade strikes again

29 April 2023 4:00 am

If Paris still exists by 2024, after the disgraceful rioting and vandalism that have taken place in recent weeks –…

Biden needs to reassure South Korea

28 April 2023 1:50 pm

This week, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is visiting Washington to mark the 70th anniversary of the US-South Korea…

Australian universities are failing: James Allan, in conversation with Will Kingston

28 April 2023 6:00 am

Our universities must address academic bias, poor administration, and toxic campus culture.

Albanese’s infamous ANZAC speech

28 April 2023 5:00 am

A first-time Prime Minister making a gaffe in his first ANZAC Day speech can be overlooked. A first-time Prime Minister…

A devastating truth

28 April 2023 4:30 am

Every now and again you come across someone who has genuine authority, no self-interest at stake, nothing to gain, but…

Criticising CEO salaries is envy; what about raising workers’ salaries instead?

27 April 2023 6:00 am

Inside many an individual runs a stream that ever so often rises to flood and bares the green-eyed monster. And…

Australia has an immigration problem, and it’s tearing the country apart

27 April 2023 5:00 am

‘The rental market right now is currently utterly f**ked,’ reads a post currently trending on r/Sydney, a Reddit board devoted to…

The solution to the Liberals’ electoral malaise

27 April 2023 4:00 am

Suppose you have saved your whole life. These savings have been invested in areas such as property or in the…

Albanese is making life harder for mainstream Australians

26 April 2023 2:05 pm

While Australians were ensconced in the Easter long weekend, the Albanese government announced that would not be extending the low-…

Help? What’s that?

26 April 2023 6:00 am

I have found myself sitting in gutters a number of times in my counselling psychology career. There is some kind…

Spectator TV Australia: with Andrew Neil and Alan Jones

26 April 2023 5:00 am

Spectator Australia TV is back! Based on the UK Spectator TV’s The Week in 60 Minutes, Spectator Australia TV brings all…

It’s ‘Groundhog Day’ for the Religious Discrimination Bill

26 April 2023 5:00 am

On November 4, 2022, the Attorney-General, the Hon Mark Dreyfus MP, asked the ALRC to recommend reforms to the law…

Fear and loathing in post-Covid Australia

25 April 2023 8:00 am

Three years ago, I was approached at a pub in Brisbane by a television station reporting on the mask mandates…

Australian productivity growth lowest in 60 years

25 April 2023 6:00 am

Last month the Productivity Commission (PC) revealed that Australian productivity growth on the decade to 2020 was the lowest in…

Australia’s Korean War 70 years on

25 April 2023 4:30 am

As we approach the 70th anniversary of the Korean Armistice Agreement (July 27, 1953), it is timely to reflect on…

Wartime history reduced to dust

25 April 2023 4:00 am

Australians are about to celebrate Anzac Day and honour those who fought and died in all fields of conflict, including…