In defence of Liz Truss’s ‘fairytale economics’
One of the key dividing lines of the current Tory leadership contest concerns economic policy. The gap between the candidates…
Non-birthing parent Adam Bandt angers mothers
Sperm-donor and non-birthing parent Adam Bandt – who problematically refers to himself as ‘dad of two’ in his social media…
Big Pharma: a petroleum-dependent industry under attack by climate warriors
There is a war brewing between the socialist-lite mask-wearing kids who demand free healthcare and the socialist-lite mask-wearing kids gluing…
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Latter-day Luddites
Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio certainly has chutzpah. This week she demanded the Australian Energy Market Operator be given stronger…
Why I’m glad the Libs lost
Team Morrison presided over the worst abuses of our rights in our history
The strange death of Liberal Australia
It’s a long road back for conservatives who lost the culture wars
Victoria – state of fear
Police persecute Covid critics without oversight or accountability
Green mischief
From Sri Lanka to Holland, the road to hell is paved with emissions reductions
Business/Robbery, etc.
Problems with the Greens real agenda
Crony time
Big business, unions and government cut cosy deals to suit themselves
The Godfather
It was Shinzo Abe who nudged India into the Quad
Force for good
Shinzo Abe sought to militarise Japan to defend democracy
Trump’s legal eagle is candid
There may have been irregularities in the processing and counting of ballots that warranted official investigation
Call of the wild
It’s fascinating to hear that Warwick Thornton––who took the world by storm some years ago with that knockout indigenous film…
Aussie life
Sport has always played a big part in Australian life, but in the interests of diversity it would be wrong…
Language
No sooner had the words ‘blue murder’ appeared on the cover of this august journal than a Speccie reader was…
Elites run cover for genocidal criminals
Our leaders have forgotten the sacred promise: ‘Never Again’
Some like it hot
Mary Wakefield on Katia and Maurice Krafft, who loved volcanoes and each other
Where the wild things aren’t
Where the Crawdads Sing is based on the bestselling book (by Delia Owens) that I picked up from one of…
The right note
What’s behind Africa’s love affair with country music?
Acid test
Many years ago a man on the end of my cigarette stole my soul. Mr Migarette (for such was his…
Smoke and mirrors
I go back and forth on tobacco companies. On the one hand, they are merchants of death. On the other,…
Let them drink fizz
There are composers who are known for a single opera, and there are operas that are known for only a…
Portrait of the week
Home In the contest for the leadership of the Conservative party, Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi were the first of…
