Will Labor fears force big business back to workplace reform?
The federal election campaign is underway. We already know the Big Unions will forcefully advocate for industrial relations changes, but…
Patronising the arts
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When you see Bob Brown protesting, usual suspects, it’s Adani
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Without the Mueller probe, Trump is sunk
For so long, Democrats thought that the Mueller investigation would bring down President Donald Trump. The truth could be the…
Johnson enters the race
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Democrats are tearing themselves apart over Trump – again
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted, public report is nearly a week old, but the Democratic party in Washington is still…
The AMA’s comic crew get the vapours
Those who have been to Venice have probably witnessed some form of Commedia Dell’arte, an improvised form of comedy where…
Smokin’ Joe Hildebrand: Bible school dropout
In what must surely come close to the modern-day equivalent of having committed career suicide, journalist Joe Hildebrand has converted…
If one scientist was enough for Einstein…
How many scientists do you need to demonstrate to policymakers in words they can understand that CO2 is not a…
CBD: Palmer and Shorten, blood brothers fighting for the workers
Our perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: Recent polling suggesting a surge of newfound popularity for Clive Palmer gives CBD comfort…
Magical mystery tour or highway to hell for Labor’s big red bus?
Pollsters stay at home on long weekends, but anyone watching Bill Shorten’s magical mystery tour on the big red diesel…
Why it’s all too white in Westeros
The old leftie George R R Martin discovers that you can never be woke enough. Because the world of the…
Three myths about equality Labor wants you to believe
Labor leader Bill Shorten is running under the motto — “A Fair Go for Australia” — but is his party…
Backwards & Forwards: happy clappy happy
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Hope will rise out of the ashes of Notre Dame
‘Great edifices, like great mountains, are the work of centuries,’ wrote Victor Hugo in Notre-Dame de Paris. ‘The man, the…
Portrait of the week: Brexit party launches, Assange is arrested – and Notre Dame burns
Home Although the latest date for Brexit had been postponed by the European Council until Halloween, 31 October, the government…
Roger Scruton: Should I forgive the journalist who got me fired?
I travel back from London with the St Matthew Passion filling my head, after the moving performance from the Elysian…
Israel and the UN
From ‘Israel’s Candidature’, The Spectator, 22 April 1949: Israel’s application for UN membership received a chillier reception than had been…
Marriage is becoming more like it was before Christianity
The Christian church ordained that marriage, a sacrament imparting divine grace, was for life. In 1857, the state enacted its…
Who has hidden in an embassy for longer than Julian Assange?
Embassy endurance Julian Assange was thrown out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, seven years after seeking sanctuary from extradition…
Letters: Britain needs HS2
Moaning minnie MPs Sir: I was recently quoted in the Sun newspaper in a story about how MPs were reacting…
What would happen if the Gospels were judged in a history contest?
This week, the Wolfson History Prize announced its shortlist. It is always worth drawing attention to, precisely because it is…
Brexit failure will cost the Tories – whoever their leader is
One of the oddities of this parliament has been that, despite everything, the government has remained ahead in the polls…
Why conservatives can’t survive in government
I had mixed feelings about the sacking of Roger Scruton from the government’s Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, following comments…
My friend’s death taught me what Easter really means
The bravest thing I’ve ever seen was 93-year-old Albert’s decision to die and the days after in which he stuck…
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