Lyle Shelton

The successful failure of the Australian Conservatives

23 June 2019 5:00 am

In 1946 Winston Churchill declared to the British Conservative Party leadership what he believed to be its “main objectives”. Topping…

Why this Conservative believes Fraser Anning couldn’t be more wrong

20 March 2019 11:51 am

I was working out of a coffee shop in Cairns overlooking Trinity Inlet when my Twitter feed went nuts with…

Third party insurance against another decade of political failure

10 January 2019 2:33 pm

Economic and social decline looks set-in as our lost political decade morphs into a second with no end in sight.…

“Progressive” ideas didn’t win Victoria, conservative ideas went missing

28 November 2018 7:32 am

I don’t believe for one moment that Daniel Andrew’s stunning election victory means Australians are converts to “progressive” politics. Does…

Liberals lead charge against parental choice

19 October 2018 9:05 am

Warnings that freedoms would be lost if same-sex marriage was passed were ridiculed every day during last year’s debate. Ten…

One Nation should place principle over populism

10 May 2018 12:34 pm

One Nation’s decision to side with Labor and populist Senate cross-benchers to block the Government’s plan to reward effort through…

Why Australian Conservatives will not split the centre-right

23 February 2018 9:32 am

Go or stay? That is the question for disenchanted Liberals pondered by The Spectator earlier this month. Nationals’ supporters may…

What would Menzies make of marriage equality?

6 August 2017 7:39 am

What would Sir Robert Menzies have made of attempts to conscript his name to the cause of redefining marriage in…