Customer satisfaction surveys
The mindless pursuit of smugness
Banning of political parties and reasonable debate
Two possible consequences of the new hate speech legislation
What would Menzies do?
Switching parties as a way to rebuild conservatism
Why Australia’s new ‘hate speech’ bill threatens our national security
The adoption of legislation that adversely affects, even prevents, free speech has been of increasing concern in Australia. Next week,…
The teenage economy
850,000 teenagers participate in the economy
Evisceration of Western Civilisation
We wrote The Battle for the Soul of Western Civilisation in the sincere hope of alerting our fellow citizens to…
The terrifying theft of knowledge
Reading and critical thinking: vanishing skills?
‘Racism’: The most abused word in political discourse
Among the disgraceful comments made by left-wing politicians and social activists after the assassination of Charlie Kirk is the claim…
The Israel-Iran war: the moral failure of a policy of neutrality
The Israel-Iran war has generated bizarre commentary from the Australian government. The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, indicated that the two…
The Liberal Party’s women problem
While Australians are worried about the housing shortage and how to pay expensive electricity bills, the Liberal Party frets about…
Law schools as a tool of social engineering
Janet Albrechtsen has written an informative and powerful piece on the infiltration of Indigenous ideology in Australia’s law schools. She…
The rise of civil conflict
In his address to the 61st Munich Security Conference, American Vice President, JD Vance, said of the magic of democracy:…
Why the Australian Human Rights Commission must be abolished
The Australian Human Rights Commission recently published a report entitled Collateral Damage: What the untold stories from the Covid pandemic…
Ukraine: the cost of peace
The confrontational meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and President Donald Trump (and Vice-President J D Vance) has dominated…
Totalitarianism lurks beneath hate crime laws
In Australia, there are many ‘bad laws’ that seek to criminalise, rather than promote, free speech. For example, at the…
Australia: a land divided into tribes
One knows that an election is looming when the Prime Minister criss-crosses the country and promises to dole out money…
Dutton’s omissions matter
On Sunday, 12 January 2025, Australia’s Federal Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, in a widely reported speech, made a compelling case…
Australia’s swansong for free speech
Why the Senate should defeat the Misinformation and Disinformation Bill
The strange death of Western Europe
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s convincing win in the American presidential election, a lot of balderdash has been expended…
A Harris Presidency: no cackling matter
President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation made a most curious comment about the forthcoming American election. He indicated that…
The death of free speech in the West
Preserving free speech is essential to protect democracy. Indeed, no society can be authentically democratic if only a few privileged…
The abolition of marriage: who is to be blamed?
Australia has been allowing same-sex marriage since 2017, when the government of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull adopted legislation allowing people…
Australians should celebrate the return of Assange
The return of Julian Assange to Australia has undoubtedly been the dominant news item during the last couple of days.…
Is Assange’s predicament a reason for conservatives to disagree?
On May 31, 2024, Alexandra Marshall, in her informative email message to subscribers of The Spectator Australia, noted that: ‘Assange…
Australia’s global advocacy for the suppression of free speech
The Australian government has recently announced its plan to rejuvenate its contentious ‘misinformation and disinformation’ legislation, which had been shelved…
