Welcome to the land of the authoritarian
The right to proselytise, to preach, to seek to convert people to your religion or point of view, to stand…
Don’t blame Trump for this disaster – blame the Libs
Let me be crystal clear: the decision to distance the Liberal Party from Donald Trump was an unmitigated disaster. Anyone…
The ABC’s climate change humiliation ritual
There is now a religious ritual that the ABC performs, a set of words that an individual must utter to…
Federal Election set for May 3rd
So it begins. The most important five weeks of our lives. The Australia that is born on May 3rd will…
Vale Kevin Andrews
It is with great sadness that we learned today of the passing of our brilliant columnist Kevin Andrews, who also…
Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad thanks Australia
Ghazi Hamad, leader of the terror group Hamas, appears to have warmly welcomed Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Prime Minister…
It was the Speccie wot won it
This magazine alone said No to the Voice from the very start
Congratulations Australia!
Congratulations Australia. You made the right call. Congratulations to all of you ‘No’ volunteers and voters, and all who ran…
The girl from Sderot
Israel is at war. In 2014 I visited Israel, thanks to the NSW Board of Deputies and the Australia/Israel and…
How dare you?! Rowan Dean on Noel Pearson’s speech
We had two speeches recently for the ‘No’ side of the referendum. Warren Mundine’s speech – which was superb. Tony…
Rowan Dean: Government doesn’t work and can’t close ‘the gap’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may not have had time to read the fine print of the Uluru Statement from the…
Shackled to the demons of history?!
Let’s talk about Captain James Cook. One of the greatest mariners and scientists of all time, Cook arrived on Silver…
Rowan Dean: ‘What is Woke?’
I’ve always fancied myself as one of those Christmas Cracker riddle writers – what a great job that would be……
Barry Humphries and ‘The Speccie’
‘But is it publishable, Rowan?’ That was the last exchange I had with Barry Humphries, on the phone earlier this…
Conservative Australians should be very angry
John Howard was a conservative. He won, again and again and again. Tony Abbott was a conservative. He won a…
Rowan Dean: We don’t need a Voice because we already have one
As readers know, I occasionally like to be the bearer of good news and today I am delighted to tell…
Vale, great soldier
Along with the rest of Australia, I awoke this morning to hear the news of Senator Major-General Jim Molan’s passing…
Vale Her Majesty The Queen
The Spectator Australia is deeply saddened and shaken by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at 96 after…
Giving racism an Aussie voice
Our beloved country under Labor’s proposed ‘Voice’ will become one gigantic apartheid state. Australia will boast apartheid and racial segregation…
The bastards of Australia’s pandemic tyranny
The behaviour demonstrated by political leaders and public health officials within Western democracies will linger to their eternal shame. There…
BoJo – the schizophrenic conservative
Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister of Great Britain. Boris was a great friend of Australia who even spent…
Rowan Dean’s election comment
Scott Morrison and the Coalition did not lose government last night. They lost it on November 1 last year, when…
My questions for the Royal Commission into Covid…
Senator Pauline Hanson has been pushing for a Royal Commission into the government’s handling of Covid, and demand for one…
Christian Kerr’s funeral - livestream
Christian Kerr’s funeral is being livestreamed today. Service at 11 am. Click on the link below to watch: https://livestream.com/accounts/8710393/events/10002428 Got…
Christian Kerr’s funeral
As we advised recently, the editor of Flat White Christian Kerr passed away in his sleep a fortnight ago. Christian’s…
