What the PM should have said
Malcolm Turnbull’s speech notes mysteriously fell into the hands of...
Abbott’s sliding doors
As his latest writing demonstrates, things should have turned out very differently for the former PM
Attack the 18C disease, not the symptoms
Conservative commentators railing against the latest aggrieved and offended victim are missing the real target
Child’s play
In Australia there are tens of thousands of emotionally stable, financially secure but medically infertile people. As much as they…
Tony’s Shy Tories
Malcolm Turnbull is fooling himself if he doesn’t recognise the silent support for Tony Abbott
Can Turnbull win over Tony’s tradies?
Where Tony Abbott understood the tradie heartland, Malcolm Turnbull may appear aloof and out-of-touch
The Mornington after Budget night
Tony Abbott’s change of budgetary and political tack has re-invigorated his loyal supporters
Right wing hunting pack
Was it really all that wise for the conservative commentariat to hound Tony Abbott?
No Aussie knighthood for Winston
It was Churchill’s stuff-ups, rather than his successes, that made Australians who we are today
Darkness descends on Patterson Lakes
Tony Abbott must heed the lessons of the Liberal loss in Victoria
Clowns to the left, Jokers to the right
Those who critisise the Coalition from the Right for lacking ideological purity do Tony Abbott a disservice
But would you have a beer with them?
Forget KPI’s and opinion polls - the only measure of a pollie is their Beer-factor
It’s time to stop funding ‘elite’ sports
Australia’s performance at the Commonwealth Games has exposed what a waste of taxpayers’ money it all is
Tony the tradie can fix it
How to sell the budget to the ordinary bloke
Diary
Here in Patterson Lakes — Melbourne’s Mecca for cashed-up tradies and tattooed ladies — Tony Abbott has an image problem.…
End the Age of Entitlement
Stop the reckless and feckless profiting at the expense of the more prudent who subsidise their follies
The Spectator correctly predicted that Australia would regain the Ashes
Australia have regained the Ashes, much to the dismay of the British side. But did the Spectator predict this might happen…
