Race card
Although much has been written about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah Winfrey (perhaps Jerry Springer would…
This week on Spectator Australia TV
Here it is – the latest episode of Spectator Australia TV and CounterCulture. While you’re there don’t forget to subscribe…
Cover 6 March 2021 AU
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Presumed innocent
Scott Morrison has famously declared that he has no time for fighting the culture wars and that ‘free speech never…
Welcome to Spectator Australia TV
We’re excited to be launching Spectator Australia TV and CounterCulture, a new weekly web show and podcast presented by Institute…
Stand by for Spectator Australia TV
You’ve just enjoyed today’s Outsiders — and there’s more to come. More to come very, very soon. Stand by for…
Cover 27 February 2021 AU
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Dear Speccie reader,
These are exciting times to be a reader of, and subscriber to, The Spectator Australia, not to mention being its…
Cover 20 February 2021 AU
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Speccie? Banned!
Well, we must be doing something right. In banning the beleaguered Liberal backbench MP Craig Kelly for seven days, the…
Zucked! How to get your fresh SpecOz updates
Like the rest of the Australian media, our benevolent overlord Mark Zuckerberg has decided to exile us from his kingdom,…
Cover 13 February 2021 AU
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PM damages his brand
‘Free speech never created a single job,’ a sanctimonious Scott Morrison once informed the nation, forgetting of course that his…
Cover 6 February 2021 AU
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Flawed democracy
In an interesting report by Catherine Philp in the UK Times, we learn that the coronavirus has seriously damaged democratic…
Cover 30 January 2021 AU
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Funny things at the forum
Every pandemic has a silver lining. This week, we were spared the spectacle of Davos Man (and Woman) jetting into…
Cover 23 January 2021 AU
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Spare us the Australia Day antics
Even the most loyal Australian could be forgiven for having a sense of foreboding at the approach of Australia Day.…
Cover 16 January 2021 AU
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Covid maniacs running the asylum
It seems passing strange that the Victorian government’s arbitrary detention of its citizens, desperately flying home after Christmas, appears to…
Cover 9 January 2021 AU
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One and free? If only we were
The paradox of our age of abundance, is that we fret incessantly about scarcity, and yet, like the wisdom of…
Cover 19 December 2020 AU
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Normal normal
After one of the most gruelling and troubling years of the last few decades, the one thing most of us…





























