Our energy farce
What a mess! Australia has the world’s largest readily available supplies of coal, gas and uranium yet our power prices…
Australian letters
Odious Sir: It is typical of the sloppy zealotry of your Australian edition, which is so at odds with the…
The conservative case for SSM
Is there a credible conservative case for voting Yes to same-sex marriage? This critical question has been addressed by, among…
The Great Cultural Swindle
Forget about the ‘culture wars’. What Australia, and indeed the West, is now being subjected to, and in many ways…
Australian letters
What’s the question? Sir: Will the wording of the postal plebiscite be set to harvest a ‘Yes’ vote to distort…
Burqas and bigots
When the first pictures emerged of Afghan women celebrating the demise of the Taliban by scornfully tearing off their blue…
Australian letters
Foreign head of state Sir: Neil Brown does a Tony Abbott and conflates republicanism with every socialist cause he can…
Frazzled
Soon it will be raining barbequed chook in Port Augusta, thanks to the latest madcap scheme by the Turnbull and…
Nice is overrated
It’s time that conservatives stopped being so damn nice and finally decided to stand up for what they believe in…
Gaggle of gays
It beggars belief that at a time when all Liberal guns should be squarely focussed on the destructive ‘tax and…
Healthy scepticism
As we pointed out last week, if the Liberals wish to win the next election they can do so easily.…
Australian letters
Stats 101 Sir: Jeremy Sammut’s discussion (July 15) of Tim Soutphommasane’s argument that “equality of opportunity is a myth in…
Freeze out the bedwetters
The next federal election is a shoo-in for the Coalition. This statement may appear counter-intuitive, but is nonetheless true. The…
Australian letters
Disraeli switches gears Sir: Malcolm Turnbull’s statement that Liberals are not Conservatives finally settles a question that has puzzled me…
Party pooper
Last week, while in London accepting an award for Australia’s ‘non-discriminatory’ immigration policies, Malcolm Turnbull made his now infamous Sensible…
Australian letters
Hot stuff Sir: If Dr Williamson of East Anglia wishes to be taken seriously then he should refrain from using…
Recognising murder
The flags will unfurl, the crowds will cheer, the bands will play, an explosion of red, green, black and white…
Marriage of connivance
‘Loose lips sink ships’ was the famous Second World War phrase which accurately warned of the dangers of allowing careless…
Australian letters
Denialist Sir: David Williamson (‘Oceans apart’, 17 June) shows that the planet is dynamic and many natural processes are not…
Trouble in Libland
The clock is now ticking on Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership. He currently faces active resistance from more than a score of…
Australian letters
Lucky Sir: The customer attempting to have a good time in a gloomy pub (cartoon 03/06/17) should consider himself lucky.…
The Finkel farrago
By what authority does the Turnbull government believe it has a mandate to lay waste to the economy and destroy…
Riding the multiculti wave
‘Dirty Enoch Powell said to the immigrants, immigrants you better get back to your commonwealth homes,’ rapped Paul McCartney, as…
The Voice
After a decade of muddle-headed thinking by the so-called Recognition movement, their confusion best summed up by Speccie columnist Gary…
Australian letters
Double whammy Sir: David Flint complains about the way the media treats right-wing leaders (‘Worth losing the base?’, 20 May)…
