What to do?
First, let’s list the obscenities, of which there have been so many (not including, of course, the Parisian atrocities themselves).…
Inconceivable
Here we go again. Almost twenty years after it almost brought down John Howard in the 1998 election, the Great…
Inconceivable
Here we go again. Almost twenty years after it almost brought down John Howard in the 1998 election, the Great…
Unforced assimilation
Finally, it would appear, we are beginning an honest conversation about the assimilation of Islamic cultures into mainstream Australia. This…
The Wentworth Warbler
A one-eyed satirical view from the Point Piper undergrowth Oh dearie me. As the media from here to Widgiemooltha nauseatingly…
Cover 7 November 2015 AU
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Unforced assimilation
Finally, it would appear, we are beginning an honest conversation about the assimilation of Islamic cultures into mainstream Australia. This…
Cover 31 October 2015 AU
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Fine moments
What a shame that Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull never found a way to work effectively together. Or to look…
Australian Letters
Foraging natives Sir: Simon Collins is right about England supporters’ world class barracking [Spectator. Oct 24th]. Having wasted my youth…
Fine moments
What a shame that Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull never found a way to work effectively together. Or to look…
Cover 24 October 2015 AU
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Back to the future
With luck and prudent decision-making, the Coalition government will ride comfortably high in the opinion polls up to and beyond…
Australian letters
Harsh words Sir: Noreen J. Pryor’s harsh words and insinuations about Rowan Dean in particular and the Spectator in general…
Straight to the heart
Muhammad Salah, or Abu Rajab as his mates call him, is what you might call a ‘firebrand cleric’. Even, possibly,…
Australian letters
Machiavellian Mal Sir: Spring has arrived! The shackles of Winter have been broken, the blossoms are blooming, the sun is…
Straight to the heart
Muhammad Salah, or Abu Rajab as his mates call him, is what you might call a ‘firebrand cleric’. Even, possibly,…
Lingua malcolma
There is a breath of fresh air that has wafted through our political system over the last three weeks, ushering…
Australian letters
Conspiracy theory Sir: What happened to the Letters page in this week’s issue? What was the reason for its non-appearance?…
Through gritted teeth
Many questions remain in the wash-up of the House of Cards style coup in which Malcolm ‘FU’ Turnbull plotted over…
Cover 3 October 2015 AU
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Through gritted teeth
Many questions remain in the wash-up of the House of Cards style coup in which Malcolm ‘FU’ Turnbull plotted over…
Cover 26 September 2015 AU
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Australian letters
Tur(n)bulence ahead Sir: I find I disagree with the sentiments expressed in your cover article (Turnbull’s Treachery) of 19 September.…
The Great Communicator
He pauses, he stutters, he umms and he ahhs. Hesitant moments as his hands wave meaninglessly in the air; awkward…
