Flying colours
Five weeks ago, amid the tempestuous climes of mid-January, we threw down the gauntlet for our Prime Minister to prove…
Cover 20 February 2016 AU
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Australian letters
Inebriated Sir: Dr Tanveer Ahmed’s intemperate rush to make refugee advocates the main culprit for the plight of people in…
Australian letters
Inebriated Sir: Dr Tanveer Ahmed’s intemperate rush to make refugee advocates the main culprit for the plight of people in…
Flying colours
Five weeks ago, amid the tempestuous climes of mid-January, we threw down the gauntlet for our Prime Minister to prove…
Cover 13 February 2016 AU
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Malcolm’s masterplan
Perhaps it’s been Malcolm’s cunning masterplan all along. And here’s how it works: spend month after month raising all sorts…
Australian letters
Promoting Kevin Sir: I agree with Neil Brown that Kevin Rudd’s narcissism, activity without achievement etc. make him the perfect…
Australian letters
Promoting Kevin Sir: I agree with Neil Brown that Kevin Rudd’s narcissism, activity without achievement etc. make him the perfect…
Malcolm’s masterplan
Perhaps it’s been Malcolm’s cunning masterplan all along. And here’s how it works: spend month after month raising all sorts…
Cover 6 February 2016 AU
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The cost of freedom
‘Military madness’, sang Graham Nash, ‘is killing my country.’ That was back in the ‘70s when US and Australian forces…
Australian letters
Madness Sir: I always enjoy The Spectator book reviews. The review by Terry Barnes on Jeremy Sammut’s excellent book The…
Australian letters
Madness Sir: I always enjoy The Spectator book reviews. The review by Terry Barnes on Jeremy Sammut’s excellent book The…
The cost of freedom
‘Military madness’, sang Graham Nash, ‘is killing my country.’ That was back in the ‘70s when US and Australian forces…
Culture defeat
Could somebody please disband the miserable committees whose ‘job’ it is to select the so-called ‘Australian of the Year’? No…
Australian letters
Punishing failure Sir: Once I finished chuckling at Neil Brown’s words on Christopher Pyne’s NPC plan for encouraging innovation in…
Cover 30 January 2016 AU
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Culture defeat
Could somebody please disband the miserable committees whose ‘job’ it is to select the so-called ‘Australian of the Year’? No…
Malcolm in the Middle (East)
‘The destruction of Isil requires a military solution – it requires boots on the ground. But they must be the…
Australian letters
Dunreadin Sir: As a Spectator subscriber, I read every issue from cover to cover. Sadly I often find myself wondering…
Cover 23 January 2016 AU
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Turnbull’s test
One of John Howard’s greatest strengths (among the very many) was his ability to hold together the various fragments (we…
Cover 16 January 2016 AU
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Turnbull’s test
One of John Howard’s greatest strengths (among the very many) was his ability to hold together the various fragments (we…






