Qualities of a leader
Decisiveness. Perseverance. Effectiveness. These are the three key words being bandied around by the world’s top diplomats to describe Australian…
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You read it here first
In the digital age, weekly print magazines are not supposed to break stories, especially before the actual events have taken…
Cover 19 July 2014 AU
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Hip, hip hooray for Tony Abbott’s carbon tax repeal
Barring any more sudden Ricky Muir-like surprises, it looks as if the Senate will repeal the carbon tax; so allow…
Cover 12 July 2014 AU
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Our best newspaper
In polite company, it is now well known that the Australian’s claim to be the best newspaper in Australia is…
Cover 5 July 2014 AU
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Mugged by reality
When American neoconservatives rose to intellectual prominence in the 1970s, they were invariably described — not least by themselves —…
Cover 28 June 2014 AU
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Spectator letters: Islamophobia, breast-feeding and Bach
Malcolm was hopeless Sir: The attempts by Mungo MacCallum (‘Turnbull lives on’, 7 June) and Richard Ferguson (‘One of us’,…
Hillary and us
So it was the quail what done ’er in. Asked to give an example of the ‘outrageous sexism’ that brought…
Spectator letters: The trouble with religion, alternatives to HS2, and whisky-drinking dogs
Old cabby’s tale Stephen Rommei’s London cabby story (Diary, 7 June) reminded me of catching a cab one cold night…
Tanya powder keg
Yet again, Tanya Plibersek has shown herself ill-equipped for the critical and sensitive portfolio of foreign affairs. Launching into a…
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Unrepresentative swill
Once again a majority of Australian voters find themselves in the infuriating position of having their clearly established wishes frustrated…
Morrison and the critics
Every Australian government since Ben Chifley’s has defined our immigration policy in terms of guaranteeing border control and an orderly…
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Get serious about debt
‘This is something we have to take seriously.’ So said Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson in his post-budget address to business…
Spectator letters: America as a genetic experiment, and a gypsy reply to Rod Liddle
An independent policy Sir: James Curran’s review of my book Dangerous Allies (‘Radical nationalist’, 17 May) showed a significant and…
Cover 24 May 2014 AU
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Two cheers for Mr Fraser
Many Liberals and conservatives have been disgusted by Malcolm Fraser’s lurch to the Left since he lost office in 1983.…
Letters
Degrading tribalism Sir: It’s hard to ignore the irony that a week after my receiving the praise of…
