Cover 5 April 2014 AU
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Joe’s Thatcherite message
The greatest accolade that can be granted to a public figure is not a knighthood, an OA or any such…
Our Watergate?
When we say the drama surrounding Arthur Sinodinos’s dealings at Australian Water Holdings brings back memories of Watergate, we do…
Cover 29 March 2014 AU
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Letters
That’s not entertainment Sir: How very disappointing — and quite shocking — to see The Spectator Australia (15 February) featuring…
The Bolt crucible
Yes to free speech, no to racism. It should be a pretty simple formula but, of course, the devil is…
Cover 22 March 2014 AU
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Consumer vs taxpayer
Remember Kim Carr’s dire warning: ‘The government has effectively signed the death warrant on Australia’s last fresh-fruit cannery, ensuring the…
Cover 15 March 2014 AU
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Is Tony Abbott a dry?
At six minutes past eight on the evening of Monday 3 March, the camera panned unexpectedly off the face of…
Letters
Long Labor Sir: The insightfully worded editorial ‘The Sins of Craig Thomson’ (22 February) has historical echoes. The original ‘Blind…
Cover 8 March 2014 AU
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Politics is not a blood sport
Mocking, abusing or vilifying Labor leaders is morally repugnant. Mocking, abusing or vilifying Liberal leaders is cool. Such is the…
Letters
Oh, the horror! Sir: I think the enthusiasm of Dean Bertram for genre horror and sci-fi films (‘Terror Australis,’ 15…
Cover 1 March 2014 AU
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Breaking windows
Smash! Don’t say we didn’t warn you. As one energy-reliant manufacturer after another shuts up shop; as our energy prices…
Cover 22 February 2014 AU
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Creative destruction
In Labor’s telling, the decision by Japanese Toyota executives to pull the plug on their Australian operation is Tony Abbott’s…
Australian letters
Keep the Lord’s Prayer Sir: Chris Ashton has outlined three reasons why recitation of the Lord’s Prayer should be removed…
Cover 15 February 2014 AU
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The trouble with Aunty
The image of the benign, slightly fuddy-duddy old eccentric has been wrong for some time. But in recent weeks, the…
Cover 8 February 2014 AU
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Rogues gallery
There seem to be an awful lot of rogues out there. When it became clear that corruption allegations against former…
Cover 1 February 2014 AU
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Letters
Too right wing Sir: I have been a subscriber to The Spectator since the early Eighties. Like many readers I…