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Budget conjuring trick
The Federal Budget process is no more than a conjuring trick to ensure the next election results in a high-taxing,…
Keep the roots of Western Civilisation healthy
Last year’s same-sex marriage campaigns prompted Australians to think deeply about one of the principal institutions underpinning civil society. But…
Parklife
During more or less the whole 20 years that my wife and I have lived in the Blue Mountains we…
Evil vs dumb
The great US columnist Charles Krauthammer once noted this truth about contemporary political life in America: ‘To understand the workings…
Little Alfie
The questions around little baby Alfie’s death aren’t going to go away. They raise a timely and extremely important issue.…
Observations from the grave
This is the winner of the 2017 Spectator Australia Thawley Essay Prize, the theme of which was ‘The great Australian…
Feeling Carr-sick
What gives with Bob Carr? Why, for that matter, has so much of the Left in the democratic world turned…
Translating Energyspeak
A little over a decade ago former Labor speechwriter Don Watson wrote a series of books bemoaning the decay of…
Aux bien pensants
Beria born again in the usa You could have thought the central feature of French President Macron‘s visit to Australia…
Business/Robbery etc
So what’s new? Twenty years ago, Westpac’s then boss, Bob Joss proclaimed: ‘Banks face shutting down entire divisions of business…
Australia under attack from political correctness
Douglas Murray in The Strange Death Of Europe argues that ‘Europe is committing suicide’ as a result of enemies within…
Potty Greens
The push for recreational cannabis legalisation in Australia has recently received energetic support from Dr Di Natale and his band…
The Parisites
Last month it was two years since world leaders converged with self-congratulatory ceremony and chilled champagne to sign the multi…
Murphy’s lore
Murphy – the Australian Ballet’s tribute to choreographer Graeme Murphy, surely their brightest star – kicks off with a scene…
Dark truth behind white lies
If we look at the former British colonies of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and South Africa, we can see several…
Save Liddell or let Abbott do it
Responsible for Australia having the world’s most expensive electricity and gas, the least thing the Turnbull government could do is…
Australia, a failing state
According to the UN’s definition, ‘failed states’ are political entities that demonstrate little or no ability to provide their citizens…
Menzies, the banks and Liddell
The appalling behaviour of the banks and insurance companies, exposed in testimony to the banking Royal Commission, is nothing new.…
Whatever happened to conservation?
When I was a pre-schooler my mother enrolled me in the WA Junior Naturalists’ Club. We met in a basement…
Cut!
The Australian screen industry’s recent ‘Make it Australian’ campaign – complete with petition signed by local heavyweights like Cate Blanchett…
Zhe who must be obeyed
In the memorable words of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (no, students, you’ll have to Google him, old white guy with a…
Harlotry in the collective of collectives
Who controls the mainstream media? Baldwin famously declared that moguls like Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook did, exercising power without…
Adventures on Thought Crime Island
Britain has broken out the banhammer and is coming after your favourite comedians. It’s also decided words matter more than…
Trump’s red line
One of the revelations of the 14 April military attack on three government sites in Syria by the United States,…
Manipulating Facebook
Judging by the way Mark Zuckerberg was cross-examined before Congress last week, you’d think Facebook was on the brink of…
