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Standing on principle
Is reality slowly dawning on the Prime Minister? Has his wilful and egregious myopia towards all matters cultural and ideological…
Race card
Although much has been written about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah Winfrey (perhaps Jerry Springer would…
Presumed innocent
Scott Morrison has famously declared that he has no time for fighting the culture wars and that ‘free speech never…
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Speccie? Banned!
Well, we must be doing something right. In banning the beleaguered Liberal backbench MP Craig Kelly for seven days, the…
PM damages his brand
‘Free speech never created a single job,’ a sanctimonious Scott Morrison once informed the nation, forgetting of course that his…
Flawed democracy
In an interesting report by Catherine Philp in the UK Times, we learn that the coronavirus has seriously damaged democratic…
Funny things at the forum
Every pandemic has a silver lining. This week, we were spared the spectacle of Davos Man (and Woman) jetting into…
Spare us the Australia Day antics
Even the most loyal Australian could be forgiven for having a sense of foreboding at the approach of Australia Day.…
Covid maniacs running the asylum
It seems passing strange that the Victorian government’s arbitrary detention of its citizens, desperately flying home after Christmas, appears to…
One and free? If only we were
The paradox of our age of abundance, is that we fret incessantly about scarcity, and yet, like the wisdom of…
Normal normal
After one of the most gruelling and troubling years of the last few decades, the one thing most of us…
The madness of Green Kean
The New South Wales Liberal government of Gladys Berejiklian has embarked upon the most reckless and unprecedented assault upon the…
Sco Mo, the Chamberlain of the culture wars
During the second world war, a group of English-speaking Japanese female radio broadcasters, collectively known as ‘Tokyo Rose’, spread Japanese…
Pillars tremble
At what point do conservatives within the Morrison government say ‘enough is enough’? The ever-leftwards drift of the party once…
Perrottet’s perilous prestidigation
The return of The Crown on Netflix has brought us an excellent performance of the Iron Lady according to The…
It ain’t over ‘til it’s over
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have declared themselves the winners of the US presidential election; news which should fill many…
Votes in the balance
As we go to print the US election hangs in the balance. Both candidates have made late night speeches; one…
Josh shreds Donut Dan
In Victoria this past week, the word was ‘donut’. Or to be precise, double donut: two consecutive days of zero…
Professor Sutton’s curious memory
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton is the public face of Covid-19 in the Lockdown State. It is Professor Sutton…
The Peta Principle
In 1969, Canadian academic Laurence Peter defined what came to be known as the Peter Principle: a person in an…
Speccie vs Stasiland
This week’s budget is a tale of Covid-induced devastation. Instead of being Back in the Black, there is a deficit…
‘Albo’ Andrews
The corona virus has had many unintended and unexpected consequences, with the real damage being not so much the medical…
Say goodbye to freedom
If Victoria avoids becoming a Marxist failed state, it may very well be because of The Spectator Australia’s contributor Ian…
Dog days
‘I feel a bit like a dog returning to eat its own vomit,’ explained Victoria’s Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius, to…
