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Four pillars of the Museum Bob, my husband of more than half a century, was born in Tsing Tao,…
Australian notes
Black-on-black hate The problem of violence in Aboriginal communities is well known to anyone with an interest in Aboriginal affairs.…
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There was something touchingly naïve about the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear…
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Bugger off, Boris I observed, in this illustrious journal, on 5 March 2016 that, if Brexit succeeded, Boris Johnson could…
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I have been making a sort of trial balance on the same-sex marriage campaign; not the nitty gritty of the…
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Here at the Spectator Australia Electoral Reform Unit we are pressing on with our major project to improve the electoral…
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Black lives matter Black tennis player Sloane Stephens won the recent US Open. She beat Venus Williams in the semi-final.…
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What an amazing contrast. Here I am in Bayreuth, Bavaria, to see Richard Wagner’s monumental Ring Cycle, probably the greatest…
Simon Collins
Hate gets a bad rap these days. Children are taught that they mustn’t hate each other, divorcees are counselled not…
Australian notes
Would Bill Shorten’s plan for government take Australia in the direction of East Germany, as Finance Senator Mathias Cormann has…
Australian notes
Shorten must be stopped For once, Malcolm Turnbull’s current travails are not all his own fault. The Prime Minister could…
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On Noel and Richo Last week in the Australian Noel Pearson wrote a piece responding to Graham Richardson’s earlier claim…
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You might think that with the nation mesmerised by the proposal to legalise marriage between consenting New Zealand sheep farmers,…
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LGBTI marriage is not a right. LGBTI marriage is not a right, but freedom of religion, or freedom to disagree…
Australian notes
On my first visit to Darwin twenty odd years ago to cover the annual Aboriginal art awards a number of…
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I was absolutely thrilled to read that Senator Arthur Sinodinos will not be prosecuted by the New South Wales Independent…
Simon Collins
Perhaps there were plans for some tax-payer-funded, public service web content with a catchy, kid-friendly slogan: ‘From eleven to three,…
Australian notes
Inequality is the human condition, Bill Whaddaya mean by ‘tackling inequality’, Bill? Don’t you know that inequality is built…
Australian notes
Sensible centre is for suckers I am going to point to the US, the UK and modern mainstream protestant…
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I am indebted to the public-spirited citizen who sent me the charter drawn up by Male Champions of Change and…
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It looks as if Australia is going well in its campaign to win a seat on the United Nations Human…
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An American in Paris Donald Trump has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Bravo. The remainder, the 146…
Australian notes
On expertise The Wealth of Nations, by the Scottish Enlightenment thinker Adam Smith, is a great book. When you read…
Simon Collins
It has been brought to my attention that many of my closest friends have long-standing connections to communities which have…
Australian notes
Malleable expectations Gary Johns is a fellow Speccie contributor. He’s also a friend. In fact, next month my wife and…
