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Australian notes

15 March 2025 9:00 am

With a new generation devoted to TikTok, X/Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat, Australia is poised to become the first country to…

Australian notes

8 March 2025 9:00 am

A Chinese naval flotilla perambulating down the east coast of Australia sends two messages. One is, ‘Here we are and…

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1 March 2025 9:00 am

You may not know it, but I am well-known in progressive circles for my work as a conservationist and a…

Australian notes

1 March 2025 9:00 am

Given the recent release of the 2024 Closing the Gap Annual Report and 2025 Implementation Plan, I thought I would…

Australian notes

22 February 2025 9:00 am

Australia has some beautiful buildings. Some of the most beautiful are in the Gothic Revival style, such as William Wardell’s…

Brown study

8 February 2025 9:00 am

My loyal readers have told me I should end my uncharacteristic silence on the war in Gaza. They are right.…

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25 January 2025 9:00 am

Here at the Joseph Stalin Centre for Law Reform – and before we go any further, we do not want…

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18 January 2025 9:00 am

High in the Snowy Mountains, just past Turnbull’s Leap, is a secret and heavily guarded facility named Alboland, designed to…

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11 January 2025 9:00 am

Looking back over the last political year, I could not help but reflect that we certainly send some interesting representatives…

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4 January 2025 9:00 am

The spirit of Christmas came to me last week in a very real but unexpected way. I had given myself…

All I want for Christmas is… to make Australia great

14 December 2024 9:00 am

Merry Christmas, Aussie Spectators! Yes I know December is not looking too Chrissie prepared, with rising electricity costs, aircon over…

Australian notes

7 December 2024 9:00 am

In October, Choice magazine published an article claiming that food in shops in remote Aboriginal settlements was twice as expensive…

Australian notes

30 November 2024 9:00 am

On 30 November Britons and Australians alike celebrate the 150th birthday of a great, but largely forgotten man: Winston S.…

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23 November 2024 9:00 am

Before looking at Marvellous Melbourne again, I want to note and praise the decision made yesterday in Washington on the…

Australian notes

23 November 2024 9:00 am

The conflict in Gaza has, paradoxically, caused the greatest problems in Australian public debate for the politically correct class who…

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16 November 2024 9:00 am

As you know, we are always happy to report on appointments conferred on the former statesmen who have been so…

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9 November 2024 9:00 am

Marvellous Melbourne will give a closer focus to what is happening in that wonderful city and what we can learn…

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17 August 2024 9:00 am

At long last, there is a case for social reform that I can support. I do not normally get behind…

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10 August 2024 9:00 am

This is the story of the column I almost wrote, but which was overtaken by events. It all started a…

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22 June 2024 9:00 am

There are few issues of public interest that have aggravated me as much as the recent defenestration of Peter Costello.…

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18 May 2024 9:00 am

One aspect of life that keeps me awake at night is my concern that our readers who do not live…

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11 May 2024 9:00 am

Here at the Spectator Australia Political Research Institute we have been grappling with the most contentious issue that is currently …

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6 April 2024 9:00 am

I have been much taken by recent opinion pieces in the media that people are drifting away from the established…

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30 March 2024 9:00 am

I hope you will allow me, just for this week, to mention an essentially personal matter. On 19 March, I…

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16 March 2024 9:00 am

I would be a poor columnist if I continued with my monk-like silence on the war in Gaza. It is…