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Australian notes

2 April 2016 9:00 am

The New Atheists – clever, uncompromising, polite – seized the initiative only a few years ago, at least in publishing.…

Consider this

2 April 2016 9:00 am

Unrelenting school lobby   ‘Needs based [school] funding is used as a proxy for arguments for more funding.’ Indeed it…

Simon Collins

2 April 2016 9:00 am

Crosses may have huge symbolic significance for Christians but the physical reality of crucifixion is something most of us only…

Consider this

31 March 2016 2:00 pm

Unrelenting school lobby   ‘Needs based [school] funding is used as a proxy for arguments for more funding.’ Indeed it…

Consider this

31 March 2016 2:00 pm

Unrelenting school lobby   ‘Needs based [school] funding is used as a proxy for arguments for more funding.’ Indeed it…

Australian notes

31 March 2016 2:00 pm

The New Atheists – clever, uncompromising, polite – seized the initiative only a few years ago, at least in publishing.…

Brown study

5 March 2016 9:00 am

After this year’s shambles, I thought I would get in early and nominate Alice Kunek as Australian of the Year…

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5 March 2016 9:00 am

Boris Brexit? The British vote on exit from the EU, commonly known as Brexit, may become Boris Johnson’s entry to…

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3 March 2016 3:00 pm

Boris Brexit? The British vote on exit from the EU, commonly known as Brexit, may become Boris Johnson’s entry to…

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3 March 2016 3:00 pm

Boris Brexit? The British vote on exit from the EU, commonly known as Brexit, may become Boris Johnson’s entry to…

Brown study

27 February 2016 9:00 am

As The Spectator Australia is a journal of record, it should be noted here that Andrew Jones, the former Liberal…

Simon Collins

13 February 2016 9:00 am

Working my way back to Australia after a long exile in the US, I stop off in London the day…

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6 February 2016 9:00 am

Australia was invented Malcolm Turnbull appeared on Channel Ten’s The Panel on Australia Day. Panellist, Waleed Aly chided the PM…

Brown study

6 February 2016 9:00 am

I don’t know what made me change my opinion so dramatically on a certain matter of public interest that has…

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4 February 2016 3:00 pm

Australia was invented Malcolm Turnbull appeared on Channel Ten’s The Panel on Australia Day. Panellist, Waleed Aly chided the PM…

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4 February 2016 3:00 pm

Australia was invented Malcolm Turnbull appeared on Channel Ten’s The Panel on Australia Day. Panellist, Waleed Aly chided the PM…

Brown study

23 January 2016 9:00 am

As our Prime Minister has observed many times, there has never been a better time to be alive, what with…

Australian notes

16 January 2016 9:00 am

In an occasional self-deprecatory moment the late Sir John Kerr liked to tell the story of his visit to London…

Australian notes

14 January 2016 3:00 pm

In an occasional self-deprecatory moment the late Sir John Kerr liked to tell the story of his visit to London…

Brown study

9 January 2016 9:00 am

I am sorry to have to tell you this, but anarchists are not what they used to be. I reluctantly…

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9 January 2016 9:00 am

Greens determine Labor response The Australian Greens will determine the ALP’s response to the Trade Union Royal Commission. If Labor…

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7 January 2016 3:00 pm

Greens determine Labor response The Australian Greens will determine the ALP’s response to the Trade Union Royal Commission. If Labor…

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7 January 2016 3:00 pm

Greens determine Labor response The Australian Greens will determine the ALP’s response to the Trade Union Royal Commission. If Labor…

Australian notes

2 January 2016 9:00 am

The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards in Sydney the other day was an entirely different bouilloire de poissons from the presentation…

Manchester reunion

2 January 2016 9:00 am

One of the enduring benefits of emigrating at an early age is that you are not expected to attend school…