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Latham’s law

5 February 2022 9:00 am

Covid bedwetters have run out of beds to wet In Australia we haven’t got a Punxsutawney Phil but nevertheless, our…

Australian notes

5 February 2022 9:00 am

Selling the dying Great Barrier Reef With the recent A$1billion announced to save the ‘dying’ Great Barrier Reef, I wonder…

Australian notes

18 December 2021 9:00 am

A great reset of one’s own When the last long New South Wales lockdown was imposed, I was probably exhausted.…

Latham’s Law

4 December 2021 9:00 am

Wokely awards Covid has denied Australia many essential freedoms but it hasn’t been able to stop the 2021 NSW Wokely…

Australian notes

4 December 2021 9:00 am

The unbearable lightness of lying Ever since French President Emmanuel Macron told a credulous Australian media that he doesn’t think,…

Australian notes

13 November 2021 9:00 am

Zut alors! The French have not forgiven the English for Brexit. As Clément Beaune, France’s Minister for European Affairs, said…

Latham’s Law

6 November 2021 9:00 am

The calamity that is net zero Climate change is the longest-running show in Australian politics. But for one group in…

Australian notes

6 November 2021 9:00 am

The great dumbing down While cleaning out some boxes the other day I came across one of my old school…

Australian notes

30 October 2021 9:00 am

Glasgow: where frail nations go to die I know a thing or two about terminal illness, and it seems to…

Australian notes

16 October 2021 9:00 am

What would happen after a loss? Here’s an important question to ponder. What direction would the federal Liberal party take…

Australian notes

2 October 2021 9:00 am

The human rights industry exposed If there is one thing this Covid pandemic has shown us it is the hollow…

Australian notes

25 September 2021 9:00 am

How the thoughts of Xi led to the subs deal An independent inquiry into the persecution of the Uighurs in…

Latham’s law

18 September 2021 9:00 am

Pull the other one, Dom There’s a lot of talk about what the Australian economy will look like post-Covid. In…

Australian notes

4 September 2021 9:00 am

The new greek chorus: where are the feminists? As a woman of a certain age, it saddens me greatly to…

Latham’s law

28 August 2021 9:00 am

Make Australia adult again

Brown study

21 August 2021 9:00 am

Trying to be original about the disaster in Afghanistan is very difficult. It truly was appalling. First, what a tragedy…

Latham’s law

21 August 2021 9:00 am

The soft underbelly of Australian multiculturalism At the height of the troubles of the Whitlam government its Resources Minister Rex…

Brown study

14 August 2021 9:00 am

The Commonwealth government is at it again, doling out money for a fashionable cause and without any need being demonstrated,…

Latham’s law

14 August 2021 9:00 am

Rupert, keep an eye on your bunny rabbit Obsessiveness is one of the most fascinating and under-reported aspects of human…

Brown Study

7 August 2021 9:00 am

It was very odd that last week, when all the nightclubs and gin palaces of Melbourne were closed, a new…

Brown study

31 July 2021 9:00 am

Sadly, it looks as if the allegation that Australian troops committed war crimes in Afghanistan is true. In fact, here…

Brown study

24 July 2021 9:00 am

Here at The Spectator Australia, we work tirelessly to keep you up to date on developments concerning the great institutions…

Australian notes

24 July 2021 9:00 am

Special Drawing Rights: one step closer to world government Even among this journal’s well-informed readers, how many have heard of,…

Australian notes

17 July 2021 9:00 am

Whitlam’s revenge It is often said that the Whitlam government was in office but not in power. Can the same…

Brown study

10 July 2021 9:00 am

If you need any evidence of the influence of The Spectator Australia, you will find it in the humiliating capitulation…