Columnists Australia
Simon Collins
Like most Speccie readers I am anxious to give public vent to my outrage at police brutality, institutional racism and…
Brown study
You might think that the law is old, stodgy, stuck in the past and opposed to reform. It is all…
Australian notes
Chinese aggression and the New Cold War Over recent weeks commentators both in Australia and abroad have drawn attention to…
Latham’s law
Doomsday to the left of me, doomsday to the right Maybe the social distancing has gone too far. It seems…
Brown study
The Liberal party certainly had a close shave in getting rid of Malcolm Turnbull before the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic hit…
Simon Collins
The uncompromising nature of Australia’s lockdown may well have been inspired by the example set by other countries. Or it…
Latham’s Law
The NSW Wokelys The young lady moved towards the microphone, eagerly accepting her prize. It came with the personal imprimatur…
Latham’s law
The new renewables religion There has been a stirring at Stonehenge. The ancient Inca spirits of Machu Picchu are coming…
Simon Collins
Some people like to round off a meal with a glass of brandy and a cigar; others settle for coffee…
Latham’s law
Turnbull: Adam Bandt in a better suit The problem with reviewing Malcolm Turnbull’s book is where to begin. How about…
Latham’s law
Feral Abacus versus Godzilla Paul Keating christened him the Feral Abacus but now John Hewson has become a Doomsday Clock.…
Simon Collins
People who shout and gesticulate while walking unaccompanied though city centres used to be called nutters. But we now have…
Latham’s law
It’s been the Year of Living in Lockdown. First the wretched bushfires smoked us out so badly we had to…
Australian notes
It’s almost always a binary political world Have you ever wondered what Malcolm Turnbull’s version of the Golden Rule might…
Simon Collins
After the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics, the postponement of the 2020 Tour de France couldn’t have taken many people…
Brown study
I seem to be the only person in this country who is not cock-a-hoop about the lavish government package to…
Brown study
The Liberal Party Economic Research Unit, operating from its bijou office in Karl Marx House in Canberra, has been responsible…
Australian notes
Imagine, no Magna Carta All over the world, millions of people are being subjected by their respective governments to an…
Simon Collins
‘What did you do in the war, grandad?’ ‘I stayed in.’ If this really is a war, as we are…
Brown study
What with all the monumental stuff-ups by the public authorities in the campaign against coronavirus, it is not surprising that…
Brown study
As you know, the Spectator Australia Social Research Unit, operating behind heavily fortified premises in Canberra, has long been involved…
Australian notes
Everybody loves borders now What do Justin Trudeau, Jacinda Ardern, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the crazier fringe of the Greens party (here…
Simon Collins
I began my self-quarantine last week, after returning from London, but it wasn’t until five days later that the symptoms…
Biden is it
Give me sleepiness
Australian notes
Let’s be a lot more sceptical towards China
