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The Spectator Australia book club has saved our members hundreds of dollars by recommending books that you should not buy…
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A week ago on this page, courtesy of The Spectator Australia Neil Brown Centre for Shamelessly Cynical and Opportunistic Corporate…
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Takin’ it to the streets Although public protests have exploded in the last few months in some Western countries, there…
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‘Daddy, what did you do in the Great Pandemic?’ People are getting ready to answer this question for when things…
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In the Cancel Culture Revolution now under way, the role of woke corporations continues to defy rational belief. Even the…
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Vision of justice ‘Justice is the end [goal] of government. It is the end of civil society,’ argued James Madison,…
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Since my column confessing to a lifetime of white supremacy and worshipping at the altar of colonialism, many readers have…
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Yes, black lives do matter. But let’s have some honesty… The greatest failing of the Black Lives Matter movement in…
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Time to cancel cancel culture If I were ever asked, and I won’t be, I would urge the government to…
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In the leftist jihad against laughter, an important point has been overlooked. For as long as anyone can remember, the…
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Is it racism or the obsession with racism that is costing indigenous lives? Where’s the outrage regarding the high death…
Simon Collins
Like most Speccie readers I am anxious to give public vent to my outrage at police brutality, institutional racism and…
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You might think that the law is old, stodgy, stuck in the past and opposed to reform. It is all…
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Chinese aggression and the New Cold War Over recent weeks commentators both in Australia and abroad have drawn attention to…
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Doomsday to the left of me, doomsday to the right Maybe the social distancing has gone too far. It seems…
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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…
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The NSW Wokelys The young lady moved towards the microphone, eagerly accepting her prize. It came with the personal imprimatur…
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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…
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Turnbull: Adam Bandt in a better suit The problem with reviewing Malcolm Turnbull’s book is where to begin. How about…
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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…
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It’s been the Year of Living in Lockdown. First the wretched bushfires smoked us out so badly we had to…
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It’s almost always a binary political world Have you ever wondered what Malcolm Turnbull’s version of the Golden Rule might…
