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In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.

We have done it before, let’s do it again

9 June 2023 5:00 am

I have previously argued that the Australian economy is headed down a ‘steep hill to the creek of insolvency’. Something…

It’s the economy stupid! Albo is heading the way of Gough and Rudd

9 June 2023 4:00 am

The Albanese government came to power promising lower electricity prices, lower inflation, and higher wages. One year on, we have…

‘Unity in diversity’ – why not here? 

8 June 2023 5:30 am

During his most recent sojourn in Indonesia, Prime Minister Albanese may have found time to notice that nation’s national slogan…

Balancing public health and human rights

8 June 2023 5:00 am

The International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005, which finds its roots in the International Sanitary Conference 1851, is a legal instrument…

The myth of the environmentalist

8 June 2023 4:30 am

Augusto Zimmerman recently gave us an excellent treatise on the history of the culture and politics of the environmental movement. I didn’t…

The elevation of women to male peaks

8 June 2023 4:00 am

The crowd gathered in the open-air tourist bus were overwhelmed by the massive granite wall towering over us in the…

The Hydrogen rainbow, hope or hopeless?

7 June 2023 7:00 am

The hydrogen balloon may be deflating for mining companies. Twiggy Forrest touts hydrogen as some kind of saviour for the…

A sham referendum?

7 June 2023 5:00 am

In the oppressed world, ‘sham elections’ are held to reinforce loyalty to the ruling party. Despite the illusion of choice,…

The case for conservative comedy

7 June 2023 4:30 am

Australia and the UK have a long, storied history of comedy. It has produced some great performers. However, one must…

A demand for transparency on $26 million grant for gender diversity research

7 June 2023 4:00 am

$26 million in public money has been set aside – in the middle of a financial crisis – specifically for…

Generation deepfake: too much technology?

6 June 2023 5:00 am

Let’s face it – as the world evolves, advancements continue to be made in the technological realm. While some may…

The meaning of treaty, rejection of unity, and a two-state system

6 June 2023 4:00 am

Victoria, Queensland, and South Australia are in the midst of signing treaties with Aboriginal bodies and the other states of…

The war on opinion

5 June 2023 7:00 am

For many decades, reputable newspapers have published an opinion page with every edition. Two designated spaces of prime real estate…

The race of life is dead

5 June 2023 6:00 am

Spectator Australia readers will remember the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. The editor titled the piece, This is Freedom. In…

Australia, don’t go back into the status jungle

5 June 2023 5:00 am

Australia’s proposed movement towards creating a third category of employee (by way of granting ‘employee’ rights to gig workers) is…

The totalitarian roots of the anti-human environmentalist cult

5 June 2023 4:00 am

The modern environmentalist movement is often compared to a pantheistic religion. It certainly contains a vision of sin and repentance…

Rowan Atkinson: our honeymoon with electric cars is coming to an end

5 June 2023 1:00 am

Over a decade ago, fans of BBC’s Top Gear will remember when it was Rowan Atkinson’s turn to have a go…

Double Shot Ep5: John Ruddick on the Covid Royal Commission

4 June 2023 12:40 pm

This week, John Ruddick renews his call for a Covid Royal Commission to investigate the behaviour of governments and health…

Spectator TV Australia: Ramesh Thakur on the protection of children from globalists

4 June 2023 10:52 am

Episode 6: This week, Ramesh Thakur shares with us his story regarding the protection of children from global bureaucracy and…

Progressive censorship is headed down the same path as the ‘Rushdie bounty hunters’

4 June 2023 10:15 am

Salman Rushdie did not die. Attempts to murder the author have been numerous, but Hadi Matar is the one charged…

I am what I am – a family man

4 June 2023 5:00 am

‘I am what I am – a family man. Mother, father, brother.’ Fleetwood Mac, 1987. Are we allowed to say…

Do not surrender to feminism’s dystopia

4 June 2023 5:00 am

‘The war between the sexes has ended, and rather than a co-operative future that could benefit all, it has turned…

Petition to save Calvary Hospital surpasses 33,000 signatures

4 June 2023 4:00 am

An Australian Catholic hospital’s petition against an unprecedented hostile takeover by the Labor/Green ACT government has reached over 33,000 signatures. Without…

The Daily Wire stress-tests Elon Musk’s commitment to free speech

3 June 2023 8:41 pm

It has been a wild few days on Twitter after the Daily Wire, with its 1.7 million followers, posted Matt Walsh’s…

The resilience of the populist ‘strongman’

3 June 2023 5:00 am

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a presidential election runoff last Sunday, extending his rule into a third decade. Erdogan,…