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

Justice in the internet age

3 March 2021 10:40 am

After days of speculation, and mounting media and political pressure on the Prime Minister and his government to act on…

How the MSM has distorted our perceptions

3 March 2021 4:00 am

Over the years of travelling around the globe and speaking at all sort of forums, Swedish public health expert, the…

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? Sorry, but there’s only one gospel – the Gospel According to Dan

2 March 2021 7:00 pm

Those who accuse the Victorian Government of trying to remove religion from the public square with their so-called gay conversion…

Mark McGowan, the new Prince Leonard

2 March 2021 4:59 pm

Keen observers of Australian politics will recall that on January 31 last year, by decree of His Royal Highness, Prince…

Politicians, advice – and advisors

2 March 2021 4:04 pm

Given the content of this and prior pieces, it is fair to assume that I am a largish consumer of…

Two can play the cancel game

2 March 2021 1:49 pm

Conservatives, can we all agree to stop apologizing for our politics and beliefs? Can we choose to back ourselves, and…

What’s the solution to aged care squalor? Us

2 March 2021 11:49 am

The Royal Commission on Aged Care finally reported yesterday.  The two commissioners, Tony Pagone and Lynelle Briggs, between them made…

Government and little people: the democratic divide in Danandrewstan

2 March 2021 4:00 am

The disconnect between the protected public sector and mainstream Victorians was perfectly encapsulated by the Secretary of the Department of…

Banned: sweet singing in the choir

1 March 2021 7:58 pm

The Sunday before last I went to the basketball where the courtside announcer encouraged us to chant “defence, defence” as…

Why governments secretly love our crazy house and assets boom

1 March 2021 6:08 pm

There’s no inflation.  The experts tell us so.  The Clerics of Martin Place, our highly paid monetary gurus at the Reserve Bank, have declared that…

What will it be for Zak Kirkup?

1 March 2021 3:47 pm

In the book of Ecclesiastes, we are told “there is nothing new under the sun.”  It is true in most…

My mother is stuck overseas because of Covid-19. Now the Tax Office want to punish her for that

1 March 2021 1:15 pm

My mother may have to pay $50,000 in tax because she found herself in Russia during the coronavirus pandemic. She…

Dear Nicolle Flint, we’re all sick of the hypocrisy too

1 March 2021 4:00 am

The list of those saddened by Nicolle Flint’s announcement that she will leave politics is extensive. Residents in her Adelaide…

Welcome to Spectator Australia TV

28 February 2021 5:50 pm

We’re excited to be launching Spectator Australia TV and CounterCulture, a new weekly web show and podcast presented by Institute…

If Craig Kelly wants to strike while the iron’s hot…

28 February 2021 5:35 pm

When he resigned from the Liberal Party last week, Craig Kelly signalled that he would be seeking to highlight the…

The World Economic Forum: ‘lockdowns are improving cities around the world’

28 February 2021 3:52 pm

The World Economic Forum — an economic think tank that thinks it’s great that everything is closed — announced today…

Stand by for Spectator Australia TV

28 February 2021 11:31 am

You’ve just enjoyed today’s Outsiders — and there’s more to come. More to come very, very soon. Stand by for…

EXCLUSIVE: Danandrewstan, when Extinction Rebellion can march on March 22, but diggers can’t on April 25

27 February 2021 1:58 pm

Earlier this month, to the fury of veterans, Melbourne’s Anzac Day March was cancelled for the second year running, with…

Victimhood feminism: whatever happened to empowering women?

26 February 2021 4:16 pm

As a teenage boy who saw his mother beaten and assaulted as a result of domestic violence I’m the first…

Dear Prime Minister, Australia is not a racist country

26 February 2021 1:31 pm

Although I was born overseas I consider myself a very proud citizen of this country. Australia is widely recognised as one of…

Covid-19 jabs: mandatory or voluntary?

26 February 2021 4:00 am

The Covid vaccine rollout has boosted the optimism of many who pin hope of a rapid recovery from the pandemic on the medication’s efficacy. But it is raising important questions around whether it should…

You don’t protect people by destroying their livelihoods

25 February 2021 6:42 pm

You may have seen reports that the UK’s top court has decided that Uber drivers are not independent contractors.  Australian unions are excited…

No Mickey Mouse business. Here’s the Celebrity Climate Change Club

25 February 2021 5:04 pm

Trigger warning: the following article may contain satire.  Before he boarded a private jet to make the journey from Sydney to Byron Bay last…

Victory? We’ve been outmanoeuvred by Facebook and Google

25 February 2021 3:16 pm

The federal parliament has passed the so-called ‘News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code’. Despite the name, and the…

#ScottyFromMarketing – and Ant from Ant’s Used Cars?

25 February 2021 2:30 pm

For what ever reason, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been colloquially named “Scotty from Marketing”. No doubt it is a…