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The unmentionable problem with Labor’s electric car plan
With the federal election campaign underway in all but name, the stars have been aligning for a move to the…
Now we know how the SMH and Age will define “mainstream” in the election
Boy. Boy oh boy oh boy. Channel Nine’s left wing tabloids have really jumped the shark. “Reparations for black Americans:…
The Coalition needs a bazooka to stop Shorten. Try this one…
In my Backwards and Forwards column on Monday, I said that if Bill Shorten gave a barnstorming, grievance-pandering, promise-laden speech…
Play on Labor’s ground, surrender the advantage
The 2019 Budget has been a budget that satisfies everyone but pleases no-one. It has proved to be a Labor-lite…
Ten reasons why we’re being denied the truth about Planned Parenthood
Do you know what is one of the most revealing films that won’t be shown in Australian cinemas this year?…
What about immigration, Scott, Josh?
When Australia goes to the polls sometime and the Coalition is likely defeated, as the 50 straight Newspoll losses would…
More an epitaph than a budget
Looking at the reaction to Josh Frydenberg’s first budget, its beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It has…
What’s woke this week?
Wokeworld this week invoked cheese in the fight against Trump, introduced therapeutic cuddle parties for men to fight toxic masculinity,…
Numptynomics
Looks like a slightly startling Sloane Ranger mummy (or Simon Le Bon) from 1981, sounds like a student trot mixed…
A campaign launch disguised as a budget
It’s like nothing we’ve ever seen before. In other words, it’s business as usual in Australian politics – business as…
Roxane Gay’s toxic feminism
On Sunday night in Melbourne an event was held that was supposed to be a discussion/debate between Christina Hoff Sommers…
Scott and Josh’s tax sham surplus shame
After over a decade of abysmal federal budgets, Scott Morrison is set to announce a budget surplus today. I expect…
A Liberal man of letters: Peter Coleman, 1928-2019
Journalist, parliamentarian, editor, author and Spectator Australia columnist Peter Coleman has died in Sydney at the age of 90. He…
Thanks, Liberals: income tax growth is almost doubling
The government is tearing a hole in your pocket at an alarming rate. The Reserve Bank of Australia announced that…
Backwards & forwards: the NRA blows budget week to pieces
The week in politics, the week to come. Looking back Were you looking for pre-Budget leaks last week? For big…
How drug prohibition caused the Lawyer X outrage
An outrageous injustice is currently being investigated before a Royal Commission in Melbourne – the case of Lawyer X, now…
Would you leave your children with Clementine Ford?
Lock up your sons and daughters! Allen & Unwin have just announced they are ‘thrilled’ to be publishing a junior…
Al Jazeera has exposed One Nation as part of the political establishment
During an eighteenth century parliamentary debate, British statesman Edmund Burke professed that “in the reporters’ gallery yonder, there sat a…
Mother, sister, brother produce a baby
Remember when people warned that redefining marriage would open an ethical Pandora’s box? And remember when those who objected to…
Bernardi bombshell: is Cory rejoining the Liberal Party?
Spectator types have shown their good manners this week. We haven’t spoken ill of the dead – or the terminally…
Free speech vs hate speech
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres recently reaffirmed the UN’s commitment to stopping hate speech, expressing his concern at what he…
Why the majority is ruining democracy
The majority are not always right. It’s obvious, really. The tautology that 50 per cent of people have below-average intelligence…
Shorten’s secret friend and helper: Pauline Hanson
Thursday 28 March was the day that the Coalition guaranteed it lost May’s election. It had its good, bad and…
Who says we shouldn’t speak about ‘Cultural Marxism’?
It hasn’t been a good week for Brexiteers: A former Brexit minister and current Conservative MP has been criticised by…
What’s woke this week?
It’s an interesting mix of woke this week with examples of a global viral disorder and a couple of chicken…
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