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

What should companies do about the Voice?

8 July 2023 4:00 am

Remember the adage that 'Republicans buy sneakers too'

Double Shot Ep10: John Ruddick silenced by social media

7 July 2023 1:01 pm

Special guest John Ruddick tells how his maiden speech was censored by social media due to ‘Covid misinformation’ causing it…

Prime Ministers queer the pitch with politics

7 July 2023 6:00 am

It may not have been the best play but it wasn't Bodyline

Come fly with me? Not at that price

7 July 2023 5:35 am

How does Qantas get away with charging so much more other airlines?

Will social justice activists destroy New Zealand universities?

7 July 2023 5:00 am

Can academic freedom survive in an ethnocentric climate of fear?

Eight espionage hacks to survive the surveillance state

7 July 2023 4:00 am

Can you outwit the masters of miscommunication?

Indigenous, exotic or feral?

6 July 2023 5:30 am

Every time I read about the Minister for Indigenous Affairs I imagine an office that is a cross between a…

Free speech benefits the weak

6 July 2023 5:00 am

Censorship is the prerogative of the powerful

Who Is The Victorian Of The Year?

6 July 2023 4:30 am

What sane Victorian didn’t do a double take when it was announced that the state’s former Chief Health Officer, Brett…

Who was behind the ban on Donald Trump Junior’s tour Downunder?

6 July 2023 4:00 am

Donald Trump Junior applied for a visa to visit Australia in May. Last night, the Australian government finally consented to…

What happened to the family home?

5 July 2023 5:30 am

Bring back backyards and rumpus rooms

Who will speak up for young men?

5 July 2023 5:00 am

The success of girls highlights problems facing boys in schools

ICAC got it wrong on Gladys

5 July 2023 4:30 am

The transcript exposes woeful ignorance of political practice

They’re only making plans for Nigel

5 July 2023 4:00 am

Debanking conservatives is beyond the pale

Just not cricket!

5 July 2023 3:26 am

Following England’s defeat in the second test of the Ashes, former Test Match Special commentator Henry Blofeld joins The Spectator‘s…

Canberra’s Calvary

4 July 2023 4:40 am

The closure of a Catholic hospital has become a matter of life, death and conscience

The Cringe is back

4 July 2023 4:30 am

Fear that the Voice referendum will fail is making the woke elite anxious

Road to net zero paved with coal

4 July 2023 4:00 am

If we want to keep the lights on we'll need fossil fuels for decades

The weaponisation of conspiracy against truth

4 July 2023 12:01 am

Credibility is the foundation of justice, not truth. It may not be strictly fair, but when it comes down to…

Double Shot Ep9: Terry Barnes asks if Boris Johnson has run out of lives

3 July 2023 12:52 pm

Augusto Zimmermann returns to talk about child sacrifice in the name of changing the weather. Surely we have moved on…

Albo’s secret plot to destroy the Aussie tradie

3 July 2023 6:00 am

If you thought that housing was expensive, wait until the feral construction unions get their hands on the domestic housing…

NSW politicians snub parental rights in education forum

3 July 2023 5:30 am

14 New South Wales politicians snubbed a parents’ rights and education forum held in Sydney last weekend. Of the 16…

Australia Breaks Apart: essential reading for dissidents

3 July 2023 5:00 am

Even before 2020, I didn’t have that many friends. It’s something I regret, not having made more effort to stay…

Give the reef a break!

2 July 2023 9:34 pm

The nonsense intensifies this week with warnings that Fiji’s beaches and reefs are facing an ‘uncertain future’ under the seemingly…

Close polls puzzle pundits as NZ election looms

2 July 2023 6:00 am

Centre-right voters are increasingly wondering how many more disasters it will take to seriously dent the government’s poll numbers. Whether…