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

Sunday first?

8 January 2023 4:00 am

The start of a new year and a new calendar brings to mind the confusion foisted upon us by different…

Malthusianism needs to die before it kills us

7 January 2023 7:00 am

There’s always that one guy, standing on a street corner, raving about the ‘end times’. For the last fifty years,…

The Culture Wars need a touch of sincerity

7 January 2023 5:00 am

When it comes to the Culture Wars in 2023, I have two simple resolutions: Assume they are sincere. Be sincere.…

Henry Cavill rightly abandoned Woke Witcher

7 January 2023 4:00 am

When I think about the state of modern entertainment, I often find myself referring to an old episode of Family…

Range anxiety: Tesla’s $2.2 million fine

6 January 2023 12:00 pm

Since the first electric car silently rolled onto the street, ‘range anxiety’ has been a primary concern for customers –…

City of Stonnington promises religious freedom ‘for now’

6 January 2023 10:00 am

Victorian activists are insisting that Christians should be banned from renting public spaces for worship services because their views on…

The myth of female innocence

6 January 2023 6:00 am

When I was 15 years old, I inadvertently angered a group of mean girls who hung out at the roller…

Pandemic survivors and the silent victims of excess mortality

6 January 2023 4:00 am

Many in the media, politics, and the health industry have expressed the view that Australia has fared well since the…

Are we headed toward the death of reason?

5 January 2023 11:00 am

In one important way, the death of Pope Benedict last week was the death of reason in an increasingly secular…

My time with Cardinal Ratzinger

5 January 2023 8:00 am

I first met Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in the mid-nineties. He was still Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and midway through his…

Covid 2023: a crisis of trust

5 January 2023 8:00 am

The past couple of months have seen some quite startling Covid studies published in reputable medical journals that should be…

Thanks for all the fish

5 January 2023 5:00 am

Environmentalism now requires the prefix ‘real’ to separate it from its toxic cousin, eco-fascism. In terms of real environmentalism, there…

Pope Benedict XVI: the first victim of cancel culture

5 January 2023 4:00 am

In January 2008, Pope Benedict XVI was invited by one of Italy’s (if not the world’s) leading universities, La Sapienza…

Canada to re-educate Jordan Peterson for ‘wrongthink’

4 January 2023 3:19 pm

Wokeism has destroyed Canada. We knew the situation was bad when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau froze the bank accounts of…

Twitter’s free speech threatens radical trans activism

4 January 2023 10:00 am

I sat down to write this article about how Elon was being held captive in some areas in his expressed…

The power of many

4 January 2023 6:00 am

It was 2014 when I first heard from Andrew, a young Queensland dad, who was being denied contact with his…

That’s not cricket! The Don knew his economics

4 January 2023 4:00 am

It is increasingly common for professional sportsmen and women to express political opinions, particularly in the age of Twitter. Most…

Adams aims wrong’un at the Don and Kamahl

3 January 2023 8:00 am

The recent disclosure that Sir Donald George Bradman warmly welcomed Labor’s defeat in the 1975 federal election must have come…

Monarchist League issues ultimatum on the Voice

3 January 2023 6:00 am

The federal government under Anthony Albanese, regardless of what it admits and what the media reports, is moving fast to…

WEF Watch: carbon accounting

2 January 2023 12:50 pm

Given the risk posed by the closed-door lobbying group more commonly known as the World Economic Forum, this year The Spectator…

In search of common sense

2 January 2023 10:00 am

I am sure that, like me, you have not only used the term ‘common sense’ yourselves, but have heard many…

Is Queensland’s Minister for Women selling out women and girls?

2 January 2023 8:00 am

Under Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Women, and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Shannon Fentiman’s new bill, a…

Will history judge Benedict XVI more kindly than his contemporaries?

2 January 2023 4:00 am

This weekend I have been touring TV studios trying to set the late Pope Benedict’s life and work in perspective.…

Liberate New Year’s Eve

1 January 2023 6:51 pm

We are nearly at the end of the first day in 2023. Presumably, most people have ruined their resolution diet…

Australia’s New Year resolutions

1 January 2023 4:32 pm

As I consider the future and look forward to the year 2023, I have resolved to make the following solemn…