No beer, hugs, kisses, or gays: international crims welcome…?
The World Cup in Qatar has been wallowing in controversy since it was first awarded twelve years ago. And the…
Labor’s absurd censure of ScoMo
Following the inquiry by Judge Virginia Bell, Anthony Albanese has done the obvious political thing and moved to censure the…
Tasmania: where women’s rights never arrived
Another disturbing judgment from a tribunal in Tasmania shows that our judicial system in Australia is corrupted with a virus…
Vale Niamh Finneran Loader
It is with a heavy heart that I deliver the news that a fellow contributor to The Spectator Australia, Niamh Finneran…
Carbon emissions are driving children online
Editor’s note: this is Niamh Finneran Loader’s final piece, published after her tragic death over the weekend. A tribute from…
Eddie Izzard loses (again)
Oh dear. It seems that the curse of Izzard has struck again. The stand-up comedian and staunch Labour member has…
New Labour’s children make hay in exile
Life is good in the Labour party right now – which is perhaps why it’s no surprise that a few…
Liberty is a conservative value
Recently-elected Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has repeatedly demonstrated a deep understanding of conservative values. By way of example, in…
Letting pharmacists prescribe would ease the strain on the NHS
The NHS is facing its own winter of discontent: A&E waiting times are surging, GP availability is plunging and a…
Why the Rosetta Stone shouldn’t be returned to Egypt
The Rosetta Stone is said to be the most visited object in the British Museum. By and large the most…
Is Xi losing control of China’s zero Covid protests?
Tony Blair recently described the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s zero-Covid policy as ‘completely irrational’. He is completely wrong. Within the…
How Generation X turned Britain barking mad
What have the following got in common? David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Liz Truss, Nicola Sturgeon, Matt Hancock, Sadiq Khan, Angela…
A culture of fear has taken over academia and the arts
At the end of the second world war, George Orwell went to an event organised by PEN, a campaign dedicated…
The remarkable conversion of the lead Pearl Harbor bomber
This week marks the 81st anniversary of the Japanese attack on the US fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which…
The paradox at the heart of Russia’s missile strategy
Russia has launched five waves of missile strikes against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructures since 10 October. These strikes have damaged or…
Invented female characters are a betrayal of history
The popular historian Ben Macintyre is a fortunate fellow. No sooner has the BBC’s acclaimed adaptation of his account of…
The curious case of the vanishing Covid fines
On Tuesday last week, New South Wales joined the growing list of governments to quietly drop (or reimburse) Covid fines.…
Victoria’s eyes
I recently had the experience of engaging with two Victorias. It was not planned – indeed, both ‘acquaintances’ were well…
Could we benefit from a new National Anthem?
Following a nationwide competition run by the Australian Council of the Arts to find a National Anthem to replace God Save…
The media has a God complex
The headline read: Scott Morrison ‘has a God complex’ and recited the Bible in meetings, new book claims. Whoa. This’ll…
What Covid coverage gets wrong
Throughout the Covid pandemic, the BBC’s coverage has strictly followed what is now known as ‘official science’ – with journalists…
Prince William’s Earthshot prize won’t save the planet
I hate to pour cold water on the Prince of Wales’ big night out in Boston on Friday, where he…
How Twitter suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop story
For weeks now, Twitter’s new chief Elon Musk has been promising to reveal what really happened behind the scenes at…
The EU and America are sliding into protectionism
Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Washington this week and the upcoming meeting of the US-EU Trade and Technology Council on…
The BBC shouldn’t dumb down for poorer audiences
The BBC is an organisation that in my experience is, generally, benevolent; and the broadcasting regulator Ofcom is full of…
