Budget 2020: we need a strict supply side focus to fix this government induced recession
The dictum that “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing” rings very true in the run-up to the federal budget.…
Danandrewstan’s new health minister is off to a flying start
Lessons have been learnt — or, as the modern bureaucrat might ask — learnings have been made? Not quite. The…
Trump’s tax leak won’t turn the election
Donald Trump has a lot to worry about these days. The man who is deathly afraid of being ‘a loser’…
Why is Jamie Oliver so against freedom of choice?
It will involve hundreds of hours of haggling over thousands of different products. It will have to pass torturous debates…
Meghan Markle for president
Meghan Markle and the Dim Prince of Bel-Air have told us to vote. They have told us who to vote…
Quantifying the cost of lockdown
We have had plenty of anecdotes about people failing to be diagnosed with serious diseases during lockdown. This is thanks to…
What have we actually learnt from Trump’s tax revelations?
Is anyone really surprised that Donald Trump’s tax affairs are opaque? Or that he is not as rich as he…
Clever virus, stupid Premier
For something made in China, Coronavirus is surprisingly good. How else to make sense of the latest non-sensical restrictions aimed…
Is this the end of the House of Sussex?
The ire of the House of Windsor is on display again. So too (more worryingly for them) is their impotence.…
Impartiality and the battle for broadcast
Two big kites were launched by the Sunday Times that could, should they fly, redraw the broadcasting landscape. ‘BBC critics…
The hotel quarantine fiasco must damn Dan’s indefinite detention bill
Evidence given at the Hotel Quarantine Inquiry gives no confidence that the government would be able to manage the implementation…
Vale, Giles Auty
It is with great sadness that we must inform SpecOz readers that the wonderful Giles Auty passed away last week…
Proved again: the(ir) ABC couldn’t be more out of touch
Ask anyone sane: there is absolutely no doubt that that episode of ABC’s Q&A was outrageous and unacceptable. You know,…
Our decision making ghosts
When it comes to making decisions, the Victorian hotel quarantine disaster shows neither politicians nor public servants seem to know…
EXCLUSIVE: Coate inquiry asked to investigate union links to hotel quarantine disaster
“I saw nothing. I heard nothing. I know nothing.” This is the recurring theme that has been the hallmark of…
Their rantings betray them
The compulsive and self-righteous bellicosity of the Democratic leaders in Congress over the Supreme Court vacancy has opened an opportunity…
Inside the anti-lockdown rally
The anti-lockdown rally at Trafalgar Square was organised by Save Our Rights UK. This embryonic organisation is so new that…
Charles Moore on BBC reform
Former editor of The Spectator and Daily Telegraph Charles Moore is tipped to become chairman of the BBC. Despite being…
Netball Australia held its Indigenous Round last week. That’s where things started to get interesting…
Netball Australia decided to hold an Indigenous Round last weekend to celebrate diversity and inclusion. What could possibly go wrong?…
I’m bored of Martin Amis
To say that Martin Amis exemplifies the elevation of style over substance is like saying that Donald Trump is a…
Democracy is dead in Danandrewstan
The great wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is attributed with the expression “Indeed it has been said that democracy…
Why Benjamin Netanyahu keeps on winning
It’s been 20 years since the outbreak of the al-Aqsa Intifada, a period of carnage that saw the deaths of…
The 2020 Archibald winner and systemic racism
In a year of ongoing global protests involving Black Lives Matter ™, any artwork addressing racial inequality was always going…
Taking out the trash in Victoria: bureaucrats, not just ministers, need to go
Other Victorian Ministers will inevitably soon join Jenny Mikakos on the political scrapheap, but the spotlight should be turned to…
Amy Coney Barrett is the ultimate Walmart soccer mom
The biggest takeaway from the 2016 presidential election was that Main Street America was so sick of elites in Washington…
