A Brexit breakthrough could be on the cards
Earlier this month, the prospects for a Brexit deal did not look good. The talks weren’t making progress. But there…
The rule of four: how to make sense of Covid case numbers
Are Covid cases doubling or not? And if so, in what time frame? If you listened to Boris Johnson and chief scientific…
Chair of 1922 Committee says he has the numbers to defeat government
During the first Covid wave, the government secured emergency powers that allowed it to put in place new restrictions without…
Crime’s up, but what about VicPol’s success against recalcitrant grannies and outspoken pregnant women?
Criminals have been busy committing crimes while Victorian Police have been busy keeping people who have committed no crime locked…
Rishi Sunak has bridged the economic gap. But what comes next?
Yesterday’s measures from the Chancellor were necessary. His timely assistance focused on a new targeted and temporary job support scheme…
The coronavirus crackdown sets a dangerous precedent
Has the coronavirus crackdown gone too far? Some of Boris Johnson’s own MPs certainly think so. This week, Tory MP…
Australia is fed up watching premiers engage in bondage-play with the free market
When a nation has as many public servants as there are genders, you’d bank on a few geniuses being mixed…
Inside the federal by-election you may not have heard about
Due to the impending Queensland state election, there has been little discussion about the federal seat of Groom, which is…
Joe Biden is sleepwalking his way through the campaign
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign called another early morning press lid at 9:20 a.m. on Thursday, leaving strategists and reporters wondering…
LISTEN: They’re now talking about Daniel Andrews’ Omnibus Bill in Sydney too
Ian Hanke spoke with Michael McLaren on Sydney’s 2GB last night about his Spectator Australia exclusives on Daniel Andrews egregious…
Fascism: the most abused term in America
A well-dressed young man walks down the Potsdamer Straße in Berlin, days before the end of March in 1933. He’s…
Priorities, priorities. Please welcome Victoria’s first Public Sector Gender Equality Commissioner
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Victorian Government last week decided to announce the appointment of the first…
The Brady amendment could spell trouble for Boris Johnson
If opposition parties back it, the Brady amendment – which calls for parliamentary votes before nationwide Covid restrictions are introduced – will…
It’s all about Ohio
Dublin, Ohio Since the presidential election of 1944 when Ohio went with loser Thomas Dewey over winner Franklin Roosevelt, Ohio…
Why is the media downplaying the Hunter Biden story?
Remember the Ukraine impeachment drama? No? Cockburn can hardly blame you. But believe it or not, less than nine months…
Keir Starmer and the Scottish independence conundrum
In January, Sir Keir Starmer told Border Television’s Peter MacMahon that, look, of course an SNP victory in next year’s…
The Spectator, the Co-op and cancel culture – a cautionary tale
Earlier this month, there was a bit of a fuss when the Co-op’s Twitter account said it would not be…
Rishi Sunak prepares UK economy for ‘permanent adjustment’
The UK economy is no longer hibernating; it is ‘adjusting’. Today’s measures announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak are designed to…
Britain is the weak link in Europe’s counter-extremism network
Europeans see the UK as an outstanding centre of counter-terrorism — but one that is wholly incapable of counter-extremism. Britain…
Politicians are chipping away at our democracy. What will be left for the next generation?
It is reasonable to say that young people, in this country, are entitled to feel apprehensive over how Australia is…
Transgender wars and the fight for female emancipation
It has been more than 100 years since women got the vote. We’ve had two female prime ministers. The #MeToo…
No news, but the ABC is still serving up the soft and gooey guff
The ABC ended its 7.45 am main morning radio news broadcasts this week, a punishment for the public for not…
Harold Evans: writer, editor, teacher
The death of Harold Evans last night will mean tomorrow’s newspapers will be rightly filled with tributes to a pioneering…
No end to the NBN nonsense
The latest skirmish has erupted in the never-ending, highly partisan, NBN civil war. The NBN was a disaster at the…
How pandemic panic has perverted our politics
Coronavirus has panicked Western leaders — not all, but most — into behaving irrationally and dishonestly. Australia, so lightly touched…
