Daniel Andrews’ deplorables moment
The clock has struck thirteen in Victoria and no man, woman, or child is free. Writing this sentence, according to…
Superannuation reform requires more than putting lipstick on a pig
H.L. Mencken once wrote that “for every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong”. But when…
The China election
Bill Clinton, in a speech heralding China’s entry into the World Trade Organization in 2000, remarked that ‘by joining the WTO,…
After Trump, the reckoning
As voters prepare to pass judgment on Donald Trump’s presidency in November, they might want to entertain a few counterfactuals.…
Germany’s far-right and the rise of the anti-corona protests
Germany has been in uproar over the events that unfolded this Saturday, when 38,000 protesters gathered in Berlin and clashed…
Why Navalny may not be a friend of the West
At first glance, Alexei Navalny seems like exactly the sort of man the West would want to sit in the…
Great Barrier Reef platitudes: more dangerous than sharks
It has always been the case that the individual is expected to conform and that there is hierarchy within myths.…
What you didn’t hear at the Press Club last week
Last week Wang Xining, China’s Deputy Chief of Mission in Canberra, addressed the National Press Club, a speech widely reported…
Boris needs to do more to fight back in the culture war
As one battles on, a reluctant volunteer in the culture war which the left is fighting on every front with…
Forget the Wuhan flu, the Chi Comm virus is a bigger threat to our way of life
Over the last six months, we have witnessed an unprecedented global outbreak of politicians and journalists declaring how much they…
Corona crisis-mongering is scaring our kids to death
Enough with playing politics with people’s lives and gambling with mental health. The majority of the country may well have…
Justice delayed and delayed – then delayed by coronavirus
One of the “much loved and respected“ inmates of Hobart’s Risdon women’s prison, Sue Neill-Fraser, has had to keep deferring her hope…
The BBC’s real problem is nothing to do with the licence fee
Lord Hall, the outgoing director general of the BBC, used his valedictory interview on Radio 4’s Media Show this week to ruminate…
Students need real teaching – not virtual campuses
The recent U-turn on masks in schools will likely undermine teaching, not only in schools but also further afield. It…
Why is it ‘critique’ when leftists cut close to the bone – and cause for outrage if it comes from the right
It’s no secret, that I generally prefer news commentary I see on Sky News, in the Daily Telegraph, The Australian, and Quadrant—and naturally, I find The Spectator very informative. The reason…
2016 all over again
I’m not an election prognosticator. I have no magic insight telling me what will happen on November 3, 2020. Frankly,…
Scexit has become a matter of faith, not fact
There is a satirical flowchart that sums up Scottish nationalism better than a thousand articles. It begins with the question:…
California burning
Oakland The air in Northern California was thick and yellow in November 2018. The hills were wrapped not in salty…
Extinction Rebellion’s plan for eco-oligarchy
It is very rare (although not unprecedented) for law breakers to attempt to be law makers. But Extinction Rebellion is…
Can Scotland afford independence?
How would an independent Scotland have fared during the pandemic? We found out this week on the annual release of…
The search for a Covid-19 vaccine is coming at a price
As billions wait with bated breath for the outcome of clinical trials on the new Covid-19 vaccines, many studies on…
Trump’s RNC speech: the great middle America gamble
The Orange Man is cheating. He’s Teleprompter Trump but we want Rally Trump crazy that will play badly on middle…
Dan vs democracy
When Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says that it is ‘foreseeable’ that a state of emergency could last beyond another 12…
Brown study
The Spectator Australia has always prided itself on being first with the news. However, there is one publishing milestone we…
