One Nation should place principle over populism
One Nation’s decision to side with Labor and populist Senate cross-benchers to block the Government’s plan to reward effort through…
When paedophilia is just dandy
Tim Winton’s prize-winning novel Breath has recently opened in Australian cinemas to rave reviews, with The Monthly claiming that, “Simon…
Leftists just wish Australians were racist
Otto von Bismarck said: “Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of…
Budget 2018: What have you achieved?
Treasurer Scott Morrison’s budget speech opened with the remark ‘What have you achieved?’ to which the chamber responded with howling…
Budget 2018: all you need to know in three simple points
The earliest date for a traditional simultaneous House of Representatives/half-Senate election is Saturday 4 August 2018. The last possible date for…
Rhianna’s cultural appropriation
Thank God she didn’t wear a Chinese dress: Then again, even if she did — not being white — it’s not…
Liberals note: only the impotent are pure
I read with great interest David Pellowe’s response to my Flat White article on factionalism in the Victorian division of…
The Liberal culture of taking voters for granted
A recent article in the Spectator raised some serious questions and concerns about the Victorian branch of the Liberal Party…
Ditch the politics and make taxes fair
The big day is here – the last pre-election federal budget – and the Coalition government has promised something we’ve…
Why the Greens are headed for the wilderness
The Greens are headed for the wilderness. Why? Because they’re not just nongs, but hypocritical nongs; blinded by their own…
Why are women in festival lineups as rare as women in management?
Nothing can instil bubbles of joy like the release of a major festival line-up. Whether local or international, ignoring the…
Lifeline back in spotlight as $33m funding announced
The timing of the announcement that Lifeline is to get $33m in government funding couldn’t be worse, coming amidst outrage…
Yes, I agreed to meet Scott Pruitt
Scott Pruitt heads the US Environmental Protection Agency. Last year he was planning to visit Australia, and the proposed agenda…
Tree huggers – and haters
Dame Judi Dench, that most British of thesps, appeared on SBS TV last week speaking of her love and admiration…
The power of Momentum: the right have underestimated the power behind Corbyn
The local elections have thrown up a paradox. In theory, Britain has never had more devolution: we have assemblies in…
In defence of Olly Robbins
After reading Christopher Isherwood’s Lions and Shadows, Somerset Maugham remarked: ‘That young man holds the future of the English novel…
Portrait of the week: Brexit, Windrush resignations and the march of the toxic moth
Home The prospect of Brexit in name only hovered on the horizon as the government contemplated an association agreement with…
Barometer: The top four worst microphone gaffes
Is this thing on? Sainsbury’s Chief Executive Mike Coupe was recorded singing ‘We’re in the Money’ as he prepared to…
Transgenderism and the Iliad
A couple of weeks ago a reader (Emma Lyons) queried Taki, the High Life professor of ancient Greek culture and…
Letters: Rod Liddle is right, Toby Young is wrong and Bruce Anderson must stop
Campaign for real cricket Sir: Geoffrey Wheatcroft’s splendid article ‘Cricket, unlovely cricket’ (28 April) remonstrated against the threat to Test…
Egalité! Liberté! Sexualité! The trivial demands behind the 1968 French ‘revolution’
This ‘Windrush’ story comes from a friend called Michael McKay, a British broadcaster based in Geneva. His father, Jeff, a…
The UN’s sent an envoy to examine Brexit racism. And a warm welcome to her
Another new word, this time from the deranged far-right: incel. This means a chap who is involuntarily celibate because women…
After decades in London, I still long for home. Is that too Brexity?
As I get older, and particularly after having a child, I feel myself unexpectedly drawn back to the countryside I…
We don’t deserve capitalism
Next time there’s a terrorist atrocity in Britain, here’s one of the things that will happen in the immediate aftermath:…
TSB’s new owners should have seen this computer catastrophe coming
The systems breakdown at TSB is not (yet) the worst UK bank computer cock-up of all time: that prize is…
