The battle for the White House is like a Hollywood thriller – and it’s not over yet
I’m sure you’ve heard this line about politics: “It’s showbiz for ugly people.” I think that applies to all democracies,…
Is it a parody, or is it the ABC (let alone the Age)?
Hello Spectator readers and welcome to the weekend and tonight’s edition of “Is it a parody, or is it the…
SA: new boundaries favour the Liberals, old betting the ALP
Earlier this month new electoral boundaries were announced for South Australia. The Liberals got excited and called for nominations and…
Victoria decapitates free speech
Three members of the fringe-right United Patriots Front have been charged after posting a video on Facebook depicting an alleged…
What’s Trump got to “disavow”?
BOSTON, UNITED STATES — The Ku Klux Klan is planning a rally to celebrate the election of Donald Trump and,…
A disaster as charities come over all queer
The foxhounds of identity politics always have their noses in the air ready to catch the scent of any new…
The metastasising of 18c
My first action, after the initial wave of nauseated disbelief had passed, was to check on Google to see if…
Even Greens and Labor voters like lower taxes
Despite the general foolishness of the left, a survey shows 51 per cent of Greens voters support a company tax…
They’re doing it tough in the country too, Tony
Thought bubbles and soundbites seem to comfortably suit post-prime ministerial life for Tony Abbott as he snipes from the sidelines…
Rethinking the guest worker economy
A spirited debate has broken out about the use of temporary labour programmes in Australia, but the simultaneous political cross-dressing…
18c and the cult of victimhood
In a shock turn of events, the hunter has become the hunted in the Queensland University of Technology 18c case.…
We need to talk about Waleed
It’s coming on two years since Waleed Aly joined The Project and his impact could not be more obvious. What…
Brexit’s lessons for Australia
Soon after the decision by the British to quit the European Union, I found myself at a dinner of about…
The critics trumped
Five weeks after Donald Trump’s election it’s time to stop the endless finger-pointing and hand-wringing about missing the biggest story…
Censorship, trigger warnings and “free speech”: the National Union of Students meets
This week the rabble that is the National Union of Students will hold their annual National Conference in Geelong at Deakin…
Scandal and geopolitics Gangnam style: the impeachment of Park Geun-hye
The South Korean national assembly’s decision on Friday to impeach President Park Geun-hye came as no great surprise. Since October…
How green is the grass on the other side
The change of prime minister has put New Zealand in the news on this side of the ditch, and we…
The green autism
Dear Leader slayed it on The Bolt Report the other day: With the same force we said ‘Stop the Boats’,…
A pile of crap from the ABC. Literally…
It’s 19 years since South Park sparked a seasonal scatological scandal with the episode Mr Hankey, the Christmas Poo. Now…
A Sydney Grammar alumnus writes about Malcolm
From the Flat White mailbag: As you would know, my old school has produced three prime ministers: The First (Barton);…
Brahms’s benders
‘Brahms and Liszt’ is a lovely bit of rhyming slang, but it doesn’t have the ring of authenticity. Can you…
Wines of the times
The other day, I had lunch with the grandest person I know. Forget 1066: Adrian Ziani de Ferranti can trace…
Wiltons wonderland
I have agonised over this Christmas review. I ate the Christmas lunch at Harveys Nichols 5th Floor Restaurant, Knightsbridge, next…
Gardeners’ world
For the past few weeks I have been working my way through Decca’s gigantic set of every note Mozart wrote…
High life
Here we go again, my 40th Christmas column in a row, and it seems only two weeks ago that I…
