Prime Minister Scott Morrison has received an unwanted spanner in the works ahead of Tuesday’s return of parliament with barrister Keith Wolahan’s win this afternoon in...
This morning I watched Insiders; the first episode of the year. In the first 15 minutes, the three guests — Peter Hartcher, Shalailah Medhora and Katharine...
Shamefully, being gay was a crime in Victoria before 1980. It will be no less shameful that in 2021, talking to people about your sexuality in...
For many, Joe Biden is a welcome return to normalcy following four years of Trumpian antics. However, a return to normalcy presents its own set of...
News item: New Zealand Trade Minister advises Australia to show China more “respect”. New Zealand has offered to teach Australia its special brand of bend-over diplomacy...
Birdwatching is a pleasant, passive sort of ‘niche’ activity. Avian enthusiasts go about their lives, keeping an eye out for a flutter of wings and then...
If Labor’s reshuffle will be enough to correct the party’s woeful policy agenda and reconnect with mainstream Australians remains to be seen. The most significant change...
I had really hoped that the events of 2020 would’ve sharpened people’s priorities and perspectives. We had bushfires, a pandemic, economic uncertainty, family separation — and the Pollyanna in me...
Boris Johnson has adopted a form Australia’s coronavirus quarantine for Britain. Will it work? The Spectator Australia’s Morning Double Shot editor Terry Barns speaks to The...
The prosecution of the Victorian government for the 800–plus Covid deaths due to its massive mismanagement (or worse) will not happen quickly. Governments routinely don’t hold themselves accountable to the same standards that they expect of...