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‘Sadly, you can say what you like around the kitchen table at home,’ said Human Rights Commission President, Gillian Triggs,…
Australia the outlier | The Spectator Australia
1 day ago · Around the Anglosphere, conservatives are fighting back against the capture of the established conservative political parties by the soft left or ‘wets’ or RINOs or Julie Bishop and Malcolm Turnbull ‘Black Hand’ types, call them what you will.
Truly a sliding door moment | The Spectator Australia
1 day ago · Opposition leader Peter Dutton describes the upcoming federal election as a ‘sliding door moment for our nation’. He is right. It isn’t being partisan to point out that economically and socially Australia has gone into a steep decline since Labor took office.
Slow death of Davos | The Spectator Australia
1 day ago · I t’s that time of the year – the annual World Economic Forum confab held in the picturesque town of Davos in the Swiss Alps. But does anyone care any more? Is it time for Davos to be committed to the…
Triumph | The Spectator Australia
Donald Trump has won the 2024 election and will be the 47th president of the United States. This magazine, alone among the Australian mainstream media, has been predicting and hoping for this result for the better part of three years.
Australia’s global advocacy for the suppression of free speech
The Australian government has recently announced its plan to rejuvenate its contentious ‘misinformation and disinformation’ legislation, which had been shelved last year for lack of bipartisan support.
The nuclear disconnect in Australia holds us back
Nov 2, 2024 · A recent Sydney Morning Herald article unfairly attributed Ontario’s $7 billion (CAD) electricity subsidy directly to nuclear energy, framing it as a cautionary tale against adopting nuclear power in Australia. The article failed to explain the subsidy also offset the high costs of long-term renewable contracts established during the …
Australia is already a successful nuclear nation
Oct 21, 2024 · ANSTO – the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation – recently celebrated 70 years since Australia’s nuclear age began in Sydney. On April 15, 1953, Australia entered the nuclear…
Australians should celebrate the return of Assange
The return of Julian Assange to Australia has undoubtedly been the dominant news item during the last couple of days. In the pages of The Spectator Australia, Alexandra Marshall repeatedly intimated that the Assange matter has divided Australia’s conservatives.Commenting on her opinion, we have contributed a piece in which we argue that this matter should not divide conservatives because ...
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