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Feb 18, 2026 - What if pro-Palestine protesters embraced the narrative of 'peace' instead of 'resistance' - of national unity instead of ancient revenge...

Feb 19, 2026 - To our jaded century, ‘fairy’ carries connotations ranging from the sentimental to the sickly. It conjures childishness, foolishness, insipidity and…

Nov 12, 2025 - There is a certain kind of politics that does better in Bellevue Hill than it does in Goulburn. It is…

Nov 22, 2025 - Donald Trump and the US Department of War appear to be the only global entities serious about pressuring Nigeria to protect Christians.

Nov 17, 2025 - Leadership spill all-but inevitable following disastrous polls released showing One Nation gaining on the Coalition.

Feb 18, 2026 - One of the excitements of seeing Ngaire Dawn Fair in the full trilogy of The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll…

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Nov 26, 2025 - It’s remunerated, but it’s not a job. That’s where we’ve gone wrong. Somewhere along the road from federation to now,…

Nov 28, 2025 - National service is being brought back in France. Emmanuel Macron used a visit to a military base in the Alps…

Feb 20, 2026 - Lee Kuan Yew, put it simply: ‘If you who are growing up do not understand that you have to defend this, then in the end, we will lose.’

Dec 29, 2025 - The death of the Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne this July, and the huge reaction it provoked worldwide, represented something…

Nov 15, 2025 - Jacinta Allan's decision to crack down on youth crime might be enough to secure the next election despite Victoria's dire financial position.

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Nov 27, 2025 - Readers tend not to approve of rows between columnists, but I must take issue with something Lloyd Evans wrote in…

Jan 15, 2026 - Ron Rosenbaum is a man of galactic learning. Theology, neuroscience, American history, psychology, Shakespeare, cosmology, ‘all of Dickens’, nuclear...

Nov 12, 2025 - Over the last two years of the conflict in Gaza, the phrase ‘international humanitarian law’ has been heard almost daily…

Nov 28, 2025 - Net migration has fallen to its lowest level in four years. Figures released this morning show that 204,000 more people…

Jan 14, 2026 - It is a safe bet that few readers or writers of Spectator Australia have derived much value from the millions…

Nov 28, 2025 - The Court of Appeal has delivered a judgment on the so-called ‘Gaza family’ claim, which sparked such outrage at Prime Minister’s Questions…

Jan 15, 2026 - Soft or ‘gentle’ parenting has produced a large number of young adults who have no boundaries and no respect for their peers.

Oct 26, 2025 - Tony Abbott asks why Donald Trump is punishing India with tariffs when Modi is needed as an ally against Russia and China.

Feb 17, 2026 - The respectable term for this is ‘progressive taxation’. The accurate term is systematic confiscation justified only by electoral victory.

Nov 18, 2025 - NSW Nationals in safe hands with the appointment of Coffs Harbour MP Gurmesh Singh as leader following Saunders' sudden resignation.

Nov 26, 2025 - Every November, a dwindling noisy priesthood gathers for the annual Festival of Whitlam Whingers, marking the anniversary of We Wuz…

Nov 27, 2025 - Vienna, 25 July 1934 is a significant date in Austria’s history. But in The Matchbox Girl, the big events happen…

Jan 15, 2026 - I reached New York for the premiere of the fourth series of Industry in a mild state of delirium. I…

Feb 20, 2026 - For future royal historians, the date 19 February may take on the same totemic significance as the abdication of Edward…

Oct 25, 2025 - Machete surrender bins were a $13 million waste of money that have done nothing to protect Victorians from young criminals.

Nov 28, 2025 - Work is good. Work generates wealth, makes people happier and, maybe, delivers salvation. The Protestant work ethic is much disputed…

Feb 5, 2026 - Is there any area of public policy which Keir Starmer’s government has got right? ‘Where very little is working, AI…

Jan 15, 2026 - I think it was Zadie Smith who I first heard point out that race is in America what class is…

Nov 27, 2025 - The Alibi bar in Altrincham, Cheshire, caused a hoo-ha last week by banning single entrants after 9 p.m. The landlord,…

Feb 18, 2026 - In an exciting breakthrough in academic hygiene, the University of Adelaide is to install ‘squat toilets’ in new buildings. This…

Jan 13, 2026 - The Combatting Antisemitism, Hate, and Extremism omnibus bill is set to be pushed through next week before the Royal Commission takes place.

Nov 28, 2025 - The lives of millions of Iranians under the shadow of fear, the loss of freedom, and political and economic pressure.

Nov 12, 2025 - It takes a certain kind of genius to hold power for a decade and still look bored by it. The…

Jan 16, 2026 - British authorities abruptly revoked the ETA of Dutch political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek, effectively banning her from the UK.

Nov 19, 2025 - There is a story that has barely been told – a story sitting there, waiting to blow open into national…

Jan 13, 2026 - Kevin Rudd steps down a year early from his role as Australia’s US Ambassador. No one has been named as his replacement.

Feb 19, 2026 - I think I’d be pretty hostile if I met my doppelganger – living proof of my mediocrity. My fragile ego…

Feb 17, 2026 - There is no housing crisis amongst the rich, so what motivation do they have to fix the destructive policies ruining young lives?

Feb 19, 2026 - Ever since the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, no member of the royal family has been arrested, which makes…

Nov 28, 2025 - Democracies across the West are struggling to uphold private property rights as Net Zero uses environmental concerns for acquisition.

Jan 15, 2026 - In June 1993, the Artist Who’d Just Decided He Didn’t Want to be Called Prince Any More handed his passport…

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Feb 15, 2026 - Former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett suggests a preference deal with One Nation to unite the right against the Labor government.

Jan 15, 2026 - Deepening our co-operation with Nato should be firmly re-evaluated, and a healthy distance should be maintained where possible.

Nov 9, 2025 - When I first met Jacinda Ardern in the early 2010s, the notion that the young MP with the toothy smile…

Nov 1, 2025 - The Victorian Coalition have confirmed they will move to repeal the Treaty within a 100 days of government, re-establishing racial equality.

Nov 28, 2025 - The Chancellor’s Budget may have gone down well with Labour backbenchers, but its ‘smorgasbord’ approach has managed to rather annoy…

Nov 25, 2025 - Put Wilson and Sloane together and you get a picture of a party that keeps mistaking staffers for leaders, managers for fighters, and professional-class...

Jan 14, 2026 - I n 1981, Ian Dury released ‘Spasticus Autisticus’,  a song so abrasive that the BBC refused to play it. The…

Oct 24, 2025 - After creating the eSafety Commissioner, the Liberals are finally starting to realise the censorship powers have gone too far.

Jan 14, 2026 - When something is partly good and partly bad, we used to say it was ‘a curate’s egg’. Odd expression. Why…

Feb 20, 2026 - Living longer but spending more of our lives in ill health. That is the rather shocking picture presented by the…

Nov 27, 2025 - True to form, Rachel Reeves’s autumn Budget didn’t land smoothly. The publication of the OBR report she was supposed to…

Feb 17, 2026 - What’s the point of building thousands of new homes if everyone living in them is miserable because our quality of life is destroyed?

Feb 19, 2026 - If you read books for a living, the calling probably started with a moment of utter entrancement: a novel you…

Nov 21, 2025 - My 11-year-old son joined the elementary school band, and so I went to the parents’ orientation night held at a…

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Jan 17, 2026 - The Liberals, under Sussay Ley, have arrived at the free speech debate. That’s good. Better late than never.

Jan 15, 2026 - The education system may be improving in Australia as the industry adopts a knowledge-rich curriculum after years of neglect.

Jan 12, 2026 - China has the capability to launch attacks on mainland America including coming within range of military facilities.

Jan 15, 2026 - The cultural tensions that we saw on graphic display in Bondi have been imported to Australia without the consent of the Australian people.

Jan 15, 2026 - A friendly admonition for the thwarted or struggling writer in your life: that tempting little job at the local bookshop…

Nov 14, 2025 - Ignore the headlines. The Liberal Party has not dropped Net Zero, only the meaningless 2030 and 2050 targets.

Apr 5, 2024 - Tune into Spectator TV for provocative and engaging commentary which will keep you informed. With a special array of guests…

Nov 28, 2025 - Last week Vice President J.D. Vance pointed out a home truth about the politicians who have run Canada and Britain…

Nov 12, 2025 - American politician Julius Caesar (J.C.) Watts once said, ‘Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn’t be related.’ He…

Jan 15, 2026 - I met the Tate’s outgoing director Maria Balshaw only once, back when she was in Manchester running both the Whitworth…

Nov 27, 2025 - It is genuinely astonishing that Rachel Reeves isn’t accompanied by the Benny Hill theme at all times. Her ability to…

Jan 14, 2026 - Most dads will settle for their kids growing up happy, healthy and (reaches for nearest wooden surface) tattoo-free. It’s a…