The Spectator Australia | Politics, current affairs and opinion
The ‘trust the science’ people must be thrilled. Donald Trump has upheld biological reality against deluded activism. Defending women from…
Can our universities be saved? | The Spectator Australia
1 day ago · Universities are facing their biggest crisis in modern history, yet most are in denial and living in la-la land. Warning bells have been ringing for some years, but the descent has been …
Truly a sliding door moment | The Spectator Australia
4 days 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 …
Alarming antisemitism | The Spectator Australia
4 days ago · As the country prepares for Australia Day, many Australians fear what is happening to our tolerant society. It has taken the firebombing of a childcare centre in Sydney to finally …
Housing catastrophe? | The Spectator Australia
Jan 14, 2025 · A recent newspaper article asked university students how they would solve the current housing crisis. The article suggested that we were heading towards a housing …
Pandemic questions that demand answers | The Spectator Australia
Sep 21, 2024 · The Australian people now have two outrages concerning the Covid pandemic. There’s the response to Covid, and there’s the response to the response to Covid, which is …
Covid Inquiry was not fit for purpose | The Spectator Australia
Nov 6, 2024 · The 868-page report of the official inquiry into Australia’s Covid-19 response, like the inquiry itself, is not fit for purpose. Bottom line: This is a report of, by, and for the public …
The Spectator’s new owner – and new era
Sep 10, 2024 · After a year-long auction drama that involved sheikhs and moguls and even ended up changing the law, The Spectator has a new owner. The financier Sir Paul Marshall is to …
Retrieving Australia’s energy policy disaster
Placing these numbers in perspective, replacing Australia’s 21 gigawatts of existing coal plant – which supplies over 60 per cent of electricity – would cost $3 billion per gigawatt or $63 billion …
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 …