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Flat White Steven Tripp Getty Images Steven Tripp 13 December 2022 4:00 AM Recently, I sat down to interview an Aboriginal Elder from South Australia for the ExCandidates podcast, of which I am a host. Her name is Kerry White, a former nurse and diabetes educator from the Narungga people. The aim of the interviewContinue reading “What I learnt from an Aboriginal Elder”

Australian notes Kevin Andrews Getty Images Kevin Andrews 10 December 2022 9:00 AM ‘Euthanasia should be rejected on one unifying principle: the people who are most at risk are the most vulnerable, and a law which fails to protect vulnerable people will always be a bad law.’ It was with these words that I movedContinue reading “Australian Notes”

Flat White Getty Images Flat White 10 December 2022 5:00 AM Headlines are awash with the accusation that former CEO Jack Dorsey – and other members of the former Twitter team – were extremely flexible with the truth when they denied the existence of ‘shadowbanning’. Shadowbanning is the long-suspected behaviour of social media companies whereContinue reading “The Twitter Files: shadowbanning is real”

Flat White Amanda Stoker Getty Images Amanda Stoker 9 December 2022 4:00 AM Last week, tragedy struck two institutions I love. Both of them are devoted to an idea I’m passionate about: freedom. I speak of the Liberal Party of Australia and, of course, Fleetwood Mac. I’m happy to confess I listen to Rumours, Fleetwood Mac’sContinue reading “Freedom, the Liberal Party, and Fleetwood Mac”

Leading article Australia The Spectator Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 10 December 2022 9:00 AM It has taken three decades for The Castle chooks to finally come home to roost. The 1997 film, one of Australia’s finest comedies and a smash hit at the time, had many wonderful attributes. It cemented the idea ofContinue reading “Going with the vibe”

Flat White Thomas Bee Jacinta Price/Facebook Thomas Bee 8 December 2022 4:00 AM In the name of equity and inclusion, Australia’s marquee satire publication, The Betoota Advocate, has written an astonishing (and some may say racist) article equating Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to an ‘Uncle Tom’. In a piece entitled, Senator Jacinta Price Officially Promoted To ‘One Of The GoodContinue reading “The Left’s racism against Senator Price: a voice that refuses to obey”

Flat White Alexandra Marshall Getty Images Alexandra Marshall 6 December 2022 4:00 AM The Dutch Minister for Nitrogen, Christianne van der Wal, announced that 3,000 farms will be forced to sell their properties to the government for immediate closure after ‘voluntary’ measures failed. Christianne van der Wal, who incidentally is a member of the FreedomContinue reading “The ‘green leap’ forward”

Gareth Roberts World Ngozi Fulani, third left, on her visit to Buckingham Palace last week (Credit: Getty images) Gareth Roberts 6 December 2022 5:30 PM If a visitor to my house suggested they had been abused and verbally attacked when they came to tea, I probably wouldn’t be in a particular hurry to invite themContinue reading “King Charles should ignore Ngozi Fulani”

Flat White Rocco Loiacono Getty Images Rocco Loiacono 5 December 2022 4:00 AM Recently-elected Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has repeatedly demonstrated a deep understanding of conservative values. By way of example, in January 2021 Meloni penned an opinion piece for the daily il Giornale in commemoration of the first anniversary of the death of the English philosopher andContinue reading “Liberty is a conservative value”

World Brendan O’Neill Lady Susan Hussey and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent in 2013 (photo: Getty) Brendan O’Neill 1 December 2022 10:21 PM On the Lady Susan Hussey affair – is anyone else more horrified by the Palace’s behaviour than Lady Hussey’s? Yes, it seems Lady Hussey was a tad blunt in her interaction withContinue reading “The Palace has treated Lady Hussey cruelly”

Leading article Australia The Spectator Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 3 December 2022 9:00 AM With any luck, Australia should have its first indigenous prime minister within our lifetimes and it will be a conservative one. Only a conservative government with indigenous leadership, and only one with integrity and bravery and true conservative convictions,Continue reading “The Senator v. the Voice”

“For the fans and spectators, it is hard to make a connection because you’re not sure who is playing” ESPNcricinfo staff 28-Nov-2022 Steve Waugh feels that the cricket-watching public, at least in Australia, “has almost overdosed” on the game, and it has reached a point where the interest levels are on the wane. “There’s aContinue reading “Steve Waugh: ‘The public has almost overdosed on cricket’”

World Nigel Jones Protestors in Beijing, China (Credit: Getty images) Nigel Jones 29 November 2022 6:47 PM Across China, the world’s most populous nation and its second largest economy, scenes unprecedented since the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 are unfolding. In city after city crowds of young people are taking to the streets, holding upContinue reading “How revolutions begin, and how they can end”

Leading article The Spectator The Spectator 26 November 2022 9:00 AM Opponents of Brexit have been given plenty of ammunition in recent weeks. Trade with the European Union has taken a big knock. Many British exporters say that owing to the excessive bureaucracy they can no longer sell to the Continent. The United Kingdom’s newContinue reading “In defence of Brexit”