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Hold the line for Australia Day | The Spectator Australia
1 天前 · As with so much of the rest of the Western world, Australians are demanded to ‘reflect, respect, and celebrate’ on their national holiday. Even if couched in the soft language of human resources consultants, this dour trinity is as subversive as a demand for unabated contrition. Australia Day is ...
Truly a sliding door moment | The Spectator Australia
2 天之前 · 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…
Alarming antisemitism | The Spectator Australia
2 天之前 · 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 rouse Prime Minister…
About | The Spectator Australia
The Spectator was established in 1828, and is the best-written and most influential weekly in the English language. Our writers have no party line; their only allegiance is to clarity of thought…
Fanning the flames | The Spectator Australia
This summer, Australians of all backgrounds and ethnicities must ask themselves whether the great Australian dream of multiculturalism has failed. And if it has, what is to be done? For decades…
Slow death of Davos | The Spectator Australia
2 天之前 · 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…
Yet another government plan to destroy the economy
The Commonwealth Treasury is developing a ‘taxonomy to support the flow of capital into sustainable opportunities and the achievement of Australia’s climate, environmental, and social objectives’.
Aussie life | The Spectator Australia
‘When I was 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around,’ wrote Mark Twain, ‘but when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old boy had learned in seven years.’…