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    It is reported that health insurer BUPA is ‘trialling’ a nine-day fortnight for its staff, meaning it is looking to…What to read next: Private health is painfully slow | You won’t hear these statistics on International Women’s Day | Australian banks need to be making much bigger losses on their lending | E-scooters and e-bikes are on the rise. Will we ever walk again?

  • E-scooters and e-bikes are on the rise. Will we ever walk again?

    In 2022, Utrecht (Holland) was ranked the world’s most bike-friendly city. Australia seems keen to compete, with the number of…What to read next: Walk for Life | Marriage – a fading institution | Fatal flaws exposed in the Net Zero transition. What is to be done? | If the ABC reforms itself, would you watch it?

  • Fatal flaws exposed in the Net Zero transition. What is to be done?

    According to NSW’s Ausgrid, the most recent AEMO draft Integrated System Plan (ISP) for electricity supply will require $325 billion for transmission to meet Net Zero emissions by 2050.

  • If the ABC reforms itself, would you watch it?

    After decades of denial, the ABC has finally picked up a mirror and taken a good long look at itself.…What to read next: The ABC once made jokes, now it is a joke | Canada is the country to watch for conservatives | Voiceless in Victoria: farmers horrified by renewable energy fast-tracking | Scathing response to Adam Bandt’s private jet hypocrisy

  • The SNP’s star economist eviscerates the case for independence

    He’s only gone and done it again. Mark Blyth, born in Dundee but now professor of international economics at the…What to read next: Humza Yousaf fails to make the economic case for independence | Why did the SNP make allowances for Spain during Covid? | Simon Case quits the Garrick Club | Simon Case’s five worst WhatsApp moments

  • The Spectator Australia

    Remember when Friends Reunited was a thing? Twenty-something years ago, before Facebook even existed, this primaeval social networking site connecting…What to read next: Princess Kate, photographs, and the great thirst for significance | All hail the abolition of the ‘non-doms’ | Keir Starmer should think twice before shunning Marine Le Pen | The real problem with Jonathan Glazer

  • Keir Starmer should think twice before shunning Marine Le Pen

    Riding high in the polls with a 20-point lead, the Labour party is preparing for government. Across the Channel with…What to read next: What the French left could learn from Keir Starmer | The real problem with Jonathan Glazer | Will Sunak renege on ‘foreign powers’ owning newspapers? | Will Biden change his Venezuela approach?

  • The real problem with Jonathan Glazer

    Every year the Oscars unleashes some kind of political controversy, and this year’s revolves around Jonathan Glazer’s speech denouncing Israel. Glazer, the…What to read next: Fake Labour minister polls better than real frontbenchers | Will Sunak renege on ‘foreign powers’ owning newspapers? | Will Biden change his Venezuela approach? | The West must wake up to the threat of Islamic State-Khorasan

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  • Treasurer’s antifragile Budget just another black swan

    The Treasurer is like a boss who enthusiastically makes everyone’s life a misery with every new fad. Only this time,…What to read next: How about tax deductions for your home loan interest? | Woke tropes informing Australia’s Gaza response | Our spy laws are out of date (again) | The ABC once made jokes, now it is a joke

  • The ABC once made jokes, now it is a joke

    I have fond memories of ABC’s Wednesday night programming around 2005-10 when the best comedies they had to offer used…What to read next: Even God (the Editor) has made mistakes | Why the ABC shouldn’t just receive a funding freeze, but a cut. | Canada is the country to watch for conservatives | Tasmania’s hung Parliament exposes the failure of major parties

  • Canada is the country to watch for conservatives

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