• The Spectator Australia

    An Israeli-owned ship crammed with 17,000 cattle and sheep from Australia upset animal-rights campaigners when in January it refused to…What to read next: Brown study | Our greatest philosopher | Time to give ‘hate speech’ the flick | Vandalism of the decolonisers

  • The Spectator Australia

    The University of Chicago has what it calls a ‘Parrhesia Program for Public Discourse’ – aimed at teaching students to conduct their debates in a civilised, non-abusive manner. This wonderful old word

  • The Spectator Australia

    Like many conservatives, I am profoundly unhappy about the appointment of Ms Sam Mostyn as Governor-General of Australia. In fact,…What to read next: Brown study | Brown Study | Brown on white guilt | Our greatest philosopher

  • Future Made in Australia? It's all in the execution

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s ‘Made in Australia’ policy could be bad, good or great for Australia, depending on how it is implemented. Rex Patrick looks at the great model.

  • Australia is in danger of tearing itself apart

    In her new book, Liz Truss says she likes Australia and Australians. The country is, she says, ‘like Britain without…What to read next: The Sydney church terror attack is a wake-up call for Australians | The unimaginable tragedy of the Sydney stabbing attack | What happened to the Glasgow I love? | Scrapping replays could be the beginning of the end for the FA Cup

  • Warring Against Encryption: Australia is Coming for Your Communications

    On April 16, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, issued with authoritarian glee legal notices to X Corp and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to remove material within 24 hours depicting what her office declared to be “gratuitous or offensive violence with a high degree of impact and detail”. The relevant material featured a livestreamed More

  • Australia does not need a policeman for a police state

    When the Labor Party won the federal election off a tired, limping, and lost Morrison Liberal Party – we knew…What to read next: Australia’s e-Safety Karen | Australia fails to protect children from gender experiments | The Voice zombie lumbers on in South Australia | Dear Senator Wong, recognising a terrorist state is wrong

  • Australia’s e-Safety Karen

    If you were to believe Anthony Albanese, Elon Musk is the greatest threat to Australian democracy since Lucifer fell from…What to read next: Australia fails to protect children from gender experiments | The Voice zombie lumbers on in South Australia | Musk vs Australia’s ‘you can’t say that’ surveillance state | A diesel in the shed

  • Australia instructs citizens to leave Israel

    The Australian Government advised its citizens to depart Israel if "it is safe to do so," on Friday, following reports of Israel confirming that its military struck Iran earlier in the day.

  • Uber Australia banned woman because of her name

    A Sydney mum has a name that would offend many Australians - but it means something very different in her home country.

  • Australia tops up Ukraine military aid with $100M

    Australia has already supplied Ukraine with 120 Bushmaster vehicles, six 155mm howitzers, 56 M113 armored vehicles, 14 special operations vehicles and its signature cardboard drones.

  • Australia to send $65M military package to Ukraine

    The Australian government announced on Saturday it will provide an additional 100 million Australian dollars ($65 million) military assistance package to Ukraine. "Australia is preparing a new a