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This summer, Australians of all backgrounds and ethnicities must ask themselves whether the great Australian dream of multiculturalism has failed.…
All I want for Christmas is… to make Australia great
Merry Christmas, Aussie Spectators! Yes I know December is not looking too Chrissie prepared, with rising electricity costs, aircon over summer subject to government planning, that is looking rather unreliable, record business failures, farmers and pastoralists struggling, especially under government tape burdens (like the rest of us), dwindling …
Why the King’s speech still matters | The Spectator Australia
2 days ago · Later today, the King will address the nation, as he has annually since he acceded the throne in September 2022. This year’s is expected not only to be the most eagerly anticipated and arguably momentous speech that Charles has delivered, but also probably since his mother attempted to make some sense of the chaotic, grief-stricken events of 1997.
The misinformation behind the MAD bill | The Spectator Australia
Dec 19, 2024 · The government’s MAD (misinformation and disinformation) bill has been killed – withdrawn from the Senate in what might have been the last sitting week before the next federal election. The bill, an abhorrent attack on free speech, will not be missed. But that is not to say it …
Astonishing cost, miserable return | The Spectator Australia
Oct 27, 2024 · The Australian Energy Market Operator’s head, Daniel Westerman, attracted the media’s attention by refusing, under Parliamentary scrutiny, to guarantee that the Integrated System Plan (ISP) developed by his agency on behalf of the government will bring lower prices.
Australia’s current recession in perspective | The Spectator Australia
Sep 7, 2024 · Australia is in a per-capita recession. This should be big news, but most of the mainstream media remains dedicated to the illusion that our 0.2 per cent growth in aggregate GDP is the more important statistic.
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 become the magazine’s 14th proprietor.
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 nuclear power in Australia. The article failed to explain the subsidy also offset the high costs of long-term renewable contracts established during the …
Freedom for truth | The Spectator Australia
Oct 20, 2024 · We don’t value freedom because we don’t understand freedom. We don’t understand the telos of freedom – its end, objective, or purpose.We’ve been led to believe freedom is its own end, and that the more freedom we have, the better.
Australia is already a successful nuclear nation
Oct 21, 2024 · ANSTO – the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation – recently celebrated 70 years since Australia’s nuclear age began in Sydney. On April 15, 1953, Australia entered the nuclear…