3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1060+ words) Legacy media don’t get it spectator.com.au Legacy media don’t get it Nor do our politicians There seems to be an almost obtuse wilful blindness amongst the preponderance of those in our traditional, established political parties and their confrères…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (852+ words) The Spectator Australia A man of great suavity They were both films that stay in the mind from a lifetime ago. Peter Pan is J.M. Barrie’s contribution to the mythology of the world. Some of the greatest actors had a go…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (647+ words) Aaron Patrick spoke at the Gallipoli Memorial Club’s inaugural Lone Pine Dinner. At the event, he signed copies of his book on Australia’s war in Afghanistan, and in particular, accounts of Ben Robert-Smith’s actions that earned him the Victoria Cross....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1052+ words) The Spectator Australia The sexiest kind of rock star It’s strange and sad what the world throws at us. We are assailed by musicals – a production of Reg Livermore’s Ned Kelly, a show full of jukebox glamour about Neil Diamond…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (273+ words) Sophie Pattison, 37, is not in a good place: heartbroken, childless, mid-divorce from ‘arsehole’ Paul, with her self-esteem and bank balance low. As her best friend Emma says: ‘You have a lot of love and nobody to take it out on....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (716+ words) How did you go broke? Argentina replies to Australia: Gradually and then suddenly. But why do you ask? Just making sure we are getting close. So how will Australia do it, go broke that is…? Government spending and increased regulation…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (854+ words) The Spectator Australia This silly and drivelling piece of tosh Every so often something comes along that is so bad it fills the soul with wonder and dismay. It seems like a denial of nature that the upshot should be…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (601+ words) In early August, the Minister for Social Services, Tanya Plibersek, provided a history lesson for ungrateful young Australians. ‘There’s never been a better time to be a first-time buyer,’ she said. Plibersek was spruiking the Albanese government’s 5 per cent deposit…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (853+ words) The Spectator Australia Dolly, Kylie & Albo Just when you thought it was safe to view melons simply as grocery items, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese himself has, wittingly or unwittingly, reignited the tawdry Melongate saga. With the death of US superstar…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (749+ words) The Spectator Australia Why the world loved Dolly Parton Dolly Parton was all-American. Born into the dirt-poor Tennessee hills of the Great Smokey Mountains, her upbringing reflected the indigent nature of country life in the South, even as the urban…...