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The ‘trust the science’ people must be thrilled. Donald Trump has upheld biological reality against deluded activism. Defending women from…
Can our universities be saved? | The Spectator Australia
1 day ago · Universities are facing their biggest crisis in modern history, yet most are in denial and living in la-la land. Warning bells have been ringing for some years, but the descent has been precipitous. Just 25 years ago, Tony Blair unveiled the ‘knowledge-based economy’ to …
Truly a sliding door moment | The Spectator Australia
4 days ago · 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 Australia has gone into a steep decline since Labor took office.
Alarming antisemitism | The Spectator Australia
4 days ago · 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 Albanese out of his complacency and call a national cabinet meeting to deal with the tsunami of antisemitism that has swept over Australia ever since Hamas launched its …
Housing catastrophe? | The Spectator Australia
Jan 14, 2025 · A recent newspaper article asked university students how they would solve the current housing crisis. The article suggested that we were heading towards a housing ‘catastrophe’, but Gen Z had the answer. However, an economist mate of mine pointed to the HILDA data and suggested people found it harder to pay their rent or their mortgage in the early 2000s than today.
Pandemic questions that demand answers | The Spectator Australia
Sep 21, 2024 · The Australian people now have two outrages concerning the Covid pandemic. There’s the response to Covid, and there’s the response to the response to Covid, which is one of complete and utter disinterest.
Covid Inquiry was not fit for purpose | The Spectator Australia
Nov 6, 2024 · The 868-page report of the official inquiry into Australia’s Covid-19 response, like the inquiry itself, is not fit for purpose. Bottom line: This is a report of, by, and for the public health clerisy. For example, the report recommends that the solution to state overreach and abuse of power during the pandemic is to increase the powers and resources of the same two groups (politicians and ...
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.
Retrieving Australia’s energy policy disaster
Placing these numbers in perspective, replacing Australia’s 21 gigawatts of existing coal plant – which supplies over 60 per cent of electricity – would cost $3 billion per gigawatt or $63 billion with no need for battery backup or additional transmission.
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 …