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The spy who came back from retirement: Karla’s Choice, by Nick Harkaway, reviewed. Publishing is a business. Authors are its brands and books its products. When, as sometimes happens, one of the bigger…. The Australian edition of the iconic …
Australia’s swansong for free speech | The Spectator Australia
1 day ago · The end of the year could be the swansong for free speech in Australia. The Misinformation and Disinformation Bill, passed in the House of Representatives on November 7, has been submitted to the Senate for final review.If it passes there, digital media will be required to censor itself, thus cancelling all speech which is …
Trump’s new America should mean Australia’s realignment
1 day ago · But instead, it is a conservatism based on ‘the preservation of fire’. It is, in Trump’s words, about moving forward, ‘bigger, and better, and stronger than ever before’. While America looks to reclaim the new frontier, across the Pacific, Australia seems stuck in the mud. The major parties, by comparison, offer vision but that of ...
Magazine - The Spectator Australia
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COP29: Much more than a climate negotiation marathon
2 days ago · 17 November 2024. 8:30 AM. This year, it was Baku’s turn to host the annual UN Climate Conference, COP29. But if you think COP is just a place where negotiators wrangle over climate agreements for days on end, fuelled by stale sandwiches and caffeine overdoses, think again. Behind those intense plenary sessions, COP is also the grand stage ...
Pandemic reckoning: Australians deserve a review
18 May 2022. 10:10 AM. It seems the pandemic has disappeared – from our TV screens at least. Last week, the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader debated the usual run of pre-election promises without making mention of the virus. Meanwhile, polls suggest a significant swing away from major parties towards minor parties and independents.
Category: Flat White - The Spectator Australia
Donald Trump: ‘This will be a Golden Age’. Flat White 6 November 2024 7:48 pm. The first thing you notice about Donald Trump’s victory speech is the stage behind him. America is standing on that….
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About | The Spectator Australia. The Spectator was established in 1828, and is the best-written and most influential weekly in the English language. Our writers have no party line; their only allegiance is to clarity of thought, elegance of expression and independence of opinion. Our writers opinions range from left to right, their ...
A nation divided | The Spectator Australia
19 January 2024. 3:31 AM. As the nation ushers in a new year following the decisive defeat of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament at the ballot box, there are still those who persist in rejecting the outcome of the referendum. Undeterred, they remain steadfast in their pursuit of race-based objectives covered within the failed referendum, such ...
Convict life | The Spectator Australia
In Folie à Deux, Arthur Fleck is no longer just the guy with a disturbing laugh and a body count. He’s a deeply troubled man who embodies the failures of the system. Forgotten by society, isolated in his own mental illness, Arthur’s descent into madness becomes a kind of perverse survival story – something we Aussies understand all too well.