by Spectator Australia | Jun 25, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/06/the-worlds-worst-case-of-tds/I write this week from Britain’s first and oldest colony. If you’re thinking, ‘He’s in Bermuda’ that’s a good guess. Shakespeare knew about the discovery of Bermuda and wrote about it in The Tempest. So...
by Spectator Australia | Jun 25, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/06/comrade-chalmers-class-war-budget/Labor’s 2026 budget delivered barely six weeks ago, is a masterclass in deception and incompetence. It attracted widespread, well deserved, outrage, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese dismissed...
by Spectator Australia | Jun 25, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/06/an-american-monarch/On the Fourth of July, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of their separation from the British Crown. Plagued by institutional paralysis and cultural fracture, this is a fitting moment to ask...
by Spectator Australia | Jun 25, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/06/chokepoints-seldom-last/In 1973, Opec Arab members cut production and imposed an oil embargo to inflict revenge on Western countries for supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur war. Within six months, the oil price quadrupled. The...
by Spectator Australia | Jun 25, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/06/chalmers-war-on-capitalists/How many Australian businesses must fail before another generation of politicians learns one of the oldest lessons in economics? State-directed planning and political capital allocation is a path to...