James Macpherson
James Macpherson is a sought-after international speaker with a background in journalism at the Courier-Mail and Daily Telegraph. He previously pastored a significant church in Australia and South Africa. A well-recognised Australian journalist, James is a regular contributor to The Spectator and a host at Sky News. You can subscribe to receive all his articles on faith, culture and politics at his Substack.
Articles by James Macpherson:
18 September 2024
1.7 MINS
A man who threw hot coffee over a 9-month-old baby escaped authorities thanks to political correctness. Police asked the public to help them locate the man they described as “tan”. They left it up to us to guess that “tan” meant “Asian”.
17 September 2024
3 MINS
Ryan Routh, brandishing an AK47, was able to get within 400m of Trump as he played a round of golf not far from his Mar-a-Lago home. Two assassination attempts in two months. Is it me? Or is this now becoming a pattern? The Democrats have murder on their minds.
11 September 2024
3.4 MINS
This is the problem that afflicts modern Western culture. We are more concerned about protecting a group’s feelings than about genuinely helping them.
10 September 2024
1.3 MINS
Men cannot breastfeed babies. And nor should they try. So sue me. Well, actually, that’s exactly what one transgendered woman has done to a breastfeeding expert who dared to assert — as I have — that men have no business throwing a bub on the breast.
9 September 2024
3 MINS
Queers for Palestine got a little reality check last week. Our ambassador in Iran was given a dressing down for an Instagram post promoting homosexuality. You see, homosexuality is illegal in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
6 September 2024
2 MINS
Christian minister Bishop Karen Oliveto decided to campaign against “Islamophobia” by declaring that “We are all Muslims”. Bishop Oliveto’s stance is typical of those who enjoy the comfort of opinion, without the discomfort of thought.
5 September 2024
4.3 MINS
Eminent biologist Richard Dawkins believes rising cases of mental illness are attributable to the “astonishing rate” of technological change. While Dawkins’ comments on rapidly changing technology might have some validity, his recent comments on Christianity deserve far more thought.
4 September 2024
2.7 MINS
The Albanese Government has abandoned plans to include questions about sexual preference in the Census in order to preserve social cohesion. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the decision to ditch LGBTQ questions was about “avoiding nastiness”.
3 September 2024
5.1 MINS
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Indigenous population has exploded from 548,370 in 2011 to 812,728 in 2021. The sooner we remove race as a qualifier for government assistance, the sooner Aboriginal people will be helped.
29 August 2024
3.3 MINS
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has admitted he censored Americans during the pandemic and hid the Hunter Biden laptop story in the lead-up to the 2020 election. It’s a pity “hindsight” won’t bring back two years of lost opportunity.
26 August 2024
3.2 MINS
Yes, Jesus cared about the oppressed. But Woke-inaity is not Christianity. It’s a fraud believed by Christians for whom the softness of their hearts is matched only by the softness of their heads.
22 August 2024
2.2 MINS
Is Peter Dutton a racist for insisting there should be a blanket ban on arrivals from Gaza? It’s not racist to insist that the safety of the Australian community must not be compromised by our refugee program.
21 August 2024
4.2 MINS
The debate about trans rights is not really an argument about trans rights, it’s an argument about truth. When you understand this, you understand why transgenderism has become the dominant issue in the culture wars.
20 August 2024
2.4 MINS
The World Health Organisation is warning that we are on the verge of a worldwide mpox outbreak. But whatever you do, don’t call it Monkeypox.
19 August 2024
2.6 MINS
The Albanese Government can't find a special envoy on Islamophobia, and the special envoy on anti-Semitism is reporting to the wrong person.
16 August 2024
2.9 MINS
Kamala refused to be interviewed, but that didn’t stop Time from running a huge love letter dedicated to the woman they described as a cross between Beyonce and Obama. Seriously.
15 August 2024
2.2 MINS
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif wants the freedom to think he’s a woman, while denying others the freedom to say what they think. Khelif is all in for gender freedom, while all out to suppress freedom of speech.
How Feminism, Gender Fluidity and Cultural Relativism Leaves the Most Vulnerable Females Defenceless
15 August 2024
2.7 MINS
The brave new world in which we live makes it difficult to know how to react to research that suggests certain ethnic groups might be aborting girls because they prefer boys. But don’t expect females in the womb to be defended by feminists in Parliament.
13 August 2024
2.9 MINS
We were told last November that 860 visitor visas would be issued to Palestinians needing refuge until the war in Gaza was over. We were also told the visas would only be issued after thorough security checks had been conducted.
12 August 2024
3.5 MINS
Australians were told last week that the terror threat has been raised from “likely” to “probable”. We were also told that “probable” didn’t mean “inevitable”. And we were told that the decision to move from “likely” to “probable” was not based on any specific information.





