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:
23 May 2024
1 MINS
The Walkley Foundation, which exists to encourage excellence in journalism, has announced it will part ways with sponsor Ampol. The move to dump Ampol comes after a green conga line of journalists and cartoonists protested the company's sponsorship of last year’s Walkley Awards.
22 May 2024
1.7 MINS
The livestream portal between New York City and Dublin demonstrates why we cannot have nice things. The portal — which, let’s face it, is really just two giant webcams set up 5,111km from each other — was operating less than a week before people’s behaviour deteriorated.
17 May 2024
4 MINS
The ABC has breathlessly reported that trans activists and Greens MPs don’t like Catholic doctrine. Journalists at the national broadcaster appear shocked that Catholics have not yet updated their 2000-year-old doctrine to better reflect the ABC Queer Instagram account.
14 May 2024
1.1 MINS
A judge has found Victoria Police were “aggressors” who used “unjustified violence” to attack anti-lockdown protestors during the Covid pandemic.
13 May 2024
1.3 MINS
This is a victory for Elon Musk over the absurdist eSafety Karen who exists only to enforce the approved State narrative. And it is a victory for everyday Australians over a censorious government that can no longer be trusted to have our best interests at heart.
13 May 2024
2.7 MINS
The Boy Scouts of America have decided they will arrest declining membership by becoming more inclusive. From 2025, the Boy Scouts will be known simply as Scouting America.
10 May 2024
1.4 MINS
The problem — and the charm — of inclusivity is that it strips everything of meaning. Take the decision by Hunter Valley Grammar School in New South Wales, for instance, to rename its traditional Mother’s Day Stall a “Family Gift Stall”.
7 May 2024
1.6 MINS
Albanese has had seven months to call out anti-semitism and to slam the weekly pro-Palestinian protests that promote hate and bile against the Jewish community. Privately making the right noises, in hushed tones, to the nation’s rabbis is hardly a response, let alone leadership.
6 May 2024
2.5 MINS
The BBC is worried that train drivers are “overwhelmingly middle-aged white men”. Now do Uber drivers! But I digress. Does the pigmentation of the train driver help the train stay on the tracks?
2 May 2024
5 MINS
Rather than answer the question as to how Australia became a place in which a clergyman cannot stand at his pulpit without fearing for his life, our political masters, champions of diversity, have decided to simply shut down all conversation on social media.
1 May 2024
1.2 MINS
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says abortion is the “type of issue” which could save Joe Biden from “bad polling numbers”. Oh my! Imagine pinning your hopes for re-election on helping women kill their babies in utero.
30 April 2024
1.5 MINS
The war against Christianity in Australia continues, with the latest shot being fired by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The ABS are currently finalising questions for the 2026 census, and changes to the question regarding religious faith are particularly telling.
30 April 2024
2.7 MINS
The Australian Prime Minister is more upset about video footage of a Christian minister being stabbed than about the Christian minister being stabbed. And now NSW Islamic leaders are more upset about not being consulted over terror raids than about the fact teenage Muslims are allegedly planning attacks on the public.
25 April 2024
3 MINS
Observations on news from the USA about pro-Palestinian student activists shutting down their own campus; Dr Hilary Cass in the UK facing safety issues after releasing her report on gender dysphoria treatment; Australian politicians lambasting Elon Musk; and Queensland Labor's lame attempt to claim credit for lower crime.
16 April 2024
1.9 MINS
A Christian priest was stabbed in the face by an Islamic jihadist last night, and the UK’s Telegraph went with this headline: “Stabbed bishop is a lockdown and Covid-19 vaccine sceptic.”
16 April 2024
4.2 MINS
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken time out from undermining Israel to comment on last night’s terror attack in Western Sydney. The PM was asked what comfort he could give to Christians. His response was interesting...
16 April 2024
2.6 MINS
This week, tensions in the already combustible Middle East are at their highest point since October 7. Early Sunday morning, rockets could be seen flying over Jerusalem from the Temple Mount. The Islamic Republic of Iran sent a wave of suicide drones and ballistic missiles toward Israel.
9 April 2024
1.4 MINS
The left knows that they now have a major legitimacy problem, which is why, hilariously, some activists are now demanding that voting for the Voice is made compulsory. Compulsory for Indigenous people, I mean. Non-Indigenous people needn’t bother.
8 April 2024
0.9 MINS
The Victorian government is set to mandate light-coloured roofs for new homes. The government argues that light-coloured roofing will reduce energy consumption as well as cool the local climate on hot days.
5 April 2024
3.1 MINS
Investigations into the incident are ongoing, though initial reports suggest Israeli commanders had mistakenly believed there was a terrorist travelling with the aid group. But the reaction from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been over the top.





