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:
30 January 2024
3.2 MINS
The Left has turned the celebration of Australia Day into a counter-culture move. Whereas once waving the Aussie flag around was a bit daggy, it is now the ultimate act of rebellion.
23 January 2024
2.5 MINS
Figures released recently show the number of Victorian government employees has jumped by a whopping 60 per cent over the past 15 years. How to explain Victoria’s need for so many more bureaucrats? It wouldn’t have anything to do with Victoria being under Labor rule for most of that time, would it?
18 January 2024
4 MINS
Where is the insistence, the demanding, the table-thumping in global forums that until Hamas release the hostages, there is nothing to talk about?
17 January 2024
1.8 MINS
Just days after accusing Israel of genocide at the International Court of Justice, South Africa has sacked its Under-19s cricket captain for the crime of being Jewish.
5 January 2024
3.1 MINS
Anti-Israel protestors — both here in Australia and overseas — have used Christmas to claim that Jesus was not in fact a Jew, but a Palestinian. Attempting to weaponise Christian identity in support of a terrorist organisation by claiming that Jesus was not a Jew is deceitful.
4 January 2024
0.4 MINS
Union leaders have warned the government that a religious discrimination bill must not allow faith-based schools to hire staff based on their faith.
3 January 2024
3 MINS
2023 was the year we learned that when Islamic terrorists take babies hostage, far more people around the world will march in support of the terrorists than in support of the babies.
2 January 2024
0.4 MINS
The ABC’s racially charged fireworks; men in female boxing bouts; and the Australia Day wars started early this year. I spoke about all of that last night with Sky News contributor Evelyn Rae and Campion College lecturer Stephen Chavura.
2 January 2024
1.5 MINS
A peck on the cheek from Hamas is not a compliment. It’s confirmation, as if any were needed, that the Australian Labor Party has completely lost its moral compass.
30 December 2023
0.4 MINS
The Bureau of Meteorology wants indemnity from any claims against them as a result of dodgy weather forecasts. It’s an inexact science, they say. Wait. What? I thought the science was settled!
29 December 2023
1.3 MINS
A Melbourne school teacher, who wears a keffiyeh and promotes the Palestinian cause in class, has insisted that Hamas terrorists who raped and beheaded Jews did “what they have to do”.
28 December 2023
3.2 MINS
A report commissioned by the Albanese Government recommends stripping religious schools of their tax deductibility status while making that same status available to activist LBGTQ groups.
19 December 2023
1.4 MINS
The New South Wales State Government urged Sydneysiders to limit their use of electricity last week as temperatures pushed into the 40s. Energy Minister Penny Sharpe said the lack of power was due to two factors — high demand, and maintenance issues at a coal-powered fire station.
6 December 2023
2.1 MINS
Anthony Albanese’s worst nightmare has come true. A convicted sex predator, released from detention just weeks ago, has been charged with the indecent assault of a woman in Adelaide.
23 November 2023
3.7 MINS
I’m thinking of moving to Argentina. The locals have sacked their socialist president and elected former soccer player Javier Milei. With inflation running at more than 140 per cent and two in five people living in poverty, can you blame them?
20 November 2023
2.7 MINS
Last week the Opposition Leader was effectively running the country. With Anthony Albanese too busy jetting off overseas to be bothered with governing, Peter Dutton stood and took charge.
16 November 2023
5.5 MINS
The barbarity let loose in Israel on October 7 exists right here in the West, only barely restrained. We are in a civilisational battle. The question is whether we will admit it in time to do something about it.
15 November 2023
3.8 MINS
God created the family for the propagation of life. He created government for the protection of citizens. And He created the church for the proclamation of the Gospel.
14 November 2023
9 MINS
The world is at this moment grappling with a succession of challenges that, if not properly addressed, will cause everything we know to spiral hopelessly out of control.
13 November 2023
0.5 MINS
Nicola Collins' pet ‘Fat Boy’, a 3.5-metre-long albino crocodile, was gifted to her husband Weed as “payment for a concreting job”.





