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:
16 August 2023
2.3 MINS
The Albanese government blocked a bid by Qantas rival Qatar Airlines for extra flights in and out of Australia. Next minute, a special ceremony is being held to show off Qantas planes painted in the ‘Yes’ campaign livery. Now, I’m not saying there’s any connection. [...]
15 August 2023
1.9 MINS
If you want to be informed, avoid the media! Only women have hysterectomies. Only women get pregnant. And only leftist progressives like the morons at Melbourne radio station 3AW tweet news headlines like this: Jesse Pohlner lost his baby when undergoing a hysterectomy in 2021. [...]
14 August 2023
1.5 MINS
Labor continue their love affair with Hamas. You can always count on Labor to support the wrong side. First, they bring ISIS brides back into the country. And now -- in a move sure to please terrorist group Hamas -- they are backing the Palestinians [...]
11 August 2023
2.8 MINS
The 'democracy-loving' Democrats have a few other things to attend to, don't they? The Democrats have indicted Donald Trump for trying to overturn the result of an election and, in so doing, undermining America’s fragile democracy. Well, of course, if that’s what Trump did, then [...]
10 August 2023
2.1 MINS
Concerns about the Voice are conspiracy theories, he says. They say the difference between a conspiracy theory and reality is about a week. But, thanks to the Australian Prime Minister, the difference is now even less than that! Debate has raged for the past week [...]
10 August 2023
0.8 MINS
SMH can't understand why kids are feeling so depressed. My friend Chris Kenny at Sky News drew my attention to an article in The Sydney Morning Herald this week warning that children are facing an unprecedented rate of mental health problems. The August 6 article [...]
9 August 2023
2 MINS
The Australian Senate says 'No'. Australian senators -- the least curious group of people on planet Earth -- have voted not to inquire about gender transition treatment for children. That the number of children enrolled in gender clinics increased ten-fold between 2014 and 2021 is [...]
8 August 2023
3.6 MINS
Far from 'gracious' and 'modest', the Voice is divisive and misleading. I took some time over the weekend to read the entire Uluru Statement from the Heart. After reading all 26 pages, released by the government under Freedom of Information laws, there is no chance [...]
4 August 2023
3.6 MINS
The UN declares we have entered the era of global boiling as the ABC cheers more restrictions on our freedoms. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has declared we are now living through Global Boiling! The comments came after scientists confirmed that the past three weeks had [...]
3 August 2023
3 MINS
Calls for Australia to come into line with countries that have banned smacking. Australia’s failure to outlaw the smacking of children is a violation of their human rights, according to a team of legal scholars and psychologists who, themselves, need a good old-fashioned smackdown. The [...]
2 August 2023
2 MINS
... and decides it's because of 'aspirational' immigrants. The Sydney Telegraph promised to tell us “why Aussie private school attendance is soaring”. The paper reported that 35.5 per cent of Australian children now attend private schools. That figure, according to an ABC report, has doubled [...]
31 July 2023
2.6 MINS
National Broadcaster reports that gas is no longer plentiful. Gas is no longer plentiful! Also, the ABC think you’re an idiot. Our national broadcaster reported yesterday that the Victorian Government will ban gas connections in all new homes from January 1, 2024. Why? Because gas [...]
31 July 2023
3.8 MINS
The former PM blasts what he describes as "scare-tainment". Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has accused Sky News of “terrifying” people about the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. He told the ABC’s Radio National program that Sky News was creating “anxiety” in the community by constantly [...]
21 July 2023
1.8 MINS
Newsweek poll finds almost half of millennials think so! A poll published in Newsweek has found that 44 percent of America’s 25-34-year-olds believe misgendering someone should be a criminal offence. I’m starting to believe that being a millennial should be a crime. My dog is [...]
20 July 2023
2.4 MINS
When Donald Trump ordered McDonald's to the White House back in 2019, the media went nuts. It was tacky. It was classless. It was unbecoming, they said. But when cocaine was found in Joe Biden’s White House this month, the media were completely incurious. Someone [...]
19 July 2023
2.6 MINS
The Catholic Bishop heading up World Youth Day has said he does not want to convert young people to Christianity. I guess World Youth Day will just be a hippie festival paid for by the Catholic Church. It certainly raises the question, what exactly is [...]
18 July 2023
4.5 MINS
Last Friday was International Look at Me Day, or, as some like to call it, International Non-Binary Day. For the uninitiated, the LGBTIQ+ Health Australia define a non-binary person as: “ … someone who does not identify as exclusively a man or a woman. Someone [...]
14 July 2023
3.8 MINS
You just know things are bad when they start shifting the goalposts. What do you do when you’re losing the match? Well, if you’re the Albanese government -- presiding over runaway inflation and rising interest rates -- you move the goalposts. You start boasting about [...]
12 July 2023
0.8 MINS
The world is a trans woman's oyster. It’s official. The best-looking woman in Holland is a man. Well, of course. Ever since Caitlyn Jenner was named Glamour Magazine’s Woman of the Year back in 2015, we’ve all known that dudes make better chicks than chicks. [...]
11 July 2023
2.4 MINS
Victorian Senator calls for multicultural quotas. Labor Senator Jana Stewart is pushing her party to pick culturally diverse candidates under a quota plan to boost the number of parliamentarians from non-English speaking backgrounds. The Indigenous Senator told the Sydney Morning Herald the Labor Party needed [...]





