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 November 2022
1.9 MINS
This kids' movie featuring a gay lead character is set to lose $100 million. The first Disney children’s animation to feature a gay romance has bombed at the box office. Strange World, which opened in theatres across the US at the weekend, is tipped to [...]
29 November 2022
1.1 MINS
Musician Tim Minchin has spoken out against haters, declaring that we must not dehumanise those with whom we disagree. This is the same Tim Minchin who released a song describing Catholic Cardinal George Pell as “scum”, a "pompous buffoon" and a "goddam coward". "I've got [...]
28 November 2022
1.4 MINS
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek announced that Australia is a land of droughts and flooding rains. Referring to the government’s “State of the Climate” report, she said: “Dry periods will get longer, and bushfire season will get hotter. At the same time, the rain periods will [...]
25 November 2022
0.9 MINS
World footballers feel so strongly about LGBTQ rights that they are prepared to take a strong stand at the World Cup in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal. I’m not, of course, referring to a boycott of the event. Goodness no! They’ll still play in Qatar. [...]
24 November 2022
1.3 MINS
Would you trust your teenager with the budget? Teal politician Dr Monique Ryan wants parliament to let 16-year-olds vote. As the parent of twin teenagers, I can attest that this is a terrible idea. I wouldn’t trust 16-year-olds to get the ingredients for a chicken [...]
23 November 2022
1.6 MINS
Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy has said that a Liberal candidate who believes abortion is wrong will be banned from sitting in the party room if elected. Her views are “extremist”, he said. The irony of this is that the pro-abortion movement calls themselves “pro-choice”. [...]
22 November 2022
1 MINS
Poll determines the former US President should be allowed back on Twitter. Elon Musk announced the day before yesterday that former President Donald Trump will be allowed back on Twitter. Musk made the announcement after conducting an online poll that attracted more than 15 million [...]
21 November 2022
2.4 MINS
Today I’m bringing you the very best of Covid Rules and explaining the complicated science behind them. We were treated like idiots for two years. We must never, ever forget. The Rule: We had to wear masks when entering a restaurant and walking to the [...]
18 November 2022
1.9 MINS
A Monash University engineering student has complained that he had marks deducted for failing to include an Acknowledgement of Country at the beginning of his assignment. According to the Daily Mail, Monash Uni recently introduced a policy requiring students to add the message recognising traditional [...]
17 November 2022
4.3 MINS
Politicians who had nothing to do with it celebrate like it was their achievement. It’s five years since Australia voted to change the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. Now we have 72 genders, the words mother and father are considered controversial, and drag [...]
15 November 2022
2.5 MINS
Nihilism is pervading our increasingly secular world. The unifying feature across all progressive ideologies today is that they are fundamentally anti-human. Whether it’s the mad panic to get to net zero -- irrespective of the human cost -- or the gender botherers’ relentless campaign to [...]
14 November 2022
2.6 MINS
In Canada, euthanasia is to be made available for people who are simply suffering from mental illness. Assisted dying will become legal next year for Canadians with a mental disorder as their sole condition. The decision, announced by the Canadian Parliament, is a massive expansion [...]
11 November 2022
1.9 MINS
A 72-year-old man has been jailed in the UK for selling mince pies during lockdown. He may have done the wrong thing, but I’m hoping he doesn’t spend too long in custardy. Dobbers Neighbours reported Maurice Snelling to police in December 2020 when they saw [...]
10 November 2022
2.5 MINS
Apparently, identifying as they/them doesn’t preclude you from an award based on gender. Emma D’Arcy has been named as one of GQ Magazine’s Men of the Year. Caitlyn Jenner was named Glamour Magazine’s woman of the year back in 2015, so I suppose it’s a [...]
9 November 2022
2.7 MINS
Parents, beware: The Cartoon Network is spewing woke unscientific propaganda at your unwitting children. I’m old enough to remember when watching cartoons on a Saturday morning was just a fun part of being a kid. These days, it’s a dangerous pastime where kids are actively [...]
8 November 2022
1.4 MINS
If the planet were on fire, would your first thought be… let’s jump on a plane to talk about it? If it is, you probably don’t believe the planet is really on fire. But it’s okay, Yamin, because we don’t believe it either.
7 November 2022
1.8 MINS
There is outrage in Norway after a man was sympathetically interviewed on television about his decision to begin identifying as a disabled woman. Jørund Viktoria Alme, 53, an able-bodied male who now identifies as a disabled woman, told Good Morning Norway that he had always [...]
3 November 2022
1.6 MINS
There is a reason, historically, that we have single-sex spaces. “Transwomen are women”, or so the saying goes. But it’s just not true. Transwomen are not a subset of women, they are a subset of men. This should not be difficult to comprehend. After all, [...]
2 November 2022
2.2 MINS
If Netball Australia had any decency, they would reject Dan Andrews' $15m sponsorship offer. The Victoria Premier promised to fill the void left by Gina Rinehart’s decision to end an agreement between Hancock Prospecting and Netball Australia. Rinehart tore up her agreement with the sport [...]
1 November 2022
2.8 MINS
"Self-driving" cars are as much a pipe dream as "self-identification" as one's preferred gender. Neither is based in reality. News of a fatal accident involving everyone’s favourite electric car that smashed into a tree with no one at the wheel raises the question: Why do [...]





