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:
13 December 2022
2.8 MINS
Elton John has quit Twitter. The iconic singer-songwriter advised his 1.1 million followers: All my life I’ve tried to use music to bring people together. Yet it saddens me to see how misinformation is now being used to divide our world. I’ve decided to no [...]
12 December 2022
2 MINS
Discovery Channel’s Shark Week features too many white men and is overly negative about sharks, the latest excuse for a meaningful study has found. Public Library of Science researchers studied hundreds of Shark Week episodes and concluded the series too often presented great white man-eating [...]
9 December 2022
0.3 MINS
Imagine you offended your wife 200 years ago. Okay, okay, imagine your FRIEND offended his wife 200 years ago. And imagine she confronted him and he issued a genuine, heartfelt apology. Rather than forgive your friend, she insists that he sets aside a day every [...]
8 December 2022
5.2 MINS
Canada’s dystopian love affair with state-assisted dying grows more chilling by the day. Fashion house La Maison Simons has produced a (now deleted) three-minute advertisement promoting euthanasia as a trendy, progressive lifestyle choice. The ad presents state-sponsored MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) as ‘the most [...]
7 December 2022
6.9 MINS
News.com.au's takedown of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison's faith is groundbreaking journalism. Not. The headline read: Scott Morrison “has a God complex” and recited the Bible in meetings, new book claims. Whoa. This’ll be good, I thought. I couldn’t wait to read it. Can you [...]
6 December 2022
0.6 MINS
I’m at a loss to explain the fascination our supposedly conservative politicians have with blokes dressed in drag. Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg voted last week against a motion to hold an inquiry into the alarming number of children being experimented on with hormones and irreversible [...]
5 December 2022
2.4 MINS
A sign-language interpreter performing in a Broadway production of The Lion King has allegedly been fired for being white. Keith Wann, 53, claims that he was removed from the show because the director did not want white actors representing black characters. By black characters, of course, we mean African [...]
2 December 2022
2.1 MINS
The World Health Organization has announced a brand-new, stigma-free name for the Monkeypox after US President Joe Biden denounced the name as racist. The disease transmitted -- not exclusively but overwhelmingly -- through gay sex will henceforth be known as the mpox. The creative geniuses [...]
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 [...]





