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:
29 July 2022
2.7 MINS
If you want to understand just how far left the Australian mainstream media is, consider this article in The Age newspaper about newly endorsed Victorian Liberal candidate Moira Deeming. Ms Deeming has been chosen to replace dumped Liberal MP Bernie Finn in the contest for [...]
27 July 2022
4 MINS
And they say the Virgin Birth requires a leap of faith! If Australian Government records are to believed, 55 men gave birth to babies in 2014-15. Those are the official Medicare records as reported by The Australian newspaper on Thursday. Now if that sounds strange, don’t be [...]
26 July 2022
3 MINS
Rugby league’s first-ever inclusion game is so inclusive that it will include everyone… except Christian players. Half the Manly Sea Eagles team are refusing to wear a gay pride jumper in Thursday night’s game against the Sydney Roosters. The seven players are understood to be [...]
25 July 2022
2.3 MINS
Russian officials are openly mocking America’s embrace of transgenderism, taunting the United States to “keep going”. The ridicule came after a photo of transgender Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine and non-binary Deputy Assistant Nuclear Energy Secretary Sam Brinton went viral last week. The queer duo [...]
22 July 2022
2.6 MINS
Rugby Australia has threatened to ban a football fan for yelling abuse at England coach Eddie Jones on Sunday night. Next thing you know, they will ban star players for quoting the Bible. Oh wait. They already did that. A fan yelled, “You’re a traitor,” [...]
21 July 2022
3 MINS
Attempting to apply nonsensical environmentalist ideology to her nation's energy policies, Germany's Angela Merkel left her country exposed. With their main supply imperilled by war and winter approaching, Germans are in dire straits. They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. For [...]
20 July 2022
1.5 MINS
The Victorian Liberals have a half-baked plan to out-green the greenies, which if actually implemented will simply destroy the economy and plunge the state into poverty. Since when does a centre-right political party win office by proposing policies even further to the left than its [...]
19 July 2022
3.1 MINS
Are Sri Lankans about to become the world’s first net zero refugees? And could we one day follow suit? Sri Lanka is in chaos thanks to politicians who decided to remake the economy overnight in order to satisfy their fanciful, green lusts. Last year the [...]
18 July 2022
1.3 MINS
The James Webb Space Telescope is making waves in more ways than expected. Those with an intense victim mentality, swiftly aggravated by contrary opinions, seek to erase any trace of people who disagree with them -- even people who are long dead. News services featured [...]
15 July 2022
0.9 MINS
"Diplomacy, Diplomacy, Diplomacy" followed by screams of "Help! Help! Help!" NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern last week revealed her solution to Chinese aggression -- “diplomacy, diplomacy, diplomacy”. With China threatening Taiwan, expanding its influence in the Pacific and behaving aggressively toward anyone who dares to [...]
14 July 2022
1.8 MINS
But isn't gender a social construct? A gay couple is suing a California fertility clinic after they requested a male embryo but ended up with a baby girl. I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, ‘Can’t they just be happy with a healthy child?’ Well, [...]
13 July 2022
4.5 MINS
The bullying of women: the social media mob took no time at all to 'correct' Macy Gray on her definition of a woman, forcing her to recant biological truth. How powerful is cancel culture? Ask singer Macy Gray. Just 72 hours after telling Sky News [...]
12 July 2022
1.7 MINS
The Queensland Government is considering changes to the law that would allow people to legally change gender on their birth certificate every 12 months. The proposal, reported in the Daily Mail, would seem to turn everything we have been told by the trans lobby on [...]
11 July 2022
1.5 MINS
Education policy cuts parents out of decisions on children's gender. The Australian Labor Party believes that children belong to the State. Parents are mere babysitters. Think I’m exaggerating? Breaking the Family Apart The Victorian Government’s LGBTQI Student Support Policy, under the heading “Parental Consent”, reads: [...]
8 July 2022
3.7 MINS
The Left's rules of respect and tolerance don’t apply to the Christian faith. The Left are always banging on about not offending this group, and not upsetting that group -- words are literal violence. Don’t misgender a trans woman. And don’t start a meeting without [...]
6 July 2022
2.6 MINS
Western leaders cannot understand geopolitics except with help from a gender studies advisor. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed that Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he was a woman. Well obviously. If Putin was a woman he would have been too [...]
5 July 2022
2.5 MINS
Halifax Bank has made a grave error in attempting to pander to transgender ideology. It is losing business -- even from those who experience same-sex attraction. Their customers recognise the insanity of their politically correct stance. ‘Dear valued customer, embrace our extremist Woketard ideology or [...]
1 July 2022
2.4 MINS
Whatever happened to personal responsibility? Now domestic violence aggressors can blame their actions on climate change. How convenient. Australia has an Ambassador for Women and Girls. Who knew? She was completely absent during the debate on women’s sport. Maybe she got caught up in the [...]
30 June 2022
6.5 MINS
James Macpherson gives the low-down on what goes on behind the scenes for someone invited to be a political commentator on television. Hours of preparation go into a few minutes on TV! People have been asking me what it’s like to appear on Sky News [...]
29 June 2022
4 MINS
Atheists are cheering at the drop in religious affiliation in our nation. However, with Christians becoming a minority, those who have abandoned faith in God have embraced faith in other things -- in modern ideologies. Australian census data released yesterday shows that -- for the [...]





