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:
8 July 2025
1.6 MINS
King Charles is now officially in charge of saving the planet. No, this is not satire. Buckingham Palace confirmed last week in its annual report that the monarch’s job description had been amended to include providing leadership on “environmental sustainability.”
7 July 2025
2.1 MINS
While violent anti-Semitism played out across Melbourne over the weekend, the Jewish community is left watching the PM play a game of anti-Semitic whack-a-mole using a pool noodle and a copy of the Human Rights Commission charter.
4 July 2025
4.9 MINS
Thanks to Australia’s first-ever Indigenous Truth Telling Inquiry – an expensive guilt parade funded by the colonisers – we finally have a clearer picture of what reconciliation really means. Not coming together, but separate nations and forever fragmentation. Plus invoices. Lots and lots of invoices.
3 July 2025
2.7 MINS
China's ambassador to Australia has kindly assured Anthony Albanese there is no reason to increase Australia’s defence spending. When a communist dictatorship tells you NOT to spend money on defence, it’s probably time to double it.
1 July 2025
3.3 MINS
Meet the New York City hopefuls vying to be mayor this November. Promoting criminal-friendly crime policies, state-financed abortion and taxpayer-funded therapy goats, it’s a buffet of bad ideas served with a side of moral smugness. What could possibly go wrong?
30 June 2025
3.7 MINS
Melbourne-based street sweeper Shaun Turner committed a secular sin in the progressive gospel when he questioned whether an Acknowledgement of Country was necessary before the weekly street sweeping session. Swept aside from his job, the council has now reinstated him.
27 June 2025
2.5 MINS
Starting 1 July, you can walk into a NSW registry, look the bored clerk squarely in the eye, and change the gender on your birth certificate without presenting a single medical document, psychological report, or even so much as a strategically placed Band-Aid. Because "inclusion".
25 June 2025
2.2 MINS
Tennis great Martina Navratilova says she would never have defected from communist Czechoslovakia as a teenager had she known Donald Trump would end up as President. Perhaps someone’s strung their tennis racket just a little too tight.
24 June 2025
1.5 MINS
Melbourne’s Trinity Grammar School – a place that once prided itself on producing gentlemen – is now proudly producing confusion, promoting a queer pro-Palestinian activist with shocking social media posts for their Pride Week assembly.
23 June 2025
2.6 MINS
Albanese still hasn’t condemned Iran’s nuclear violations. Or thanked America for neutering Iran's nuclear ambitions. For Albanese and Wong, the US operation was more than just a foreign policy nightmare – it was a vibe violation.
20 June 2025
3.1 MINS
The Ayatollah of Iran believes the existence of Israel is a global injustice inhibiting the return of the Mahdi, which must be eliminated. If you’re unfamiliar with religion, you’ll miss so much of what is really going on in this conflict – which explains the Australian Government's position.
19 June 2025
1.9 MINS
Anthony Albanese has a curious allergy to political peanuts – words perfectly safe for grown-ups to handle, but apparently fatal to fragile ideologues. Above all, this damages Australians and is leading us to irrelevance.
18 June 2025
2.8 MINS
Penny Wong is bringing a secular-scented candle to an Islamic Iranian gunfight. Here's what Australia's foreign minister fails to understand about the Iranian regime and its relentless pursuit of Israel's annihilation.
17 June 2025
2.4 MINS
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has teamed up with Greta Thunberg to bring lasting peace to the Middle East by encouraging Israel and Iran to hug it out. “Operation Group Hug: Tehran to Tel Aviv” will replace Iran’s nukes with kale chips, bamboo yoga mats, and a soothing playlist curated by Yothu Yindi and Coldplay.
9 June 2025
2.5 MINS
The anti-Christ would be identifiable by his desire to offer visas to white South Africans. I mean, that’s exactly the kind of thing the devil would do! Right, ABC?
6 June 2025
1.7 MINS
Hamas' leaders have agreed to an immediate surrender on condition that Greta Thunberg is immediately returned to Europe, saying they'd prefer sentencing in Jerusalem than being subjected to Sweden’s narcissistic goblin of doom.
28 May 2025
2.7 MINS
Violent youth gangs have announced they will dissolve at noon on Wednesday when the Victorian government’s machete ban comes into effect. Gang leader Outon Bale said he will take up knitting as an alternative outlet for his peace-loving heart.
26 May 2025
4.2 MINS
“Free Palestine” is not about the war in Gaza. Not one bit. If it was, Yaron Lischinsky would be getting down on one knee to ask his girlfriend Sarah Milgrim for her hand in marriage next week.
22 May 2025
2.6 MINS
PETA, animal rights activists who rank humans on the same level as fungus, want to stirrup trouble for the Brisbane Broncos’ bucking bronco logo. Just horsing around? Or are they serious? That’s the equestrian.
14 May 2025
3 MINS
Australia needs a genuine conservative party. But Sussan Ley of the 'modern' Liberal Party will not deliver that.





