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:
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.
13 May 2025
2 MINS
The culture war is really an argument over what is real and what is not. Perhaps, in Pope Leo XIV, we may have a leader who advocates for reality over the unreality promoted by popular culture and political elites.
9 May 2025
2 MINS
Greens' antisemitic leader Adam Bandt has lost his seat of Melbourne. His demise ends 15 years of climate hysteria, identity politics and woke nonsense.
7 May 2025
2.8 MINS
If our politicians do not believe in the efficacy of prayer, then why ban it? Is it incredibly strange that the conversion practices ban only works one way?
6 May 2025
2.9 MINS
The Liberals pretend they don't know what a woman is, nor what a conservative is. No wonder they didn't let Jacinta Price be at the front of their campaign.
23 April 2025
1.7 MINS
King Charles has managed to make the Easter message about Islam. To somehow equate Islam as equally valid as Christianity, on of all days, Good Friday, is quite startling.
19 April 2025
3.5 MINS
Jesus' seven statements from the cross not only had relevance for His situation in that moment, but they contained nuggets of gold that enrich you and me today.
28 March 2025
1.1 MINS
Sarah Hanson-Young waved a dead salmon around in the Australian Senate the day before yesterday. Which one of them do you think is on the nose?
26 March 2025
1.7 MINS
Sad and petty Tim Walz is cheering as people's retirement accounts drop in value, all because his political party is encouraging its worst elements to commit vandalism against the products of Tesla, an American company, to help tank the stock.
14 March 2025
3.7 MINS
An advertisement for Clive Palmer’s political party read, “There are only two genders – male and female.” Could the Newcastle Herald please advise us on how many genders exist? George Orwell, eat your heart out.
13 March 2025
2.5 MINS
What should we make of a massive Hindu statue unveiled in Western Sydney this week? Some will rage about immigration ruining this country or about the failure of migrants to integrate properly. But the real issue is not culture. It’s spirituality.
12 March 2025
0.9 MINS
Democrat politicians sat and scowled as President Trump told children that they are perfect just the way God made them.
4 March 2025
4.2 MINS
Three Chinese warships lurking menacingly off our east coast faced what Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy assures us was — and I quote — “the highest level of surveillance that you’ve ever seen”.
3 March 2025
1.6 MINS
How much help does Hamas need? Well, according to the BBC, just a little bit more. The British Broadcasting Company is facing calls for a police investigation after its recent hour-long documentary on life in Gaza.
27 February 2025
0.9 MINS
According to The National Journal, who kept count, Trump answered 1009 questions compared to Joe Biden’s 141 during his first four weeks in the Oval Office.
25 February 2025
1.6 MINS
A West Australian landowner has been found guilty of upsetting an Aboriginal rainbow serpent. The West Australian Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage insisted that the law requires landowners wanting to cross waterways on their own land to obtain the Rainbow Serpent’s blessing.
21 February 2025
2.2 MINS
An aged-care home in Melbourne has provided residents with a companion robot in a bid to ease loneliness. Are we really replacing the wonder of grandchildren with the novelty of robots? That hardly sounds like progress to me.





