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:
31 December 2024
2.6 MINS
Albo took five days to get to the synagogue fire, but was at the Grampians faster than you could say "Climate Change".
24 December 2024
3.6 MINS
The Victorian Liberal Leader, John Pesutto – and I use the word ‘leader’ in the loosest possible sense – used his casting vote last Friday to keep Moira Deeming out of the Liberal Partyroom.
23 December 2024
1.4 MINS
A car has driven itself at high speed through a German market, killing and injuring dozens of Christmas shoppers. Naughty car!
16 December 2024
2.6 MINS
Victorian Liberal Leader John Pesutto lost in court last Thursday — but the real losers were Victorians. How are voters supposed to choose between the completely inept Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan, and the now completely discredited Victorian Opposition leader John Pesutto?
11 December 2024
2.7 MINS
Are our authorities serious about cracking down on anti-Semitism in the wake of Friday morning’s terror attack? There’s an easy way to find out. Arrest those idiots chanting for violence against Jews in Sydney on Sunday.
5 December 2024
2.8 MINS
From social media bans to Australia Day boycotts, our world seems to be losing any sense.
28 November 2024
3 MINS
Are Australian Senators the least curious people on the planet? Our Senators this week said no — for the fifth time — to an inquiry into the use of puberty blockers on children.
28 November 2024
2.7 MINS
Kim Williams and his ilk hate Rogan and people like him because they are in panic mode. They are desperately upset that they no longer get to dictate and control the cultural narratives.
20 November 2024
3.9 MINS
I’m sure Sam Kerr and her girlfriend are wonderful people. And I genuinely wish them every happiness in life. None of that is invalidated because I don’t agree that two women can “have a baby”.
19 November 2024
2.4 MINS
The revelation that United States emergency workers deliberately withheld help from hurricane victims they knew to be Trump supporters defies comprehension. How those claiming to be about tolerance and inclusion can act with such cruelty is beyond my understanding. The inhumanity!
18 November 2024
2.1 MINS
Our Labor Government voted at the United Nations last week in favour of Palestinian sovereignty over the so-called occupied territories. Since when do you create conditions for peace by acquiescing to terrorists?
13 November 2024
2 MINS
Kristen Tilley was appointed by the Albanese Government to conduct “international climate diplomacy” — whatever that means. In order to advocate for lower emissions, Tilley has made 20 international trips in the past two years, racking up a $275,000 travel bill.
8 November 2024
4 MINS
With the 2024 US Presidential race now decided, here are my 12 hot takes on the election.
7 November 2024
4.7 MINS
We have been told for months that Trump is Hitler. Of all the narratives surrounding the US election, it is this one that has been the most shocking. Does anyone seriously believe that Donald J. Trump is the modern incarnation of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler?
6 November 2024
6.5 MINS
There are 100 reasons for Kamala Harris and her band of race-baiting identity politicking champagne socialist Democrats to be banished from the White House, but let’s just do ten.
6 November 2024
2.1 MINS
The British conservatives have elected a black woman – Kemi Badenoch – to lead them. And progressives are all excited about her skin.
31 October 2024
3.9 MINS
It’s all very well to be angry at Daniel Andrews, but we should be angrier at ourselves! The former Victorian premier trampled human rights during the pandemic, but only because we allowed him to do so.
25 October 2024
2.1 MINS
Either the Egyptian king had the freedom to let Israel go, or he did not. If Pharaoh had a choice, then Pharaoh hardened his own heart. But if God hardened Pharaoh’s heart — as the text says — then what choice did Pharaoh have?
18 October 2024
1.6 MINS
For the second time in less than a week, an ACT Greens candidate has been cautioned for appearing to support Islamic terrorists. The Greens are unfit for public office. And I measure that against a very low bar.
16 October 2024
1.9 MINS
Is that a Greens candidate, or is it a parcel that’s ticking? That’s the question that needs to be asked of the ACT Greens after their candidate, James Cruz, was found for the second time in a week to have posted incendiary remarks on social media.





