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:
10 June 2026
4 MINS
Police deliver the most unfortunate line after a Belfast man is nearly beheaded in the street. The attacker, granted asylum in 2023, shouted "Allah Akbar" in harrowing footage posted on social media.
10 June 2026
2.2 MINS
The witch billboards are not what we want to see — but those denying women sex-based rights are now suddenly invoking sexism when their own leadership is targeted.
9 June 2026
1.6 MINS
Variety Magazine’s 2026 Women of Power award has gone to non-binary actress Emma Corrin — a biological woman who rejects the label “woman”.
8 June 2026
5.6 MINS
After years of telling Australians that black is white, up is down and common sense is extremism, the political class is about to find out where the public's breaking point is. Our national fabric is under great stress.
5 June 2026
2 MINS
After criticising the ABC’s decision to hire Grace Tame, Charlie Pickering quickly changed his tune, raising questions about pressure, media conformity and the limits of acceptable dissent.
4 June 2026
2.1 MINS
The harassment of Helen Mirren in London highlights rising antisemitism, political intimidation, and the distortion of public statements in an increasingly hostile debate over Israel.
3 June 2026
5.8 MINS
While Labor Senator Murray Watt mocked Pauline Hanson for celebrating her 72nd birthday in style, a new poll suggested One Nation is now Australia's most popular political party.
3 June 2026
2.6 MINS
We used to go to the theatre to be transported. Now we bring our entire digital lives with us — and wonder why nothing quite moves us the way it used to. We no longer pay attention to reality in the present moment.
28 May 2026
2.3 MINS
One Lamborghini ride exposes the Greens' movement marketed as virtuous, powered by hypocrisy, and driven by people who think the rules are for everyone else.
26 May 2026
1.8 MINS
When it comes to returning ISIS members, the Albanese Government's deradicalisation policy doesn't just miss the point — it waits for the explosion before calling the fire brigade.
19 May 2026
4.9 MINS
The Coalition opposed reform when it mattered, embraced it when it became popular, and now calls that conviction.
13 May 2026
2.8 MINS
A sardonic guide to Prime Minister Albanese's and Labor's official talking points for broken promises — where 'we won't' becomes 'we must,' and political backflips are rebranded as responsible leadership.
13 May 2026
3.3 MINS
The ABC's reaction to the historic Lower House win of Pauline Hanson's One Nation reveals more about media elites than the voters they're so eager to diagnose.
7 May 2026
1.8 MINS
An embarrassing visa blunder has exposed serious failures in Australia's Home Affairs Department — and raised uncomfortable questions about who is really keeping Australians safe.
1 May 2026
5.5 MINS
Australia's antisemitism royal commission has delivered its interim report — but critics say it dances around the elephant in the room: Islamic extremism and terrorism.
28 April 2026
3.5 MINS
A failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump reignites fierce debate over political rhetoric, media influence, and whether escalating hostility is fuelling real-world violence.
24 April 2026
4 MINS
While ISIS openly calls for copycat attacks on Australian soil, our politicians debate whether chanting "globalise the intifada" in council buildings might be slightly impolite.
20 April 2026
2.8 MINS
Fifty world leaders gathered to demand the Strait of Hormuz be opened — hours after it already was. Global leadership has never looked quite so redundant.
17 April 2026
2.9 MINS
Trump's critics keep mistaking provocation for prophecy. But the man himself has never claimed to be anything more than a sinner trying — and failing — to get into heaven.
14 April 2026
4.7 MINS
The Albanese Labor Government is spending $20 million to tell Australians to pump up their tyres — while ignoring the Prime Minister's own warnings about fuel security.





