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:
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.
3 April 2026
2.2 MINS
If I weren’t a Christian, I’d at least be curious. I mean, how do you explain a religion that describes the Friday on which their God died as “Good Friday”? How is it good?
27 March 2026
6.3 MINS
If you think the abuse of our Prime Minister during his visit to the Lakemba Mosque was spontaneous… think again. That meeting went exactly the way organisers intended for it to.
16 March 2026
2.2 MINS
A major German police study finds nearly half of Muslims under 40 hold Islamist views, raising fresh concerns about integration, radicalisation, and Europe’s long-running migration experiment.
10 March 2026
2.4 MINS
If only the Iranian women’s football team were ISIS brides, our government would have pulled out all stops to help them. But rather than help to establish a violent caliphate, the Iranian girls used their tour of Australia to quietly defy an Islamic regime.
5 March 2026
2.7 MINS
Britain’s hesitation over Diego Garcia signals a cooling transatlantic bond, raising hard questions about resolve, leadership, and the future of the once-steadfast Anglosphere alliance.
3 March 2026
2.9 MINS
A sharp critique of progressive double standards, arguing that Western opposition to Tehran sparks outrage—while the Iranian regime’s abuses are excused as “complex” and culturally nuanced.
27 February 2026
2.9 MINS
ABC footage exposes alleged ISIS-linked gangs targeting gay men in Sydney, reigniting debate over Islamic extremism, religious doctrine, and growing security fears ahead of the city’s Mardi Gras.
23 February 2026
5.2 MINS
Barnaby Joyce’s call to tame “literal” religion raises deeper questions about truth, tolerance, and whether Christianity’s exclusive claims actually underpin Australia’s freedoms.
20 February 2026
4.3 MINS
A sharp critique of media language on gender identity, arguing that when words are bent to fit ideology, clarity collapses — and with it, public trust and eventually, civilisation.
17 February 2026
3.2 MINS
Anthony Albanese demands answers after New South Wales police disrupted Muslim prayers during a Sydney CBD riot, sparking debate over religious freedom, public order, political double standards, and who sets the rules in Australia’s streets.
13 February 2026
2.6 MINS
Angus Taylor’s leadership win may signal change, but with internal division, an imminent by-election, and Labor circling, the Liberals’ “new era” already looks fraught with danger.





