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Peter Strong

September 2023

The Prime Minister is protecting Dan Andrews and the Labor brand as Victoria has the worst record of COVID deaths and infections of any Australian jurisdiction.

COVID-19 inquiry betrays all who worked hard to overcome the crisis

The Morrison government had Robo-debt as its shame. Will Albanese government’s greatest shame be failing to seek key lessons about to deal with the next pandemic?

November 2022

The new laws will incentivise the bullying of small business owners by unions – a practice that is supposedly illegal but happens and is difficult to police.

Basically, WorkChoices has become UnionChoices

Like the Howard government of 2006, the Albanese government has its own extreme approach to workplace regulation and bullying small business.

December 2021

Woolworths and Wesfarmers are vying to buy Australian Pharmaceutical Industries, which owns the Priceline chain.

Destroying the pharmacy ‘monopoly’ would destroy a healthy community

Allowing the supermarket duopoly to sell medicines would bring the Walmart effect to Australia and decimate small business and jobs on main street shopping strips.

October 2020

Victoria is the state that has failed the test - and taught us what doesn't work.

The case for a national COVID-19 plan

NSW's success and Victoria's failures have taught us a lot about managing this virus. All the information should feed into a national response strategy to protect the country's health and economic future.

April 2020

Business does not like workers sitting at home either.

Wrong, Ms McManus: business is putting it on the line for their staff

The ACTU boss knows more about ideology than practicality. Otherwise she would not attack people battling to hold companies together.

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