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An opinion writer for The Courier Mail, Mike provides valuable insight and analysis about Queensland’s political environment.

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What grates the most in global dash for taxpayer cash

It’s not so much the actual millions in taxpayer funds spent on international travel that grates, writes Mike O’Connor.

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Loo with a view at Mooloolaba which will be revamped as part of the new rock wall construction. Picture Lachie Millard

Porn, dunnies, Indigenous space exploration? The bizarre projects costing millions

While families struggle with soaring costs, universities pocket millions for research into Aboriginal space exploration, public dunny design and pornography, writes Mike O’Connor.

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Chris Bowen, minister for climate change and energy of Australia, speaks during a plenary session at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Anything that keeps this minister out of the country is a good thing

The longer Chris Bowen spends at international climate conferences, the less damage he can do back home, writes Mike O’Connor.

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NCA 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION, Labor Bus. April 23, 2025. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail in Western Australia. The PM is joined by Premier Roger Cook, Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, WA Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson and Acting CEO of Synergy Kurt Baker. They are visiting the Collie Battery Energy Storage System located at the Collie Power Station in the electorate of O'Connor. Collie is one of the seven proposed sites for Peter DuttonÃs nuclear reactors. Picture: Mark Stewart / NewsWire

Billions thrown at green dreams as Aussies just need a roof over their heads

It angers me to see governments handing out billions of dollars in subsidies while the two basic needs of the people become less affordable by the day, writes Mike O’Connor.

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Treasurer, Jim Chalmers. As well as the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, is in Meadowbrook today with the Deputy Premier, Cameron Dick, Minister for Housing, Clare O'Neil and Queensland Minister for Housing, Meaghan Scanlon, Meadowbrook, on Tuesday 15th of October 2024 - Photo Steve Pohlner

Of all the laughable government policies, this one is criminally insane

Overseas crime czars who now control this billion-dollar business keep laughing and thanking the government for its incompetence, writes Mike O’Connor.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. NewsWire Photos. AUGUST 24, 2025. Thousands of pro-palestine protesters rally in Brisbane’s CBD as national protests ramp up around Australia. Picture: NewsWire / Sarah Marshall

Actual genocide? Our keffiyeh crowd are selective in their outrage

No self-respecting demonstrator is going to protest crimes against humanity if they can’t drape themselves in a keffiyeh and wave Palestinian flags, writes Mike O’Connor.

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Thre is a proposal to put paid cabanas on the sand at Bondi. Amalfi Beach Club.

Fenced off and financially screwed: Beach battle Aussies must reject

Beaches are Australia’s great social levellers. Once your shirt comes off, there’s no them-and-us divide. Let’s keep it that way, writes Mike O’Connor.

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Generic view of Brisbane City from the new North Arm Bridge Climb and office is set to enhance BrisbaneÃs world-first multi-dimensional adventure tourism precinct in the heart of the city end of the Story Bridge, on Wedneday 22nd January 2025 - Photo Steve Pohlner

Forget the Games, this is what Brisbane must first get right

As building limits get ever higher, Brisbane’s city planners will be judged harshly if they disrespect our character, writes Mike O’Connor. VOTE IN OUR POLL

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - July 21, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley attend the last post ceremony at the Australian War memorial in Canberra . Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Showing these symptoms? Join our party of the disenfranchised

If the Coalition parties are incapable of offering an alternative to Labor’s rabble, be rest assured someone else will, writes Mike O’Connor.

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Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a press conference with Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape after the signing of the Pukpuk treaty at Parliament House in Canberra on October 6, 2025. Australia and Papua New Guinea signed a long-awaited mutual defence treaty, as Canberra seeks to deepen ties with Pacific nations and counter Beijing's rising influence. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

PM defends democracy overseas but at home, it’s a different story

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been on a Fantasyland Tour vowing to defend ‘democracy itself’, but a sly move in Canberra promises the exact opposite, writes Mike O’Connor.

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