As expected, the Covid genie has escaped (don’t expect premiers to admit they screwed up) but that doesn’t mean there will be no shortage of battles to be fought in 2022, writes Mike O’Connor.
Mike O’Connor has survived another year of the Covid-19 pandemic – which is no big deal when you consider his lifetime of near-death experiences.
In a year we’ll be glad to see the back of, there was no shortage of absurd moments, writes Mike O’Connor. VOTE IN OUR POLL
I’ve a tip for our leaders. Voters at the next federal election won’t be thinking about net zero emissions, they’ll be thinking about the cost of housing, food, fuel and raising a family, writes Mike O’Connor.
I recently took a wrong turn and suddenly found myself in ‘no man’s land’. That’s right, I’d accidentally crossed over into NSW, writes Mike O’Connor.
When the entire parliament collapses into a giggling heap when a minister announces – smirk, snicker – an inquiry, then we have a serious problem, writes Mike O’Connor.
People are quick to declare Black Lives Matter, but how many Indigenous parents think their children matter, asks Mike O’Connor. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Were the ghosts of those fallen Australians to rise from their graves, what would they think of a French president who sulks, pouts and snarls like a spoilt child when Australia exercises its legal right to terminate a ship-building contract?
The reality is the Queensland border is not really reopening on December 17. It’s a Claytons opening, the one you have when you’re not really having one at all, writes Mike O’Connor.
One tweet has proven once and for all that the ABC now exists in a parallel universe. It’s only a matter of time before the funding tap is turned off, writes Mike O’Connor.
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