Game’s up: Covid smokescreen clears to reveal emperor with no clothes
The revelations of recent weeks suggest we are moving back to the bad old days of the Bjelke-Petersen era, writes Mike O’Connor. VOTE IN OUR POLL
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Dumb republican plan ensures monarchy here to stay
We’ve put up with our share of dumb and dumber over the past two years but the republicans’ plan for abandoning the monarchy takes the prize for the dumbest, writes Mike O’Connor
Lockdown’s over, so where the bloody hell is everyone?
Queenslanders know our small businesses are melting away yet many are unwilling to take that step out of the sanctuary of our homes and onto the street, writes Mike O’Connor.
State still failing our most vulnerable kids
While the state government moves to protect our children from Covid with vaccination rollouts and the postponement of classes, there is one aspect of childcare that is being overlooked, writes Mike O’Connor.
Goodbye Covid genie, hello woke whingers and ecowarriors of 2022
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.
Covid-19? Just another year of living dangerously
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.
She honestly said that! Biggest eye-rollers of woke joke that was 2021
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
Climate of fear won’t work at the ballot box
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.
Wrong turn proves what a joke our ‘freedom’ really is
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.
With these guys, the joke is always on us
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.
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