‘Laughable scare tactic’ in city’s battle over plane noise
Brisbane Airport Corporation are trying their best to paint those who complain of flight path noise as backward-thinking Luddites. Their arguments smack of arrogance, writes Mike O’Connor.
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QLD Health needs to stop blaming COVID and fix this crisis
It’s time for Queensland’s Health Minister’s to stop blaming our health crisis on COVID-19. This problem has been building for years and we all know it, writes Mike O’Connor.
I’ve had my jab, how about you Premier?
As implausible excuses go, the Premier’s one for not yet having the COVID-19 jab is a firm favourite to take out the Fairytale Of The Month Award, writes Mike O’Connor.
Stitch-up: How Qld got suckered by Qantas
Qantas has just played state treasurers off each other in a brilliant piece of corporate bluff, writes Mike O’Connor.
‘Killer’ Bruce Hwy is an absolute disgrace
The Bruce Highway, Queensland’s main arterial route, accounts for 17 per cent of all highway deaths in the country. So why is it so hard to fix this ‘killer’, asks Mike O’Connor.
Women of Australia, it’s time you gave us blokes a fair go
There’s a story no one has the courage to tell and it revolves around Aussie blokes and how they’re being judged based on the repulsive actions of a few, writes Mike O’Connor.
The industry that needs more than a facelift
Thousands of patients, mostly women, are unknowingly risking their lives at the hands of operators with no specialist training, writes Mike O’Connor.
Rather rage about a bra than confront real Indigenous issues
Outrage over a bra proves there’s more interest in a narrative of victimhood and white oppression than dealing with the real issues facing Indigenous people, writes Mike O’Connor.
Politicians need to drop the petty, juvenile theatrics and start leading
We all have a sense of humour but the merriest of souls have had their patience stretched to the very limit by the theatrics shown by our elected leaders, writes Mike O’Connor.
Seriously mate, the world’s been taken over by wankers
With the word “normal” banned from some shampoo bottles to “tackle harmful norms and stereotypes”, won’t someone be truly inclusive and think of people without hair, writes Mike O’Connor.
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