After coming home to news of $14m 13-tonne white elephants and $700m redundant ferries, to wars being blamed for everything, and a $12bn monument to poor planning, only a new Queensland Premier is keeping me from leaving again, writes Mike O’Connor.
We hear a lot about being able to catch the bus for 50c, but radio silence on the treaty that will prove costly, writes Mike O’Connor.
What a sad and sorry state we have become when the cries for help from alleged rape victims are ignored while the pleas of gambling bosses for taxpayer dollars are welcomed, writes Mike O’Connor.
The last few days of winter proved beyond all doubt that this country descends further into madness by the day, writes Mike O’Connor.
Hundreds of community objections to a Brisbane development have been brushed aside. What might have happened if they were on cultural grounds, wonders Mike O’Connor.
You and I tell lies or refrain from telling the whole truth for personal gain. Politicians do none of these things. They misspeak, writes Mike O’Connor.
These new showbags, made from recycled press releases blaming Campbell Newman for everything, are stuffed with goodies, writes Mike O’Connor.
A study on multiculturalism in Australia carries an accusation that all groups are expected to integrate in society – sparking a passionate debate.
If you win you’re a national hero, lose and we turn our collective backs and put the scarfs and beanies back in the drawer, writes Mike O’Connor.
OPINION: Telling people they should feel guilty for something they did not do is not going to solve Indigenous problems, writes Mike O’Connor.
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