‘We can’t insure you if you make money from coal’
A Qld business has been told it can’t be insured if it makes too much money from coal. It’s the latest casualty of virtue signalling, writes Mike O’Connor.
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Irksome things we want to see less of in 2021
From populist pollies to empty gestures and loss of heritage, here’s what we won’t miss from 2020, writes Mike O’Connor.
Families, not Australia, are to blame for African gang violence
When immigrants fall foul of the law, they can’t blame the society they opted to join. The failure lies with families.
A TV show saved this tiny village
Once a quiet Cornish fishing cove is now firmly established on the tourist map, hauled back from the brink of economic oblivion by an ill-tempered television medico.
Maybe you can fight City Hall after all
THEY say you can’t fight City Hall, and taking it on is a daunting task. But there are encouraging signs the little guy can sometimes have a win, writes Mike O’Connor.
Where is the public service report, Premier?
WITH all the secrecy surrounding its various inquiries and reports, anyone would think the Queensland Government had something to hide, writes Mike O’Connor.
Let Folau say whatever he wants
ISRAEL Folau’s views may be retrograde, but he’s entitled to them. And when corporate Australia sets about trying to silence anyone we should all be worried, writes Mike O’Connor.
My, my, my, it’s starting to grate
WELCOME to the age of me, myself and I as the Queensland government apparently has become the personal property of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, writes Mike O’Connor
Council backflips fail the pub test
COUNCIL has just approved a 30-storey building on top of a historic hotel in Brisbane’s CBD – after it knocked back the same developer on height concerns less than a year ago, writes Mike O’Connor.
Why you shouldn’t waste a day in retirement
No nine to five. No meetings. No commitments. Meet the retirees that will make you wish you were 10, 20 or 30 years older. Mike O’Connor reports
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