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An additional $44 million in funding has been added to the upgrade of Barlow Park's facilities and lighting, bring the total cost of the project to $91 milllion, shared between the state and federal governments. Member for Cairns Michael Healy, Queensland Premier Steven Miles and Member for Barron River Craig Crawford make the additional funding announcement at Barlow Park. Picture: Brendan Radke

Time for truth telling about just how much treaties will cost us

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.

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State scrambles to help casino giant, rape victims go begging

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.

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With leaders like these, it’s just another day in paradise

The last few days of winter proved beyond all doubt that this country descends further into madness by the day, writes Mike O’Connor.

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Houses and apartment buildings are seen against the Brisbane CBD skyline in Brisbane, Monday, August 27, 2018. According to property data company CoreLogic, Brisbane's median house price has risen 1.3 per cent over the past year, and is currently sitting at $538,693. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

Want to stop a development? Just claim it’s on a sacred site

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.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 23: (Left to Right) Jim Chalmers, Penny Wong, Anthony Albanese, Richard Marles and Katy Gallagher pose for a photograph outside Government House after being sworn in as Treasurer, Foreign Minister, Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance respectively, in front of The Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) on May 23, 2022 in Canberra, Australia. Labor leader Anthony Albanese has become Australia's 31st Prime Minister after defeating Scott Morrison in the Australia Federal Election. (Photo by David Gray/Getty Images)

Politicians don’t lie, they misspeak. And they’re playing us for fools

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.

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Step right up for the Steven Miles showbag from Dept of Free Things

These new showbags, made from recycled press releases blaming Campbell Newman for everything, are stuffed with goodies, writes Mike O’Connor.

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RendezView. Portrait of a boy with the Australian flag painted on his face. (Pic: iStock)

This is what makes us Aussies, and I won’t apologise

A study on multiculturalism in Australia carries an accusation that all groups are expected to integrate in society – sparking a passionate debate.

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Germany's players celebrat in the women's group B football match between Germany and Australia during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Marseille Stadium in Marseille on July 25, 2024. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP)

Gold medals are great, but Olympics a reality check for us all

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.

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Message to Voice campaign: I’m not the one fostering hatred and division

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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Don’t be fooled Qld, the parrot isn’t sleeping, it’s dead

If Labor wonders why it’s headed for the Opposition benches, it’s because Queenslanders have finally tired of its own Dead Parrot Sketch, writes Mike O’Connor.

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