Inquiry proves spin is the only test for leadership
The botched hotel quarantine program was a scandal but this whitewash of a report is an even bigger one, says Peta Credlin.
The botched hotel quarantine program was a scandal but this whitewash of a report is an even bigger one, says Peta Credlin.
It’s hard to see the Coate Inquiry into hotel quarantine, and the 800 deaths that resulted from its failure, being anything other than a whitewash, writes Peta Credlin.
Sydney’s coronavirus cluster has highlighted the need for stricter quarantine restrictions for aircrews, and that’s just one issue a COVID royal commission could examine, writes Peta Credlin.
Why are people in authority allowed to get away with obvious untruths about climate change, despite all the factual evidence to the contrary, asks Peta Credlin.
Australians congratulate ourselves on the efficiency and fairness of our elections compared with the US, but we’re exposed to potential multiple voting, writes Peta Credlin.
If it’s taken less than a week to import five new COVID cases to Victoria, by God Daniel Andrews better have hotel quarantine sorted this time around.
In a battle with China for Australia’s sovereignty and self-respect, the last thing we need is the Labor Party backing Beijing over Canberra.
If we want the truth from our military about how people were killed in Afghanistan, we must also demand it from our political leaders about why people died in Victoria, Peta Credlin writes.
While some of our military personnel may turn out to have had deep flaws as well as great courage, we should never doubt that there were heroes in Afghanistan, writes Peta Credlin.
If Australia wants to avoid our elections sinking into US-style chaos, we need to improve our systems and make elections tamper-proof, because right now they aren’t, writes Peta Credlin.
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