End of the woke joke: Trump victory spells doom for DEI
We may be seeing the end of the mantra for those who hide their inadequacies and failings behind the DEI shield, writes Mike O’Connor.
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Easier to take a fistful of govt dollars than create a future for your kids
As the New Zealand experience has shown, Indigenous policies that divide rather than unite achieve nothing, writes Mike O’Connor.
Mike O’Connor: The only reason I’m not moving to the Arctic Circle … yet
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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