Cities are bursting at the seams but politicians look the other way
Mass immigration is impacting our liveability as Anthony Albanese unleashes his Big Australia vision, writes Mike O’Connor.
Mike O'Connor
Sit down, shut up and let the smarter elites tell you what’s good for you
Get the feeling these days that you don’t know what’s good for you, but others who are so much smarter have the answer, asks Mike O’Connor.
If these are world-class cities, let’s stay in a class of our own
Many of Europe’s world-class cities are overcrowded, suffer social discord and are under a tsunami of mass tourism, writes Mike O’Connor.
Anthony Albanese has made me ashamed to be an Australian
We’ve had a long line of flawed prime ministers, but when it comes to abject failure of leadership, Anthony Albanese takes the biscuit, 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.
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.
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