Moondust, bulldust and absurd exaggerations: $500m state spend doesn’t add up
When Queensland’s health system is in crisis and highways are death traps, you’d think there were better ways of spending taxpayer dollars, writes Mike O’Connor.
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Australia has become a nation dictated by cries of victimhood
Tolerance has been a hallmark of Australia, but it has its limits and those have been breached, writes Mike O’Connor.
Don’t let Qld politicians use you, Police Commissioner
Politicians love surrounding themselves with people in uniform, such as our new Police Commissioner, hoping they’ll add gravitas to their otherwise colourless selves, writes Mike O’Connor.
What would Diggers think if they walked streets of Brisbane today
Diggers might struggle to accept what the society they died to protect has become, writes Mike O’Connor.
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Albo says we’re immature rednecks who don’t know what’s good for us
Anthony Albanese reckons a failure to pass the Voice referendum would be a lost opportunity to showcase our arrival on the world stage as “a mature nation”, writes Mike O’Connor.
‘Vomiting, obsessive, disillusioned’: Home invasion victim’s shocking story
As an expert says the Palaszczuk government has been “asleep at the wheel” on fixing crime in our state, a home-invasion victim has told her harrowing story.
Harry a sulking, self-obsessed man with a heart the size of a pea
Prince Harry’s problems may have begun when he went to the bathroom one day to be confronted by an empty toilet-roll holder with not a servant in sight, writes Mike O’Connor.
We’ve abandoned Christian values to breed a new gen of killers
OPINION: Why do people have children if they have no intention of bringing them up with the Christian values of yesteryear, asks Mike O’Connor.
Mike O’Connor: The political antics that drove us crazy in 2022
OPINION: From ScoMo to rain bombs, white elephants to hiking bans, Mike O’Connor looks back at the woeful year that was – with little hope for 2023.
Albo’s Santa sack full of nasty surprises
OPINION: Industrial relations changes, tweaks to Australia Day, barbecues now the devil’s work … the Labor federal government is hard at work delivering a series of pre-Christmas surprises, writes Mike O’Connor.
Harry, Meghan out, Qld ‘Chookslotto’ in: Mike O’Connor’s bold predictions for 2023
Next year, Harry and Meghan will sensationally disappear after the pair managed to get so far up themselves that they vanish, writes Mike O’Connor.
No book deals or social media adulation for Lehrmann
OPINION: What of Bruce Lehrmann’s mental health and the stress to which he has been subjected during the court case involving Brittany Higgins, asks Mike O’Connor.
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