Get off the green bandwagon: What Crisafulli should do if he REALLY wants to be Premier
The LNP leader has fallen in behind Labor in the race to promise an emission-free, green-energy nirvana in 26 years’ time, writes Mike O’Connor.
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This is different. This cuts to the very core of life in our city
This has been a long time coming but nothing that has been done has lessened the steady erosion of the right of people to feel safe in their homes or on the street, writes Mike O’Connor.
Premier must sack his advisers or face a similar fate to Palaszczuk
Did you hear the one about the Queensland government that after nine years in office decided it needed to improve its service eight months out from an election, writes Mike O’Connor.
Why Albo’s word is his bond, and a lie is a lie is a lie
After his tax cuts “Great Lie”, should Anthony Albanese contemplate breaking his promise not to shift the January 26 date, he will be swept from office, writes Mike O’Connor.
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Questions that must be asked about Indigenous voice vote
The heavy-hitters pushing for a referendum about an Indigenous voice to parliament are hoping they can convince the electorate to just wave it through without tiresome detail. It shouldn’t be that simple, writes Mike O’Connor.
Great anti-Labor conspiracy: Public servants still enemies of the state
In attempting to downplay the findings of the Coaldrake report, a Labor MP has highlighted the very issues it raises, writes Mike O’Connor.
Read my lips: A class in political double-speak
State Treasurer Cameron Dick announced no new taxes before promptly imposing new taxes. But he was only speaking to those Queenslanders who didn’t operate businesses, of course, writes Mike O’Connor.
Where there’s smoke: Towering integrity inferno waiting to happen
If it’s true that where there’s smoke there’s fire, Queensland’s integrity crisis could become a full-blown inferno, writes Mike O’Connor.
It’s our right to send Kiwi criminals back across the ditch
The problem of Kiwis being sent back home after they break our laws isn’t ours, it is NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s, writes Mike O’Connor. POLL
Palaszczuk government’s litany of excuses a sick disgrace
Queensland’s hospital system is on the brink of collapse thanks to a “catastrophic lack of foresight” from the government and all we get is a litany of excuses, writes Mike O’Connor. VOTE IN OUR POLL
‘Virtuous fad’ ignores hard truths to make us feel better
Ever sat through a Welcome to Country ceremony and wondered how it helped the challenges facing Indigenous people or maybe it was designed to make us feel we’re making a contribution to ‘recognition’, asks Mike O’Connor.
Terrifying, dirt-sandwich truth ScoMo and Albo need you to ignore
ScoMo and Albo just want us to vote them in and believe she’ll be right, mate, writes Mike O’Connor. You just need ignore the frightening truth.
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