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.
The last few days of winter proved beyond all doubt that this country descends further into madness by the day, writes Mike O’Connor.
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.
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.
If Labor wonders why it’s headed for the Opposition benches, it’s because Queenslanders have finally tired of its own Dead Parrot Sketch, writes Mike O’Connor.
Unease and helplessness is spreading as people begin to realise that the fabric of the country they love is being picked apart thread by thread writes Mike O’Connor.
In spite of all the meetings and advice from all the experts on Covid-19, it seems that nobody ever thought to write anything down, writes Mike O’Connor.
Greens leader Adam Bandt’s reign as Loony in Chief has been cut short by PM Anthony Albanese with his anti-nuclear barrage of bulldust, writes Mike O’Connor.
Bullying and coercion are commonplace in the trade union movement and in the face of weak political leadership, we all pay a price, writes Mike O’Connor.
Only in Canberra, where life is as as far removed from reality as an episode of Days Of Our Lives, can having a $310k-a-year speechwriter be seen as okay, writes Mike O’Connor.
Anthony Albanese had the nerve to once tell Scott Morrison that “Australia needs leaders who first show up and then step up”. Albo should heed his own words, writes Mike O’Connor.
In a state parliament where the standard of debate hovers between banality and unintended comedy, the boys and girls have dragged it down to a new low, writes Mike O’Connor.
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