These Covid-era mini-dictators are gone now but we’re still paying the price
You can rely on politicians to never waste a good crisis, and Covid-19 was too good an opportunity to pass up, writes Mike O’Connor.
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Time to scrap International Women’s Day and stop bashing men
Why is it that some women feel the need to get out the baseball bats and give us blokes a bashing on International Women’s Day, asks Mike O’Connor.
Wake up Australia: Tribal divisions spreading like a plague among us
Australia is now sleepwalking its way towards a dangerous state of disruption and division, writes Mike O’Connor.
Albo must stop the spending spree and make this call immediately
Anthony Albanese should pause in his efforts to buy the election with billion-dollar promises and make this recompense to a Queensland father, writes Mike O’Connor.
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O’Connor’s crystal ball: Trump’s two-for-one Aussie state deal
Forecasting the future can be a perilous pursuit, but herewith is my take on the events that will shape the year ahead, writes Mike O’Connor.
Native title crackdown, lobbyists banned, Olympic certainty: O’Connor’s 2025 wishlist
Twenty twenty-four revealed the truly tawdry side of some of our political elite, but there’s hope for the year ahead. Albo might even grow a pair, writes Mike O’Connor.
Five-ring circus: Latest costly distraction from getting on with Games
We’ve heard enough about legacies. What people want now is proof we can stage the Olympics, writes Mike O’Connor.
‘Long ago, in a different world’: Good news and reflections in the festive season
I see images of Christmas holidays of my childhood in my mind now as clearly as back then, bathed in the brilliant, sun bleached technicolour of a Queensland summer, writes Mike O’Connor.
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.
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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