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.
Mike O'Connor
Climate reparations are sycophantic, virtue-signalling lunacy
Summer signals the end of the parliamentary year, when we can offer a prayer of thanks that we will be spared the chest-thumping crowing of our leaders for a few months, writes Mike O’Connor.
Another day, another disaster: These are the Days of our Lives
The Palaszczuk government has come to resemble a long-running soap opera, a taxpayer-funded remake of Days of Our Lives, writes Mike O’Connor.
Is Mt Warning closure anything other than reverse racism?
If a property was divided into white and non-white sections, there would be outrage. But when the reverse occurs, everyone looks the other way, writes Mike O’Connor.
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Letter that shows the true meaning of love
Love must be one of society’s most abused concepts. But a letter discovered last week between two ordinary people showed their extraordinary gift of love to each other, writes Mike O’Connor.
‘We can’t insure you if you make money from coal’
A Qld business has been told it can’t be insured if it makes too much money from coal. It’s the latest casualty of virtue signalling, writes Mike O’Connor.
Irksome things we want to see less of in 2021
From populist pollies to empty gestures and loss of heritage, here’s what we won’t miss from 2020, writes Mike O’Connor.
Families, not Australia, are to blame for African gang violence
When immigrants fall foul of the law, they can’t blame the society they opted to join. The failure lies with families.
Smoke and mirrors as Minister sticks to script
Never has the gap in cerebral capacity between punters and pollies been more evident than last week, writes Mike O’Connor.
Armchair critics of our elite troops can’t handle the truth
Bad things undoubtedly happened in Afghanistan, but it’s easy to judge while safely ensconced in the society that our soldiers fought to defend, writes Mike O’Connor.
Nick Kyrgios, Wesley Enoch – blaming colour is a cop out
Wesley Enoch has attacked Queensland Theatre for its lack of Indigenous programming. But perhaps it wasn’t good enough? Nick Kyrgios says he was vilified because he was coloured. Grow up Nick! Equality is great, but why doesn’t it mean the same to everyone, writes Mike O’Connor.
Public servants have civic duty to end Labor’s lazy, inept ways
In pre-COVID Queensland, the state was in trouble. Treasury debt was heading towards $100bn, the public service wage bill was soaring and nobody in government had any idea of how to breathe life into a moribund economy. That’s not going to cut it anymore, writes Mike O’Connor.
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