Soap opera? Tragi-comedy? Farce? Nah, just another day in Canberra
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.
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Albo’s immigration move a sidestep Maroon flyer Walsh would be proud of
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.
Crossed or closed, our parliament is a farce of political bastardry
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.
Albo’s sad, shameful joke: The $2.5m vanishing racism inquiry
A study into anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism and First Nations people at uni will steer the focus away from rampant attacks on our Jewish population, writes Mike O’Connor.
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Good and bad news for leaders locked in race for premier
Love her or dislike her, Annastacia Palaszczuk has political presence, which is more than can be said for her opponent, writes Mike O’Connor.
Palaszczuk’s Treaty backflip was self-survival at its most primal
Once again ringmaster Palaszczuk has take to the trapeze and dazzled the audience with a series of perfectly executed backflips, writes Mike O’Connor.
Silence of some on Israel shows how wokeism is broke
Civil libertarians claim anti-Semitic demonstrators have a right to protest, but when you incite people to murder Australian citizens, you lose that freedom, writes Mike O’Connor.
Even one of Ray Martin’s dinosaurs like me can spot bad government
While every Tom, Ray and Harry has been banging on about the Voice referendum, the Palaszczuk government has been quietly excelling itself – not, writes Mike O’Connor.
From a distance, I no longer recognise my Australia
There’s not much joy returning from holiday to a country whose government once promised a new way in politics but instead has delivered cynical, self-serving cronyism, writes Mike O’Connor.
Opinion: ‘Aussie’ anthem is being used to divide our nation
Unfortunately the Voice referendum has created Them and Us and no amount of ad nauseam playing of John Farnham’s anthemic song will change that, writes Mike O’Connor.
Vultures are gathering as Palaszczuk faces her demise
The Palaszczuk government is like a punch-drunk prize fighter, taking wild policy swings on issues such as youth crime, population growth and infrastructure needs as if they occurred yesterday, writes Mike O’Connor.
Didgeridoo, bagpipes or ballet: Stop ramming this down our throats
It’s not racist to be disinterested in activities from other cultures, such as the Welcome to Country, writes Mike O’Connor.
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