Goers: Hypocrisy worked! Now Australia has a new street drug
Labor’s high-priced tax attack on smoking worked wonders for health. It’s a shame about the gang wars, writes Peter Goers.
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Penbo: Now who’s full? Refugee squeeze exposes NIMBY hypocrites
Nothing reveals Greens or Teal double standards faster than trying to solve a problem where they live, writes David Penberthy.
Bond: We spray paint Aussie icons but pay a fortune for this?
A small number of self-important, poncey ideologues have taken control of the arts and are trying to destroy our will to live one work at a time, writes Caleb Bond.
Penbo: Euthanasia or rot – that’s the choice Australia left this man
This is the human face of bureaucratic sloth. He’s chosen to die because our aged care system can’t keep its promises, writes David Penberthy.
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Mind-boggling security breakdown puts Trump at risk again
How could Mr Trump not already have the highest level of protection, having been shot once and also made the target of an Iranian assassination plot, asks Tom Minear.
Penbo: Howard bowls a bitter pill for Aussie Trump-lovers
The man many call Australia’s greatest PM had some words that both right and left wingers should hear, writes David Penberthy.
Don’t you worry about that, Sir Joh was right on banning poker machines
Former Queensland Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen was ridiculed for his conservative views by ‘progressive’ Labor types. But he got it right on poker machines, some readers say. JOIN THE CONVERSATION
Bond: ‘Hate speech’ warriors won’t give up this easily
Labor’s last-minute backdown has spared Australia from a set of dangerous new laws – for now, writes Caleb Bond.
Maiden: Tanya’s angst over kids’ social media use proves ban is right
Tanya Plibersek summed it up perfectly when she revealed her own angst and guilt about her children’s social media use – and why things need to change, writes Samantha Maiden.
Three reasons why social media ban must be for 16yo
One blanket, minimum age to access social media for all Australians will spare parents, schools and young people themselves from unintended negative consequences of a two-tier system, argues Dr Simon Wilksch.
Book Week truth bomb too risky to drop until now
I know I’ll take some hits by publishing this column, it’s sure to offend but it has to be said, writes Amanda Blair.
Maiden: Huge gamble in misunderstood Higgins saga
There’s one question on everyone’s lips as the trial wraps up – what do any of these ugly claims have to do with the defamation suit, writes Samantha Maiden.
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