Indigenous ancestry should not be key to privileged access
Having an Aboriginal ancestor one, two or more generations back should not be grounds for additional benefits or privileged access to government, writes Piers Akerman.
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‘Blackouts’ Bowen in la-la land over refusal to wind back radical agenda
Reality has struck energy-pressed governments everywhere in the real world, but not in Labor’s progressive la-la land, writes Piers Akerman.
Why Price is right to reject perpetual victimhood
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price in a far better place to judge what’s best for Aborigines, writes Piers Akerman.
Polls suggest Voice is Going, Going, Gone
Yes voters are boasting You’re the Voice as their campaign anthem but, the way the opinion polls are trending, Going, Going, Gone would be more apt, writes Piers Akerman.
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Too many myths for Yes argument to hit home
The notion anyone with an Aboriginal ancestor inherently possesses distinctive spiritual connections to the continent denied all other Australians undermines the basis of our democratic foundation, writes Piers Akerman.
Cut red tape to stop bushfire threat with regular burns
Repeats of the more recent fierce fires can only be avoided if the fuel loads are reduced with sensitive, regular cool burns using the practices of 200 years ago, writes Piers Akerman.
Voice won’t fix any of the serious problems
Linda Burney doesn’t need the Voice to provide priorities to Indigenous communities – she has the power to legislate now, writes Piers Akerman.
After a year in office, Labor is already stuck on wrong side of history
On many policies – including energy, Ukraine and the Voice – the Labor-Greens-Teals are failing miserably and are blinded by their ideology to the harm they are causing, writes Piers Akerman.
Labor is hellbent on killing the economy
The dramatic overkill of WA’s Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill is just a foretaste of the nation-crushing rort a Yes vote on the Voice would deliver, writes Piers Akerman.
Labor, teals fail integrity test
Justice should be the goal, not political vendettas, if the public is to trust politicians, writes Piers Akerman.
Wilkinson and her hypocritic cohorts reveal true colours
Lisa Wilkinson and Peter FitzSimons are probably the scoldiest couple in the country, but they possess an astounding ignorance about the Liberal Party’s long-standing engagement with Indigenous people, writes Piers Akerman.
Inquiry into Lehrmann prosecution exposes lack of expertise in ACT’s justice system
An average observer with exposure to the political-judicial world could reasonably believe that the ACT’s administration of justice is seriously flawed, writes Piers Akerman.
Voice supporters do not back arguments with facts
Whether a barrister or a barista, facts help in any argument and PM Albanese has none to back his much-vaunted Voice to Parliament, writes Piers Akerman.
Why Chalmers should be thankful for coal
Labor may drag us all down to rock bottom before it realises the economic damage of its wicked ways, writes Piers Akerman.
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