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Alan Jones AO is one of Australia’s most prominent and influential broadcasters. He is a former successful radio figure and coach of the Australian National Rugby Union team, the Wallabies. He has also been a Rugby League coach and administrator, with senior roles in the Australian Sports Commission, the Institute of Sport and the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust. Alan Jones is a former Senior Advisor and Speechwriter to the former Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 10: People are seen queuing to enter a mass COVID-19 vaccination hub on May 10, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. The mass vaccination centre at Sydney Olympic Park is equipped to administer 30,000 vaccine doses a week or around 5,000 vaccinations per day. The centre will administer both Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to eligible people. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Governments putting us under medical apartheid

After so long living in a coronavirus prison it is hard to tell whether the response of governments is geared towards dealing with the virus or winning elections, writes Alan Jones.

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The Federal govt’s $17.8bn budget response to the wide-ranging problems of the aged care sector, detailed in the recommendations of the Royal Commission, is completely inadequate.. Terry Pontikos

We must hear one of our most marginalised groups

There was a lot of cash splashed about in the federal budget last week, but not enough of it went to one of our most vital areas in aged care, writes Alan Jones.

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - 30/4/21Generic images of rooftops at Cobbity in western Sydney. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Roads, apartments not enough to cater for booming population

The federal government needs to invest heavily in infrastructure, including schools and hospitals for burgeoning population, writes Alan Jones.

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Supplies for India being loaded on planes overnight taking off from Mascot, Sydney this morning, May 5th 2021. Supplied

Alan Jones: Fear and alarmism in India COVID response

Societies respond best to emergencies when it is least disrupted – but our government has obviously become addicted to disruptive and pointless alarmism, writes Alan Jones.

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Time to acknowledge the crisis in our schools

Woke teachers and snoozing politicians have combined to turn Australian schools into propaganda units where actual education is at best a second-level concern.

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Men wearing the scarlet letter of shame

The statistics do not bear out the narrative that Australia is an unjust country for victims of rape but the people suggesting otherwise are making all men out as sinners, writes Alan Jones.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 26, 2021: Prime Minister Scott Morrison meets CSL staff working on the COVID vaccine while he tours the company's facility in Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw - POOL via NCA NewsWire

We’ve been masked into COVID tyranny

If ever there was a case of the cure being worse than the disease, it is evident in the brutal ways governments continue responding to the coronavirus pandemic, writes Alan Jones.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 24, 2021: An Aerial view of Warragamba Dam overflowing in the Western Sydney region where major floods have hit the area in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Alan Jones: Silence and inaction on flood crisis

There has barely been a mention in Federal Parliament of the horrific floods and about the same level of attention when it comes to improving flood management, writes Alan Jones.

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Darwin Port East ArmLandbridge Group’s giant punt on a 99 year lease of the Darwin Port is paying dividends.The Port has reported a strong operating performance for the 12 months to June 30, 2019Supplied

We are taking our eye off major international issues

China is slowly encroaching ever closer to us, by doing things like building fishing facilities in Papua New Guinea, and we are doing nothing about it, writes Alan Jones.

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Australian swimmer Shayna Jack is seen talking to the media after her briefing with ASADA (Australian Sports Anti-doping Authority) officials in Brisbane, Friday, August 2, 2019. Ms Jack faces a possible four-year ban after testing positive to Ligandrol, a muscle growth agent. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

Jack-ed up fake justice fails Shayna

How does it make sense that doped Russian athletes will be at the next Olympic Games while Australian swimmer Shayna Jack will not be, asks Alan Jones.

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