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Piers Akerman is an opinion columnist with The Sunday Telegraph. He has extensive media experience, including in the US and UK, and has edited a number of major Australian newspapers.

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10-05-2023 - Shane Drumgold SC speaking on Day 3 of public hearings of the Australian Capital Territory’s Board of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice System, at the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Canberra.

First Drumgold kicks an own goal, now it’s the ACT government’s turn

Responding to the Sofronoff inquiry will be a real test for the ACT government which has shown itself to be little more than a self-important local council, writes Piers Akerman.

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews reacts during a press conference at Parliament House in Melbourne, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. The Andrews Labor Government has cancelled the 2026 Commonwealth Games, slated to be held across Victoria. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

Logic left behind on Victoria’s road to financial ruin

The cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games was just the latest in a series of policy backflips by Daniel Andrews which defy rational explanation, writes Piers Akerman.

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22/08/2011 NEWS: 22/08/2011 NEWS: Staff and columnists from the Sunday Telegraph pictured for new re-branding. Piers Akerman pictured. Pic. Sam Ruttyn NA039001 Pic. Sam Ruttyn NA039001

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.

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(FILES) This file picture taken on December 31, 2019 shows firefighters struggling against strong winds in an effort to secure nearby houses from bushfires near the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales. - Australia's unique wildlife is in retreat as it reels from bushfires, drought, human activity and global warming, according to a

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.

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Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney at the Yes23 Campaign and Come Together for Yes event in Brisbane, Sunday, July 2, 2023 - Picture: Richard Walker

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.

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An Australian Army Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle is unloaded from a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III at a European airport for forward movement to Ukraine. (This image has been digitally altered for operational security purposes) *** Local Caption *** The Australian Government has provided further support to the Government of Ukraine by gifting 20 Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, including two ambulance variants, to aid the Government of Ukraineâs response to Russiaâs unrelenting and illegal aggression. Australiaâs response follows a direct request from President Zelenskyy during his address to a joint sitting of the Parliament of Australia on 31 March 2022. The Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle was built in Australia to provide protected mobility transport, safely moving soldiers to a battle area prior to dismounting for close combat. The Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle is well suited to provide protection to the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers and Ukrainian civilians against mines and improvised explosive devices, shrapnel from artillery and small arms fire. The 20 vehicles have been painted olive green to suit the operating environment. Additionally, a Ukrainian flag is painted on either side with the words âUnited with Ukraineâ stencilled in English and Ukrainian to acknowledge our commitment and support to the Government and people of Ukraine. The ambulances will have the traditional red cross emblem. The Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles will be fitted with radios, a global positioning system and additional bolt-on armour increasing their protection.

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.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 24, 2023. Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese joins Georgie Dent and families in Petersham.Picture NCA NewsWire /Seb Haggett

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.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. JUNE 16, 2023: Senator Katy Gallagher during Question time in the Senate at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Labor, teals fail integrity test

Justice should be the goal, not political vendettas, if the public is to trust politicians, writes Piers Akerman.

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Announcement on the Gold Coast of the nominees for the 2022 TV WEEK Logie Awards for the most popular and outstanding shows, personalities, and actors on Australian television.Lisa Wilkinson.Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

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.

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FIRST NATIONS: Gladstone Flag Marshall Stephen Mills and Gooreng Gooreng elder Richard Johnson were getting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flags ready for the NAIDOC Flag Raise Ceremony.

Akerman: Don’t shame us into voting yes

Installing a body in the Constitution to represent only the Indigenous, when the Census would show that the majority are in mixed relationships, makes zero sense, writes Piers Akerman.

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