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Vikki Campion was a reporter between 2002 and 2014 – leaving the media industry for politics, where she has worked since. She writes a weekly column for The Saturday Telegraph.

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PIXELATED VERSION .. 15/11/2021 Blockade Australia Facebook page posted approximately 1pm. Emily has been taking action today, halting all rail operations to Newcastle port. She has locked her arm into a pipe in the rail line since 10am, intending to stay until removed by police. This is the second action today disrupting this critical infrastructure, as part of a sustained campaign of nonviolent blockading tactics to defend the earth against ecological collapse., "Our planet's life support systems are collapsing, a crisis driven by the machine we call Australia. We have no choice but to get in the way" Emily said. Source: https://www.facebook.com/BlockadeAustralia/photos/pcb.292100289452520/292100032785879/

Since when is it OK to livestream crimes?

Selfie-wielding apprentice narcissists looking for ‘likes’ have discovered the ultimate vanity project — protests — and Facebook is aiding and abetting them, writes Vikki Campion.

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk Covid-19 press conference in Brisbane.Thursday November 11, 2021: Picture, John Gass

Bizarre sex ed guide sums up Qld’s Covid response

Queensland’s Covid response has been disastrous and a new state- sanctioned sex education guide is just another misguided attempt to distract voters from the government’s incompetence, writes Vikki Campion.

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Glasgow gasbags have no right to lecture us

Arriving in their private jets and chauffer-driven motorcades, billionaires and virtue-signalling celebrities had no right to lecture Australia at COP26, writes Vikki Campion.

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Cattle producers Jon and Catherine Braddock on their Braidwood property “Koolewong”. Picture: Martin Ollman

We need to consider impact of net zero plan

A plan to feed cattle seaweed to save the planet shows why we can’t focus solely on net zero outcomes without considering the consequences, writes Vikki Campion.

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Net zero without nuclear a disaster in the making

The only way Australia can sign up to net zero, without economy-crippling blackouts that will force First World Australia onto back-up diesel generators, is small modular nuclear reactors, writes Vikki Campion.

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Mega-rich blokes lecturing us on net zero is a bit rich

Prince Charles lectured Australia on climate change this week. Vikki Campion explains why he really should keep his opinions to himself.

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Premier shouldn’t be criticised for his faith

Dom Perrottet has been pilloried for his Catholic faith, but is it really such a crime to have six children and a belief structure, asks Vikki Campion.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 21, 2021.School students take to the street of Sydney as part of the School Strike 4 Climate Change Protest demonstrating about government inaction on climate change. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Captain Climate’s holding us all to ransom

Cutting the world off from Australian energy exports will not reduce global emissions, writes Vikki Campion.

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Forget the global agenda, fix the potholes

Greens-led councils that see themselves as masters of international intelligence, like objecting to Australia’s nuclear submarines, need a reality check, Vikki Campion writes.

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KK’s star appeal won’t win over multicultural west

The MP job is less West Wing and more Neighbours – but for Senator Keneally it’s been an episode of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, writes Vikki Campion.

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