Parliamentary privilege should not be a get out of jail free card
The origin of parliamentary privilege was to protect politicians, but it has morphed into a tool used to destroy the integrity of opponents, writes Vikki Campion.
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Stop pushing Aussies around with illogical rules
When you stop the chippies from going to work, stop kids from seeing grandma with an arbitrary boundary, you lose the people who have given us the lowest Covid death rate in the world, Vikki Campion writes.
You can kill nan … unless she identifies as a man
How is it possible that referring to a person as “he” or “she” instead of “they” is now considered cruel, but sending grandma to an early grave is not, Vikki Campion asks.
Unfeasible ‘feasibility’ studies hurt our communities
Years ago, tobacco stopped being grown in Australia after government-funded studies decided against it. Why are these studies still determining what we can and can’t do, Vikki Campion asks.
Funding needed to protect people on our streets
A government fund originally intended to address crime or anti-social behaviour in public is now being used to stop terrorist attacks instead of protecting people on the street, Vikki Campion writes.
National Cabinet needs to take control
Our eight Premiers are acting as kings and queens of their fiefdoms they fail to acknowledge they all actually live in one nation. And that has to change, Vikki Campion writes.
Well, I’m sorry if my kids are not perfect
Women are off-limits to the Labor Party but my toddlers, the sons of a rival MP, are apparently fair game to be used as a punchline in political memes, Vikki Campion writes.
New visa outrages those who know nothing about the land
Australia’s new ag visa will finally allow us to bring in people who want to work on our land and, in the process, carry on the legacy of young farmers such as Lockie Clarke, writes Vikki Campion.
Canberra needs to up its game to represent regional Australia
The State of Origin prides itself on players coming from every corner of the states, while public servants live in just a handful of suburbs. This needs to change, Vikki Campion writes.
We need to wake up over Newcastle Port deal
If we are going to get into bed with China, shouldn’t we at least know what we are giving them in return for their share of the doona, asks Vikki Campion.
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