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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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ALP’s decision to air rape claims a grave mistake

The Labor Party has imploded following one of its MPs using parliamentary privilege to air untested rape allegations about their political opponent, writes Vikki Campion.

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WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 01: A general view of the Dendrobium Coal Mine on February 01, 2021 in Wollongong, Australia. South 32 has submitted plans to the Independent Planning Commission to extend its Dendrobium underground mine. Wollongong Coal has won approval to expand operations to extract an additional 3.7 million tonnes of metallurgical coal at its currently dormant Russell Vale colliery over the next five years. Both mines encroach on the water catchment area for Greater Sydney, with concerns raised over the expected impact and damage to Sydney's water supply. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)

Here’s why you should buy a miner a drink

Manufacturing nations need us to fuel power stations, feed populations and build products. We must support our primary industries, not demonise them, Vikki Campion writes.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 13: Treasurer Josh Frydenberg during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House on May 13, 2021 in Canberra, Australia. Labor leader Anthony Albanese will tonight respond to the Morrison government's third budget, handed down on Tuesday, which has an increased focus on women, with almost $354 million in funding allocated for women's health. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg also outlined more than $10 billion in spending on major infrastructure projects across Australia aimed to help create local jobs and boost productivity in the COVID-affected national economy. Aged care will receive more than $10 billion over the next four years, in direct response to the findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

Budget props up bloated schemes while real support missing

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down the latest budget but in areas like domestic violence, aged care and the NDIS, more still needs to be done, Vikki Campion writes.

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THE expected connection dates for the NBN in Woolgoolga and the Northern Beaches have moved once again.

Internet connectivity in regional areas is a joke

As people abandoned the city for the regions, already families are turning back for one reason – they cannot run their business with Third-World connectivity, Vikki Campion writes.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos MARCH 16 2021: Rogue MP Craig Kelly during a press conference where called on the Federal Government to halt the AstraZeneca vaccine rollout in line with Germany, Italy, France, and Spain, in Parliament House Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Cancel culture is the real plague for our politicians

We are on the road to a federal election with our political best bowing out before preselection. The cancel-culture rat is now the apex predator, Vikki Campion writes.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 19, 2021: Julie-Ann Finney visits the grave of her son Dave at the Golden Grove Cemetery after the Prime Minister announced a Royal Commission into veteran suicides. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

The mother of all battles is not over yet

The Royal Commission into Veteran Suicides is the result of tireless work by a heartbroken mother and one man. They must help to determine its terms of reference, writes Vikki Campion.

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BESTSHOT NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - April 8, 2021. Newly nominated Nationals candidate for the Upper Hunter, David Layzell, at Glencore's Ravensworth coal mine north west of Singleton. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Peter Lorimer.

Zero Emission Target not the horse to bet on in Hunter

NSW Upper Hunter by-election is the premier political race right now and each party knows that to win, they must return back to pure bloodstock and stop the anti-ag and coal rhetoric.

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Equality between man and woman concept with beam scales and sign

What are our token ministers for women actually doing?

If you want more women in politics, give them a reason to want political life, Vikki Campion writes as she asks what “ministers for women” are actually doing to help.

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(FILES) In this file photo Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California on March 14, 2019. - Electric carmaker Tesla has crowned its brash billionaire founder and CEO Elon Musk with a new title: Technoking. And Zach Kirkhorn, the company's chief financial officer, will now be known as "Master of Coin," Tesla said on March 15, 2021 in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

Labor’s electric car plan is pure fantasy

It will be decades before average Australians will be able to afford an electric vehicle. If Labor was serious about them, they would wipe the luxury car tax altogether, writes Vikki Campion.

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Mother of 15-year-old Layla "Gulum" Leering, Justine Jingles, with daughters Jasmine and Keely Jingles outside the Darwin Local Court during an inquest into her death.Picture: Che Chorley

We embrace smut but ignore true tragedy

A 15-year-old girl was raped and killed but the public outcry was nothing compared to the national coverage of parliament’s alleged gay sex rings and revenge porn. It’s a disgrace, Vikki Campion writes.

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