Credlin: Why we will never need our own head of state
I don’t think I am the only one who is happy to have watching the coronation of King Charles III rather than the swearing-in of a President Rudd or President Turnbull, writes Peta Credlin.
I don’t think I am the only one who is happy to have watching the coronation of King Charles III rather than the swearing-in of a President Rudd or President Turnbull, writes Peta Credlin.
Wages are stagnant, rent is going through the roof, and commutes are getting longer and Peta Credlin writes things are only going to get worse with the government failing to prepare for a huge influx of immigrants.
Why do we allow politicians to madly rush to eliminate coal-fired power before there’s a reliable alternative, asks Peta Credlin.
Labor claims the trouble-plagued Alice Springs shows that everything else has failed and that’s why we need a Voice. But the Voice will simply double down on that failure, writes Peta Credlin.
The education system is designed to teach kids to be activists and is no longer about teaching them how to read, write, count and think, writes Peta Credlin.
Years ago winning a seat in Parliament meant being the best and brightest. Today it’s all about factional timeservers and recycled MPs.
Despite Australia’s troop withdrawal from Afghanistan it does not mean we can assume that great power conflict is a thing of the past but do we still have what it takes to defend our values, asks Peta Credlin?
Almost the entire political class would prefer to ignore an ongoing criminal investigation into the Victorian government for its inept handling of hotel quarantine that led to nearly 800 deaths, Peta Crelin writes.
Labor wants an inquiry into whether Christian Porter is a fit to be Attorney-General and it’s impossible to miss the double standards.
It has been 25 years since John Howard was elected as prime minister and the period from 1996 to 2007 shows that whatever its faults, it puts subsequent governments to shame, Peta Credlin writes.
Dan Andrews claims Victoria’s hotel quarantine is “gold standard”, but it looks more like fool’s gold for fed up Victorians.
‘Birthing parents’ who produce ‘chest milk’, and a New Zealand MP who likens a necktie to a noose — has the world gone completely mad, asks Peta Credlin.
As long as we allow people to return to Australia, our point of vulnerability will always be hotel quarantine. It’s time to relocate it.
Australians deserve to feel proud as this year draws to a close, but we still need answers into how states dealt with the pandemic.
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