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Australia in 2022 lacks great political leadership at all levels of government — it seems leaders like Howard and Hawke may be a thing of the past.
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Our right to know more about injecting rooms
Melburnians are being “treated like morons who don’t matter” by the Andrews government and Melbourne City Council over drug injecting room plans and reports.
Regional games will make us a global laughing stock
The crazy plan to hold the ‘26 Commonwealth Games in Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and Morwell – rather than our sporting capital of Melbourne – is doomed to failure.
Greens’ utopian plan leaves us cold
The Greens’ proposed utopia may provide Australians with good teeth, free childcare and uni but our winters will be cold and dark if they ever get in power.
City council’s priorities really up the creek
After taking four years to fix public toilets and bringing back the Moomba birdman, what hope is there Melbourne’s council can deliver a decent Australia Day celebration?
Pollies, please don’t tell us what cars to drive
In a vast country like Australia, where people love their SUVs and V8 utes, it’s going to be a long time before the population broadly embraces electric vehicles.
Note to Oz: Old, white guys can have views too
If you’re an aging, white male in Australia, you’re expected not to voice your views on anything these days, let alone on big issues like the flag.
Why Gale should, but won’t, get AFL’s top job
The AFL is too TV focused, money hungry and consumed with rule changes to replace Gillon McLachlan with a man of the people like Richmond’s Brendon Gale.
Preps marking Sorry Day won’t fix big issues
Serious issues in Indigenous communities like poverty, domestic violence and substance abuse won’t be helped by making schools fly the Aboriginal flag.
Mitchell-McGuire stoush sprayed venom that has existed for years
The bitter exchange of insults and accusations that aired on radio revealed a real truth rarely spoken – Neil Mitchell and Eddie McGuire hate each other.
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