Melbourne is being suffocated by graffiti, public drug use and anti-social behaviour. Only a ‘broken windows’ police strategy — the kind that rescued New York in the 1990s — can save it.
Labor is very good at shaping the state — or nation — it rules in its own image, and in the areas of social policy, youth crime and Indigenous treaty, Victorians should be very afraid of what the Allan government will announce in the next six months.
Social media warriors who still rally to defend Daniel Andrews — always with abuse rather than argument — are pathetic for backing his King’s Birthday honour or thinking the former premier cares about them in the slightest.
Peter Costello’s rush of blood just adds to the perception that Nine — once owned by the Packer family and run by a series of hard drinking males — is still a business dominated by men who simply bulldoze their way through life.
If we’re not prepared to talk honestly about how poorly things are going in Australia, we’re going to end up somewhere we don’t want to be.
Premier Jacinta Allan and her band of hopeless ministers continue to drive Victoria off a cliff, knowing the opposition with John Pesutto at the helm poses no real threat.
Two years ago this week, newly minted PM Anthony Albanese stood before an adoring crowd promising a better Australia. Today, we face a cost-of-living crisis, soaring antisemitism, a youth-crime epidemic and a housing emergency.
He’s one of the biggest critics of top cop Shane Patton. Now, Herald Sun columnist Steve Price goes head-to-head with the chief commissioner about being too close to the government, taking part in gay pride marches and teenagers who no longer fear police.
Treasurer Tim Pallas is either crazy brave or delusional with the story he spun while delivering his tenth state budget as Victoria stares down the dark hole of state-destroying debt.
As Aussies band together to call out the scourge of violence against women, radio personality Kyle Sandilands has been given an influential platform to continue sharing his crude and threatening views.
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