Uniform furore shows ‘empowered’ students have lots to learn
Today’s students throw around words like “empowerment” and “inclusivity” but are they so empowered they can pick and choose when they confront a measure they don’t like?
Patrick Carlyon
Warnie our Peter Pan who will never grow up
The shock of Shane Warne’s death matched the disbelief we felt for Princess Di in 1997. His life, like hers, seems unfinished.
Proud Ukrainians show the best of nationalism
Ukraine’s response to war speaks of the best in nationalism, of shared purpose and beliefs. But, here in Australia, nationalism has come to be a dirty word.
Victoria’s Covid plan a model of what not to do
As Western Australia’s border reopens, the state can learn a lot from avoiding Victoria’s silly rules that don’t protect anyone.
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Same old Dan returns to his same old tricks
Within minutes of his return, Dan Andrews was back to shifting the media’s tough questions, almost as if he was never gone at all.
Cooler heads rule in Sydney’s Covid response
Sydney’s Covid outbreak has worsened but the NSW Premier is still calm. Nobody is rushing to stock up on toilet paper, or wondering how they’ll pay the rent.
Proof of vaccination may cause dystopian divide
A Covid vaccine seems to offer the only get-out-of-jail card for Australians, but division looms between those who’ve been jabbed and those who have not.
From Tour De France to changing dirty nappies
A decade after becoming the first Aussie to win the Tour de France, cycling great Cadel Evans is embracing a “more balanced life” in a lower gear.
Common sense gets the boot in footy crowd ban
Banning footy crowds in a town that hasn’t notched up a Covid case this year is just more catastrophising sold as caution.
Goodes’ Hall of Fame call a sad moment for sport
One of the AFL’s greatest players now doesn’t want to be associated with the game. It’s a dreadfully sad moment in Australian sport.
Silence on Dan’s fall only makes for more mystery
When Dan returns will he address the black hole of his absence, or will he dismiss it as a no-go zone so that it thrives as one of many?
Why we should change the Queen’s Birthday holiday
Regional Victorian businesses will struggle without the city’s typical long weekend exodus — but there’s an easy fix available.
Flinders St injecting room another doomed Dan legacy
The Andrews government has a “talk to the hand” approach to serving the people as shown by their lack of consultation on the Flinders St injecting room.
The 18 seconds that let our invisible enemy back in
The sliding doors moment that brought Covid back to Melbourne and how the fight to contain it was over before it even began.
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