Wait-and-see approach won’t save kids from Covid
Dozens of Victorian kids have needed ICU treatment for Covid-related illness during this wave, yet Australia is still dithering on vaccines for children.
Patrick Carlyon
Restricting liberties of unjabbed benefits no one
The unvaccinated in Victoria will be treated like the great unwashed until 2023, but they pose little threat to anyone but themselves. Are we punishing or protecting them?
Why 2021 Cup will be like no other
This year’s race stands as a belated pay-off for unprecedented suffering, a signpost that Melbourne has wriggled free of the foreboding.
Victorians don’t need Dan as political father figure
We are emerging from lockdown, apparently never to return. So why is Dan Andrews seeking to rush through laws which would give him unprecedented power?
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Why can’t Andrews just say sorry?
Daniel Andrews may project commitment, yet his rigour seems hollow in the absence of an apology to show he accepts blame for the greatest political catastrophe in living history. And while hope is growing about falling virus numbers, the anger has not dimmed, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Truth about state’s virus woes lost in quest for political power
The state government has been fighting two enemies in recent days. One is from nature and the other is transparency. Daniel Andrews and his cohort don’t want us to explore the truth when they are more concerned about the optics, writes Patrick Carlyon.
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