Problem with King Charles’ climate views
The head of state must be apolitical but King Charles III comes into the role with significant baggage.
Rita Panahi
AFL’s appalling judgment in giving in to divisive voices
AFLW players should be embarrassed they couldn’t bring themselves to honour one of the most significant women in history.
Europe’s energy saga a glimpse at what looms for Australia
For many in Europe, it will be a dark and cold winter due to a self-inflicted energy crisis. Australia should beware.
Meghan Markle the Jussie Smollett of royal family
The Duchess of Sussex has continuously been exposed as a fibber, but her latest elaborate lie makes her the Jussie Smollett of the royals.
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What Cornelius failed to call out in his tirade
He played up to an adoring media pack and made headlines by slamming members of the “tinfoil hat-wearing brigade”. But Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius’s police force was weak when our state needed it the most, writes Rita Panahi.
Why violent riots will only help Trump win
The recent unchecked violence and lawlessness we’ve seen sparked by leftist agitators in the US could prove to be a game-changer for Trump in the presidential election, writes Rita Panahi.
The COVID-19 risk factor we need to know about
Through gross mismanagement, the Andrews government has destroyed many lives and livelihoods. Now it’s time to stop wasting money on leftist celebrity ads and start informing Victorians of this significant COVID-19 risk factor that isn’t getting much coverage, writes Rita Panahi.
Andrews’ testing numbers game stacks the odds against us
Premier Daniel Andrews said he fears he may be unable to re-open the state because the coronavirus testing numbers “are too low”. Once again he is seeking to blame the public and turn Victorians against each other to distract from his government’s failures, writes Rita Panahi.
Aussies should not be stopped from going overseas
It’s easy to see why Australia’s borders are closed to new arrivals right now but what possible justification is there to stop citizens from leaving? The cavalier manner in which the Morrison government is wielding its unprecedented powers during this pandemic should trouble all thinking Australians, writes Rita Panahi.
Is Victoria’s moral compass broken?
Ben Stylo’s distressed parents have begged for their son – gravely ill in a Melbourne ICU ward – to be allowed just one visitor. But because of draconian COVID rules he is suffering alone and they are left to endure a heartbreaking ordeal. What has happened to our shared humanity, writes Rita Panahi.
Will buck really stop with Dan after disastrous decisions?
While Daniel Andrews repeats the “we’re all in this together” mantra, the reality is only the private sector is making huge financial sacrifices as he refuses to face up to scrutiny over the hotel quarantine fiasco and contact tracing chaos, writes Rita Panahi.
We deserve the truth on our leaders’ long-term strategy to virus
It is foolhardy to assume a COVID-19 vaccine is certain given a successful one has never been developed for any coronavirus. Yet as the rest of the world moves towards herd immunity, Australia seems to have adopted a disastrous elimination strategy that will cripple us further, writes Rita Panahi.
The chaotic contradictions in new COVID-19 rules
Victorians are living in a state of absurdity and contradictions, where those infected with COVID-19 are allowed to break quarantine while everyone else is suffering under the harshest lockdown imposed anywhere in Australia, writes Rita Panahi.
Activists strangely silent about Indigenous violence victims
Black Lives Matter activists who are willing to hold marches during a pandemic are more preoccupied with pushing false narratives about police brutality than about violence against women and girls in Indigenous communities, writes Rita Panahi.
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