The US politician Coalition MPs could learn a lot from
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is the quintessential conviction politician and is unashamedly conservative — something Coalition MPs should adopt.
Rita Panahi
Netballers must find courage to reject Dan’s deal
The $15m Dan Andrews pledged to Netball Australia may not be his money but it’s tainted — and accepting it makes our top netballers look like hypocrites.
Forget Captain Obvious reports, it’s time for a reckoning
Instead of a Captain Obvious report into Covid, objections should have been raised — when it mattered — to the overreach that saw families kept apart and the frail left to die alone.
Climate clown Cummins a big fat hypocrite
China’s tally of useful idiots grows longer by the day and now, big fat hypocrite Pat Cummins — our Australian cricket captain — has joined the list.
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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.
Time for the world to stand up to China’s sick brutality
The coronavirus pandemic has refocused attention on China and emboldened some nations to take a stand against the superpower but much more needs to be done to address its human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslims and its own people, writes Rita Panahi.
The hidden virus death toll we must address
There’s a very real toll that financial stress, joblessness and poverty can have on individuals and families – and the consequences can include death. And this cost of human life must be addressed immediately, writes Rita Panahi.
Collingwood’s poor call on racism probe
Collingwood has appointed a highly controversial and divisive activist to head the investigation into allegations of racism at the club. So why were more fitting indigenous campaigners ignored, asks Rita Panahi.
Victorians being blamed for Labor’s mistakes
Victorian families, businesses and students are being left behind as the rest of the country returns to a new normal. Yet we are the ones being blamed for this devastating lockdown, writes Rita Panahi.
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