Labor selectively applies law without consequence
The state government is so arrogant it flat-out refused to apologise to public housing block residents for violating their human rights.
Rita Panahi
Police all but guaranteed bumper BLM crowd
What a wonderful message to send: Protesters likely to become violent will enjoy special treatment — even during a pandemic.
Why we must push back against absurd ideas
If you think the lunatic fringe of the identity politics movement exists only on the crazier recesses of Twitter then you haven’t been paying attention.
Enforcing mandatory vaccines on workers a step too far
Vaccine rollouts should be compulsory in some industries, but to force healthy individuals not working in high risk areas to be inoculated is a step too far.
Australia must consciously uncouple from China
Premier Daniel Andrews wants a “sophisticated, nuanced” response to deteriorating relations with China, but is demanding Victoria’s Belt and Road deal go ahead.
Australia Day attacks are divisive and anti-migrant
Attacks against Australia Day are highly divisive, anti-migrant and in no way representative of the views of the nation.
Pandemic a wake-up call on the threat China poses
Australia cannot afford to become so heavily reliant on one market, particularly when it is controlled by a brutal communist dictatorship.
Trans activists have mastered the art of bullying
Trans activists are hellbent on outlawing any opinion and debate that rightly questions the merits of giving life-changing treatment to confused children.
C’mon Dan, enough is enough
Premier, you’ve put us through the wringer. It’s now time to follow NSW and reward Victorians who sacrificed everything to get us out of your mess.
Now, more than ever, we must stand up to the Red Dragon
China’s assault against Australia has moved from underhanded trade tactics to attacks against our national character.
Indigenous leaders slam Diversity Council
Diversity Council accused of pushing “ideological fantasy” and being “complicit” in violence against indigenous women.
Why can’t we just allow actors to act?
Cancel culture has come for the acting profession and one cannot deny the delicious irony of the artistic community being bullied by a monster of its own making.
Our justice system is prioritising violent offenders over victims
In the week that Victoria reels from the shocking murder of Celeste Manno, we are reminded again that the system needs to better protect at-risk women, writes Rita Panahi.
Useless mask rule will cripple our tourism industry
Why in god’s name would holiday makers choose to come to Victoria when they could go to NSW or Queensland and enjoy the summer heat without suffocating on a useless mask, writes Rita Panahi.
America has never been more divided
To expect more than 70 million Trump voters to forgive and forget would be a tall order at the best of times, but it’s frankly impossible when many of them believe the “election was stolen”, writes Rita Panahi.
Slow learners: Famous Democrats just don’t get it
Trying to explain to Trump-deranged fanatics why the president got the highest vote of any Republican candidate in history is like trying to explain advanced trigonometry to toddlers, writes Rita Panahi.
Why ‘racist’ Trump’s support has grown among minorities
For a man labelled as a racist, sexist, homophobic bigot, Donald Trump has increased his support among minorities, writes Rita Panahi.
Predictions of a blue wave proved laughably wrong
The 2020 presidential election has showcased just how out of touch the political, media and celebrity class is with the wider community, writes Rita Panahi.
Riots expected if ‘party of civility’ doesn’t get their way
Businesses across America are boarding up their shopfronts, terrified that the so-called party of tolerance will riot if their candidate doesn’t win the US Election, writes Rita Panahi.
Why I was wrong about Trump
In 2016 I didn’t think Donald Trump was a real conservative, up to the job or had a realistic chance of winning, but I’ve been proven wrong, writes Rita Panahi.
Other issues trump coronavirus in US election
Polling shows that coronavirus is far from the number one issue for the majority of Americans, writes Rita Panahi.
Media misses the mark on COVID reality in US
If you believed most media reporting you’d think the US COVID response was the worst in the world and it’s all down to Donald Trump. But blaming him for what happened in the worst-affected states is like blaming Scott Morrison for what happened in Victoria, writes Rita Panahi.
BLM protesters use death as an excuse to cause mayhem
BLM protesters have unleashed mindless violence masquerading as social justice activism after a man wielding a knife charged at police and was shot dead, writes Rita Panahi.
Victorians are at breaking point, Premier. Don’t fail again
The Premier is not very good at governing and Victorians have paid the price. Incompetence and arrogance are a dangerous mix and we’ve had plenty of both in Victoria during the past seven months, writes Rita Panahi.
Dan’s disturbing disdain for women who challenge him
It can make for uncomfortable viewing as the Premier switches from the jovial, matey tone he reserves for male journalists to the barely concealed disdain he appears to have for the contingent of women who’ve challenged him, writes Rita Panahi.
Dangerous new era of censorship as big tech stifles Biden story
Tech giants like Google, Facebook and Twitter have always favoured the Left, but until this week that bias was exercised in a more subtle fashion than flat-out suppression of a major news story, writes Rita Panahi.
World’s leading epidemiologists slam Victoria’s COVID response
COVID-19 is a deadly virus but for the great majority who are infected it is neither a death sentence nor an illness needing medical treatment, and leading epidemiologists have slammed our backwards approach, writes Rita Panahi.
How dumb do these boffins think we are?
As if amnesiac bureaucrats weren’t enough, Andrew Crisp retracting what little evidence he gave at the hotel inquiry is the cherry on top of a useless and deeply troubling situation, writes Rita Panahi.
Left-wing privilege letting Dan off the hook
You can be sure Premier Daniel Andrews’ condescending and often hostile treatment of female journalists would be called out as sexist were it not for his leftist privilege, writes Rita Panahi.
First US presidential debate was two against one
US President Donald Trump went into battle with two people in the first presidential debate — Joe Biden and debate moderator Chris Wallace. Here’s what else we learned in the 95 minute screaming match, writes Rita Panahi.
Why ministers fear industrial manslaughter charges
Never has the expression “hoist with his own petard” been more apt. Members of the Victorian government and bureaucracy could face industrial manslaughter charges over the hotel quarantine fiasco, writes Rita Panahi.
Ministers are just taking the p*** now
The only evidence gained from the hotel quarantine inquiry is that a unique strain of amnesia has rendered members of the Victorian government and bureaucracy deaf, dumb and blind, writes Rita Panahi.
Why shambolic virus response will likely go unpunished
Premier Daniel Andrews has said more than once that the buck stops with him but here are the feckless five who should also be held accountable for their part in Victoria’s botched COVID response, writes Rita Panahi.
How Dan is turning into George Costanza
“Jerry, just remember, it’s not a lie if you believe it”. The lies spread during Victoria’s disastrous COVID-19 response smacks of a government and bureaucracy that is arrogant and unaccountable, and a Premier like Seinfeld’s George Costanza, writes Rita Panahi.
Andrews refuses to budge despite Vic disaster
NSW had a premier resign over an undeclared bottle of wine, but in Victoria a leader who has overseen the most disastrous set of decisions — with catastrophic economic, social and health consequences — is in no danger of being replaced, writes Rita Panahi.
Victorian kids must return to classrooms in term four
School-age children in Victoria must return to face-to-face learning in term four to put an end to the hysterical policy making that is adversely impacting their education, writes Rita Panahi.
Victoria an international joke thanks to Dan’s plan
While the rest of the world is opening up, Daniel Andrews is persevering with a shortsighted plan that not only ignores the mountain of overseas evidence, but does irreparable damage to Victoria’s economy, writes Rita Panahi.
Why we can’t defend heavy-handed Vic Pol arrest
The pregnant Ballarat mum who shared a video of her arrest on Facebook after planning an anti-lockdown protest may be a wackadoodle or a concerned citizen — either way, it’s impossible to defend the disproportionate police response, writes Rita Panahi.
Vic Pol double standards clear in arrest video
Victoria Police is MIA when it matters most but are world leaders in handing out fines and arresting people posing no risk to anyone, like this pregnant Ballarat mum, writes Rita Panahi.
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.
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.
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