Jim Chalmers wants to be U2, looking after us from the cradle to the grave, but this budget leaves us feeling like Cold Chisel fans, left with little more than cheap wine and a three-day growth.
There’s no reason a young person, living with their parents and with no caring responsibilities, should be working from home — they should be at their worksite four days a week.
Souped-up, dumb and pointless, American tradie trucks are the muscle cars of our generation, and a country like ours which invented the great Aussie ute should not cede status to these bloated imported beasts.
The Sam Kerr acquittal was a just outcome and a big relief, but the charge of aggravated racial harassment should never have been laid against the Matildas skipper.
The date of Australia Day should be changed, but corporate Australia needs to butt out of the debate. Pubs with no cheer should be boycotted.
The latest VCE exams fiasco has surely left Victoria’s students and teachers with little faith in the compromised testing process and the body running it.
It’s a good thing the Naked Chef’s latest children’s book has been withdrawn from sale after outrage about its stereotypical and incorrect portrayal of a young Indigenous girl.
Welcome to Country speeches should be welcome. But they should also be be short, poignant, heartfelt, non-political and non-divisive.
Halloween is now less about watching the kids go psycho on a sugar-high and more about guides, checklists, workshops and eco-friendly initiatives – and it’s ruining the fun.
Senator Lidia Thorpe reached an alarming new low by abusing and swearing at King Charles and Queen Camilla in the middle of a parliamentary reception.
Premier Jacinta Allan turned down an invite to meet with King Charles and Queen Camilla — and the right royal snub should come as an embarrassment to every Victorian.
It may not be cake, but gender reveals involving physical violence, watermelon-eating alligators and pipe bombs are far worse than bogan burnouts in Carrum Downs.
Most Victorians are still triggered by the darkest era in our state’s recent history, when everything was shut and we were fined for going for a walk more than once a day. So who’ll be the first to deface the Dan Andrews statue?
Like most homeowners, I should not have to pay for a new hot water system, stove or heating to meet the government’s political timelines.
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