O’Brien: Thorpe should resign after latest disgraceful outburst
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.
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O’Brien: I’m a republican. Jacinta Allan should meet with the King
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.
O’Brien: Bogan burnout gender reveal was safe, so why the outrage?
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.
O’Brien: If Dan had any integrity he would reject a statue in his honour
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?
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O’Brien: Five stupid words enough to end 40 years of friendship
Jack Black’s ridiculous decision to cancel Tenacious D’s Australian tour over a silly off-the-cuff remark is proof a heartfelt apology no longer puts things right.
Married, kids? Taylor Swift is a powerforce without either
Pop superstar Taylor Swift doesn’t need to be married or have kids to be a role model to young girls— being a self-made billionaire who writes her own songs is enough.
Unis must take a stand and kick out pro-Palestine bullies
It is outrageous that those in charge at our universities have been so slow to react to student bullies, who have held campuses to ransom.
Chalmers’ unfair budget rewards rich more than poor
Despite gross debt rising to $904bn this year, the government is splashing cash around and there’s not much in it for Jimmy Barnes’ working class man or woman.
O’Brien: Remember when it was safe to say happy Mother’s Day
While there’s a need to be inclusive and mindful that not all kids have a mum on Mother’s Day, celebrating Non-Gender Specific Care Person’s Day doesn’t quite have the same ring to it.
O’Brien: Rating schoolgirls part of the toxic violence women face
The Yarra Valley Grammar schoolboys who ranked their female classmates as “unrapeable” may not realise it, but their act is on the same continuum of violence against women that has murder and rape at one end and cruel social media posts at the other.
O’Brien: Lehrmann judgment should end Lisa Wilkinson’s career
The Lehrmann judgment is a win for women, but it’s not a win for Lisa Wilkinson who has been exposed as a shameful opportunist and a dangerously biased activist.
O’Brien: Last thing we need after Bondi attack is more guns
The devastation caused by one man with a knife in Sydney was horrendous, but it could have been so much worse if gun nuts got their way.
Welcome to Victoria, the blackout state
If hundreds of thousands of Victorians weren’t so focused on when their power will return, they may be asking how one storm can so badly cripple the state’s infrastructure?
Victoria should follow landmark US punishment of negligent mum
The conviction of the mother of a US school shooter shows negligent parents can be held to account. So why should the parents of some of Melbourne’s out of control teen criminals escape consequences?
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