O’Brien: How can students have faith in compromised VCE exams?
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.
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O’Brien: Why Jamie Oliver should stick to what he does best
It’s a good thing the Naked Chef’s latest children’s book has been withdrawn from sale after outrage about its stereotypical and incorrect portrayal of a young Indigenous girl.
O’Brien: Don’t let welcome ceremonies become self-serving symbols
Welcome to Country speeches should be welcome. But they should also be be short, poignant, heartfelt, non-political and non-divisive.
O’Brien: Halloween doesn’t need to be an eco-green fever dream
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.
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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?
Schools no place for overt politicking on bloody conflict
A push for Victorian teachers to take action for Palestine doesn’t reflect the feelings of most parents or educators — and teachers who can’t keep their views to themselves should be stood down.
School walkouts, city rallies no safe place for young students
It’s disappointing that Jactina Allan has left it up to schools to monitor if students attend potentially violent pro-Palestine rallies when every effort should be made to prevent them being radicalised.
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