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.
Susie O'Brien
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.
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.
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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.
Wacky council’s Gaza ceasefire call causes more division than unity
Self-absorbed councillors should focus on bin collection and bike lanes instead of global posturing on issues they know nothing about.
Umpire shouldn’t be blamed for Crows goal farce
His “human error” revealed fundamental flaws in the AFL score review process – but the goal umpire was let down by the system as much as everyone else.
Living legends deserve day off as much as dead queen
If we can have a public holiday mourning Queen Elizabeth II, or for a horse race, or AFL grand final eve, then we should have one to celebrate the Matildas.
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