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.
Susie O'Brien
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.
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Depressing reality facing breastfeeding mums
It’s been 20 years since the furore around breastfeeding in state parliament and sadly, it seems, women are still copping the same appalling treatment.
Lisa Wilkinson’s latest gig beggars belief
You would think Wilkinson would have the sense to stay quiet given she is fighting for her career and credibility – but we are now seeing her in a whole new light.
Fun police attack on Oompa Loompas a load of gobblefunk
Oompa Loompas are now “small people”, not “small men”, characters are no longer “fat” but “enormous”. The New Age rinse of Roald Dahl’s classics is an abomination.
Reducing students to just an ATAR is unfair
There must be a better way to treat our young people than defining them by their ATAR while assuring them that it does not define them.
Harry & Meghan doco a casually cruel, frightful piece of TV
Harry and Meghan’s truly awful, self-serving piece of TV fiction isn’t a love story, as they claim, it’s a brutal assassination of both of their families.
Dreadful ER wait nothing new for fed-up Victorians
Parents with sick kids and Victorians of all ages know first-hand emergency department waiting times of up to 12 hours have become all too common.
A bronze statue of Dan would be a farce
Daniel Andrews will earn himself a bronze statue when he serves 3000 days in office, but they belong to world champs not political chumps.
Foxy morons back for un-woke fun
In a world where comedy is getting cancelled for not being politically correct, our un-woke foxy morons Kath and Kim are back with some gentle suburban satire.
Victorian Greenslide would create nightmare scenario
With less than two weeks to go before the election, Victoria is facing the prospect of a Greenslide delivering the balance of power to the Greens.
Vegemite deserves better than try-hard Coles colab
It looks like melted bitumen and tastes like a beef stock cube dropped in salt—but it’s not meant to be in my roast chook.
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