Cash and the Covid conspiracies
Cash as a transmitter of Covid has raised concerns, along with the future of coal, the striking MUA and controlled bushfire burns
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Real danger for the indulgent, complacent West
We need to wake up or we will be passing a lower standard of living to the next generation.
Last Post: How For Lease signs are eating Melbourne
It’s time to reopen our state, Premier Andrews.
Victorian Covid target amounts to elimination, which is not realistic
Before long there will be few businesses left to take advantage of the investment incentives on offer from the federal government.
Call it as it was: Pence was a clear winner in the V-P debate
But in a sense we all won, considering there were two grown-ups in the room and neither resorted to abuse.
Last Post: The ‘Morrison recession’ versus the Covid recession
So much effort went into bringing the deficit down and now we are spending so much it will take generations to pay it off.
Alarmism wins as cure now deadlier than the disease
Our leaders need to act now to move to a more proportionate response that matches the facts on mortality rates.
Low blow for Albo to blame COVID recession on PM
Almost every country in the world has gone into recession because of the pandemic.
Last Post: Pandemic politics with Albo, Mathias, Scomo and MT
Australians will put up with deficits in the right circumstances.
Incompetence of allowing the US to roll out our 15-minute virus test
Supporting Australian innovation and technology is our way out of the downturn. So why let this breakthrough go overseas?
Last Post: Go figure. Labor says deficit too high and spending too low
Prosperity, it seems, is not just around the corner.
Big-spending budget essential in such unusual times
It goes against the conservative fiscal instinct, but when you’re facing a pandemic it’s time to throw out the rulebook.
Prioritising minority status over merit mostly ends badly for companies
It’s laudable but can be taken to ridiculous lengths.
Love him or hate him, Trump is back in the game
The hate-posting against the President fails to consider what he has achieved.
Last Post: We may never see the likes of Mathias Cormann again
If we had more like him in Parliament we could, indeed, consider Australia the lucky country.
Public entitled to know if outside influence used in attempt to destroy Pell
It might read like a Dan Brown novel, but it seems rumours of a plotting rival cardinal might be more than a conspiracy theory.
Trump’s Covid battle rattles rivals
The US president’s fight against coronavirus has exposed the faultlines in today’s politics; thank goodness for the footy finals
Last Post, October 6
The hypocrisy of Trump’s critics over COVID while Daniel Andrews’ authoritarian rule comes under fire
Pandemic restrictions are still bordering on farce
We need to open both domestic and international borders to get the economy moving, but Labor leaders aren’t listening
Premier treats beachgoers like they’re naughty school children
If we don’t do what he says he threatens us with detention.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/letters/page/197