Greens cash splash a ‘tone deaf contribution’ to education policy debate
A $10bn Greens cash splash to make public schools completely free is a ‘tone deaf contribution’ to the education policy debate.
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Greens hit out at MAFS star’s election bid
The Greens insider took a brazen stab at a former’s reality TV star’s challenge to Adam Bandt, taking a cheeky jab at Timothy Smith’s ‘commitment’.
Captain Cook vandals roundly condemned
The vandalism attack has been condemned by the NSW Premier and Randwick councillors. While a Greens councillor says its ‘time to look at other options’.
Independent schools call out Bandt’s ‘class war’
Independent schools will target Adam Bandt’s seat and three other electorates held by the Greens in retaliation for the ‘divisive rhetoric’ its MPs have directed at private schools.
Sayers resignation not enough to get back in government good books
Senator Barbara Pocock says Luke Sayers’ consulting firm should still be banned from government work after the departure of the high-profile executive in the wake of a nude picture scandal.
‘Power plays’: Indigenous activist accuses Greens of racism and bias
High-profile social justice campaigner Megan Krakouer hit out at the Greens for the party’s ‘unfair practices’ in blocking her candidacy for a federal seat.
Economy-wrecking protest party
On their economic record the Greens are neither fit to govern nor to exercise policy power from the crossbench. Labor and the Coalition should rule out accepting the party’s support in the next parliament.
Dutton goes for poll jugular: strategies show PM on back foot
Anthony Albanese has launched a pre-election sandbagging operation to shield vulnerable electorates, as Peter Dutton wages an offensive campaign targeting Labor, Greens and teals seats.
‘Basics’: Bandt’s big $10bn election pitch
The Greens are making a pricey pitch to voters that could save Aussie households thousands per year.
Greens’ $10bn push for ‘free’ public school
The Greens will use a $10bn cash splash to help parents with children in public schools to win over working voters, with the policy forming part of the minor party’s demands to Labor in a hung parliament.
Reality starting to bite on lifestyle cost of renewables
The Greens couldn’t care less about ordinary Australians losing their livelihoods and lifestyles, such is their contempt for fossil fuels.
Greens have been whipping up anti-Semitism ever since October 7
It has been confronting to see this ancient hatred come alive so virulently in my own, proudly progressive, part of Sydney.
Baggy green talent pool full to overflowing
Cooper Connolly heads an impressively long list of young guns that already look entirley capable for taking over from Australia’s veteran stars. The future core is secure. The baggy greens should fit perfectly.
Aussie leader’s huge election call
Greens leader Adam Bandt has told voters they have the ability to usher in “a golden era of progressive reform” with this move.
Warning to Dutton, Bandt over ceasefire
The Liberal and Greens leaders have been cautioned against bringing the Israel-Gaza conflict into Australia following the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
‘Hamas rape deniers’: Greens preferences ‘a test for PM’
Julian Leeser demands Anthony Albanese preference the Greens last at the election, saying it’ll be a test on whether he is ‘serious about doing all he can about anti-Semitism’.
Government of appeasement spinning back to Whitlam days
Rather than bottle up his love for socialism, Anthony Albanese should declare it openly so the public has a clear choice of voting options at the coming election.
Greens ‘fanning flames of anti-Semitism’
Sydney’s inner west has become a ‘tinderbox’ after a spate of anti-Semitic attacks, with the local mayor saying the Greens ‘at every level’ had failed and ‘inflamed’ tensions.
Bob Brown still the ecowarrior, but Greens have moved on
The Greens have shown themselves to be a political movement of perpetual malcontents, spurred on by an assumed moral superiority, championing a vision for underpinned by grumbling.
Don’t label me more moderate, I back Bandt’s Greens
Adam Bandt has solidified the Greens as Australia’s third political party. The electorate is restless – expect the vote for the party and independents to grow this year.
Brown still Green, and a bit red
The young can be excused; the rest should remember what happens when a protest party is allowed too close to the levers of power.
Prospect of Labor power share with Bandt a genuine risk
I fear we are destined to suffer three years of a minority Labor government. What horrors can the hardline Marxist Greens leader impose on this nation by 2028?
Push for sweeping Aussie junk food ban
A fresh push is underway for a federal ban on advertisements for unhealthy food and drink, citing concerns for the welfare of children.
A zingy tumble salad with plenty of greens, and extra garlic too
A zippy avocado tahini brings all the ingredients together, with an extra kick of as much garlic as you like and pepitas to finish.
Bob Brown’s Greens wouldn’t recognise their own party
Bob Brown was inclined to be passionate, but he seldom let his passions get the better of him. Anthony Albanese is unlikely to find Adam Bandt as accommodating if the 2025 election results in a hung parliament.
Don’t bet the rent on minority ALP government
The fact no first-term federal government has been defeated since 1931 is no guarantee the Albanese government will be returned with the support of the Greens. In politics, precedent means nothing.
State-sanctioned ‘truth’ is still a danger under the Greens and teals
Australia dodged a bullet when the federal government withdrew its legislation to regulate misinformation. But the spectre of misinformation laws could haunt parliamentary discourse in coming years.
Hogg: MCG hate, making kids cry and selling fake baggy greens
In one of the most prickly interviews of 2024, champion quick Rodney Hogg has opened up on his hatred of the MCG, awkward fan interactions – and why he sells fake, signed baggy greens.
Woke frippery giving way to economic realities of life
Labor’s danger is that Middle Australia will conclude the government has lost control of the economy.
Voters must heed warning on ‘dangerous’ Bandt
It is not too clear what sort of an Australia Bandt wants, but all of the signs suggest it is not what the majority of Australians want. Bandt, the politician, is a very dangerous person.
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