Goers: Hypocrisy worked! Now Australia has a new street drug
Labor’s high-priced tax attack on smoking worked wonders for health. It’s a shame about the gang wars, writes Peter Goers.
Opinion
Horror of youth crime crisis turned vote blue in traumatised cities
In Hervey Bay and Maryborough, the scars left by the youth crime crisis are all too obvious. Carlie Walker reflects on how that trauma may have contributed to a swing to the LNP in those cities.
Penbo: Now who’s full? Refugee squeeze exposes NIMBY hypocrites
Nothing reveals Greens or Teal double standards faster than trying to solve a problem where they live, writes David Penberthy.
Bond: We spray paint Aussie icons but pay a fortune for this?
A small number of self-important, poncey ideologues have taken control of the arts and are trying to destroy our will to live one work at a time, writes Caleb Bond.
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Penbo: Bandt dazed and confused in Green teen flashback
It felt like one toke too many on the policy bong this week when Adam Bandt spruiked the Greens’ tax-the-sh*t-out-of-everything plan, writes David Penberthy.
Harris looked out of practice in first sit-down interview
Kamala Harris waited 39 days to face the scrutiny of an interview and if she wants to win the election, she needs to keep fronting up, says Tom Minear.
Maiden: Do Labor remember who their biggest donor is?
There’s something almost amusing about Labor’s sudden concerns about the Greens and the union movement’s black sheep, writes Samantha Maiden.
Penbo: NDIS party-crashers will send Australia broke
How can it be that 12 per cent of boys in Australia have anything resembling a genuine disability, writes David Penberthy.
Penbo: ‘Racist’ barbs backfire as Albo’s Gaza mess echoes Voice
The switchboards have not lit up like it has over Gaza refugees since the height of the referendum debate. And that’s bad for the PM, writes David Penberthy.
Dutton’s ‘death tax’ deal punts looming crisis to Labor
If you’re wondering if the Coalition thinks it can sneak into office at the election, look no further than its aged care deal, writes James Campbell.
‘Only four’: Gibney’s Logies speech calls out TV’s boys’ club
Rebecca Gibney’s induction into the Logies Hall of Fame and the Women’s World Cup win are to be celebrated as historic television moments. But Aussie TV remains a boys’ club, writes Kathy McCabe.
Penbo: Pathetic act confirms Australia’s self-delusion
Just when you thought Australia’s absurd obsession with stupid rules couldn’t get any worse, writes David Penberthy.
OPINION: Dear Premier, time to ditch plane, drive Bruce Hwy
It’s hard to see how a Premier who continues to pick planes over cars can ever truly understand – or be forced to fix – the deplorable state of the Bruce Hwy, writes reporter Geordi Offord
Maiden: NAPLAN fail spells big trouble for Aussie boys
If you teach kids that literacy doesn’t matter, you get results like these, writes Samantha Maiden.
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