Category: Opinion

Is a bridge still on the agenda? Is Council going to buy the ferry and operate it? What are they going to do about the traffic queues? How much is all this going to cost the ratepayer?

❝…the Australian citizens and residents caught in India’s hellish Covid firestorm should have had every reason to expect their government go all out to rescue them from that hell not to condemn them to remain in it….❞

❝…when Australians overcome the distorting effect of the media prominence of extremely rare blood-clot cases and we finally get around to rolling out free vaccination to the whole population, people will rightly expect more on the public-health front such as higher Medicare rebates and free dental treatment…..❞

❝One of the consequences of setting up a national vaccination plan through thousands of GP practices and pharmacists…. is a logistical nightmare in waiting….❞

“These days we like to think that our economic bus is guided by the steady and independent hands of the Reserve Bank. Even so, the Reserve Bank seems to be having trouble at the moment making the economic bus perform as well as it should…”

“There is total disregard for Council permit requirements and vehicles are pushing tracks into the Littoral Rainforest – a “critically endangered” ecosystem living behind the beaches…”

“China will only ban or obstruct those goods and services which it can replace fairly easily. It is running out of them. Banning Australia’s wine is one thing; banning iron ore is another…”

What if the talking down and over women and ignoring their views is also happening in jury rooms?

COLUMNIST Crispin Hull breaks down issues with Australian super, and suggests alternatives to our current sausages-and-mash pittance….

COLUMNIST Crispin Hull examines the impact of the Christian Porter defamation case on Australian media and national politics.