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Opinion

Posted inLetters, Political

Letter: Trains’ needs need raising in parliament

5 September 20258 September 2025

Rick Banyard says the New England is being strangled by the lack of rail transport, yet Parliament raised barely a murmur. He urges MPs to get on track and deliver safer, faster, and environmentally sound trains for the region.

Posted inColumns, Opinion

Anti-Immigration vs. Scapegoating Immigrants for the Failures of the State

4 September 202527 September 2025

Siri Gamage says: Immigrants aren’t the problem — they’ve become pawns in a bigger political game. The real issue is rising costs, poor planning, and neglect of regional infrastructure and connectivity.

Posted inOpinion

Opinion: Parliament’s New Epidemic – The Dunning-Kruger Outbreak

3 September 20252 September 2025

Denise McHugh says the real contagion sweeping through Federal Parliament isn’t COVID or RSV, but the Dunning-Kruger effect – where the least informed speak the loudest and facts rarely stand a chance.

Posted inPolitical, Something to Think About

Why isn’t Australia securing its critical research?

30 August 202510 September 2025

UQ’s Dr Brendan Walker-Munro raises some questions about Australia lack of research security that has us left out of a new global network.

Posted inColumns, Political, Social

Australia’s Tax System is Tilting Against the Young

28 August 202510 September 2025

Denise McHugh argues that Australia’s tax and Welfare system is increasingly leaving young people behind.

Posted inPolitical

The Liberals used to be the party for women – then John Howard came along

25 August 202510 September 2025

Blair Williams argues that if the Liberal Party wants to solve its “women problem”, it must return to its liberal roots.

Posted inColumns, Political

Roy’s Roundup: Wee Waa Hospital, Far West power, jobs, and Civics for all

24 August 202524 August 2025

August has been busy so far for Member for Barwon Roy Butler, in parliament and on the road, advocating for everything from Wee Waa Hospital to better civics education.

Posted inColumns, Political

How am I supposed to respond to a Government that wants me dead?

20 August 202510 September 2025

RK Crosby is reigniting her call for a Royal Commission into the PBS after five years of inaction and an increasing number of people forced to pay hundreds for their medications.

Posted inPolitical

Eight decades after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, world is back to nuclear brink

19 August 202510 September 2025

On the 80th anniversary of the first and only use of nuclear weapons, Nobel laureates warn that the world is closer to nuclear war than at any time in history.

Posted inColumns, Political

Chaffey’s Corner: AgQuip, Vietnam Vets, Roads, My First Speech

18 August 202518 August 2025

Read the latest newsletter from Member for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey MP.

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