Denise says making civics and citizenship compulsory for year 9 and 10 is a government announcement that deserves more than a passing mention.
Denise McHugh
Posted inOpinion, Political, Regulars
Denise’s Desk: The Nationals want to protect farmers by closing doors. How does that work?
Denise says the Nationals have declared their opposition to a deal that could deliver significant benefits to regional Australia. Why?
Posted inOpinion, Regional, Regulars
Denise’s Desk: We need to talk about mental illness
Denise writes the attack on independent MP Helen Haines has shocked Australians. It has also brought into sharp focus an issue that successive governments have failed to adequately address for decades: the treatment of people living with serious mental illness.
Posted inOpinion, Regional, Regulars
Denise’s Desk: The NSW election – What’s at stake for workers
There are moments in politics when you wonder whether the person speaking has forgotten their own history. Or perhaps they hope the rest of us have. Federal Opposition Leader Angus Taylor declared on ABC’s 7.30 on 6 October that Australia needed an economy where wages rise faster than inflation. Well, there’s a revelation. Workers should […]
Posted inOpinion, Political, Regulars
Denise’s Desk: Barnaby, Pauline and the Battle for the Australian Right
Denise write that while Barnaby discusses Roman emperors and extinct species, and Matt puts on the high-vis, people across New England are dealing with real problems.
Posted inOpinion, Regulars, Social
Denise’s Desk: Something Doesn’t Quite Add Up
Denise says there is a substantial disconnect between Australia’s economic data and much of the reporting about it.
Posted inOpinion, Political
Denise’s Desk: Progress doesn’t happen by accident
Denise says she doesn’t know where the increasingly complicated relationship between the Coalition and One Nation will ultimately end.
Posted inIdeas, Regulars, Something to Think About
Opinion | Keeping the Light on the Hill burning
Denise asks what is government actually for? It is a question worth asking at a time when politics increasingly seems to be about outrage, grievance, personalities and winning the daily argument on social media.
Posted inOpinion, Regulars, Social
Denise’s Desk | Pauline and me
Denise says that she and Pauline Hanson have more in common than you might think.
Posted inOpinion, Regulars, Social
Denise’s Desk: The $1,200 Lesson Hidden in a Wedding Dress
Denise writes there are practical skills, trades and crafts sitting right under our noses for which there is genuine demand, good money and, in some cases, employers crying out for people.