Opinion
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Time to get back to the community basics
IT would be easy to think we had left our sanity behind in 2019. It is difficult to imagine when Australia, as a whole, has…
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NAIDOC Week healing can be good for all
THIS week is NAIDOC Week. Every year, NAIDOC Week has a theme and this year’s is Heal Country. It encourages us to consider the impact…
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Arbitrary South Australian border closure hurts people
THE inhumanity of state border restrictions continues to be experienced by countless stories of individuals and families who are traumatised by bureaucratic decisions. Children who…
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Mallee voters are happy to support emissions cuts
AS the dust settles on last week’s leadership spill, a new Cabinet has been sworn in. It was a crazy week, and I dare say…
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Nationals’ Murray-Darling Basin Plan cuts would hit river
THE dust is still settling from recent attempts to rewrite the Murray-Darling Basin Plan (MDBP). Just over a week ago, federal National Party senators attempted…
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Aged-care centres and families get relief at last
AS COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria are easing, restrictions in Sydney are escalating. It is a perfect illustration of the dynamic nature of the pandemic –…
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Murray-Darling Basin Plan needs to be flexible
THIS week The Nationals in Parliament put forward amendments to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in the Senate, then the House of Representatives. My Nationals colleagues…
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Seasonal agriculture work visa a win all round
THIS week in Federal politics, the National Party secured a new seasonal agriculture worker visa. This is something I have been fighting for since being…
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South Australian health rulings create border despair
OVER the past week, as the COVID-19 risk level in Melbourne has decreased, the South Australian Government’s restrictions on cross-border travel have increased. I’m not…
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‘Can do’ club spirit triumphs against tough opposition
THE current state of play for country sport in Victoria can be best summed up by what transpired in the Hampden Football Netball League on…
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Penalties for water breaches have to count
THE issue of water is simultaneously the most complicated and the most simple of all the issues that I deal with as an MP. It…
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Our own comedy of errors
ALP staffer: Right are we all zoomed in? Can you hear us there, Dan? Hope you’re feeling well. Dan Andrews: Morning guys, we all good?…
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