Opinion

MILDURA will be the place to be in March. And it’s not just for the weather. Two major events with a host of superstar musical…

PROTECTIONS against discrimination are a hallmark of free civil society. In recent census results, most Australians aligned themselves with a religious faith, with only 30…

DURING the week an anonymous, handwritten letter was left at my office. It had a threatening, menacing tone and referred to me as a f*****g…

OPINION – ANNE WEBSTER DISTURBING images have emerged from the protests in Melbourne this week. It is disappointing that the behaviour of the minority taint…

OPINION – ALI CUPPER IT’S been a long time coming, but Victoria looks set to finally introduce a container deposit scheme (CDS). A Bill was…

OPINION – ALI CUPPER VICTORIA’S rates need a rethink. Right now, a family farmer in the Buloke Shire with a $5 million property is paying…

THIS week, a Fair Work Commission decision ruled that farmers will no longer be able to pay piecework provisions for workers, but instead must pay…

TWO members of my family are anti-vaxxers. It’s strange to put a label on them, I’d never done that before this year, so let me…

THE latest series of attacks on local businesses by disgruntled patrons is reprehensible. And it blows my mind that, of all things to be upset…

ONE of the first things a parent teaches a child is that honesty is the best policy. And that you’re always better off owning your…

UNDERSTANDING the new COVID-19 restrictions on businesses is an impossible task. This week hospitality and beauty businesses were thrown into a tailspin when the requirement…

UNTIL Thursday, the Victorian Government’s website stated that the deadline for second vaccination doses for workers was November 26, with first doses required by October…