Opinion
So, hang on, where’s Waleed?
WALEED Aly seems to have gone missing since the homophobic statements of an imam were reported. Doesn’t he want to condemn the comments, asks Andrew Bolt.
AFL would be better off sticking to football
IS the AFL a professional sporting organisation or is it an activist group determined to engineer social change, asks Rita Panahi.
Reduce company tax and our economy will take off
A FEW weeks ago, I was in Ireland for a big aviation conference. It’s an annual event and airline CEOs from around the world were all there, writes Alan Joyce.
Bill looks like a pro and con in Hillary’s camp
HILLARY Clinton’s victories in six primaries recently put her over the delegate threshold to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, write Raymond and Yancey Orr.
We need to stand firm against violence
THE violence on our streets should worry all parents and we’ll only find a solution when the community stands against it as one, writes Terry Wallace.
We need to work together
THE Coalition is best placed to win the election, but whoever leads the nation must give us strong government we can all follow, writes Jeff Kennett.
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Press Council got it wrong
ON October 1 last year, the Herald Sun published Daniel Chick’s story. It was the first time the premiership star had spoken of his time at the West Coast Eagles, then gripped by a rampant drug culture.
Bill wimps a CFA burn-off
LABOR leader Bill Shorten’s failure to show his face in marginal seats in Victoria coincides with the firestorm over the union takeover of the CFA, which is threatening his prime ministerial prospects.
So, hang on, where’s Waleed?
WALEED Aly seems to have gone missing since the homophobic statements of an imam were reported. Doesn’t he want to condemn the comments, asks Andrew Bolt.
Newman unleashes another ghastly attack
SAM Newman has made a ghastly attack, with The Footy Show’s line that everyone needs to move on. They’re dreaming. This one has a long way to run yet, writes Susie O’Brien.
Labor in a faux fibre fantasy
THE ‘gigabyte geeks’ expecting a Shorten Labor government to go back to a Kevin Rudd and Stephen Conroy future of an all-fibre ‘Rolls-Royce’ version of the NBN have in fact been sold a ‘gigabyte pup’.
AFL would be better off sticking to football
IS the AFL a professional sporting organisation or is it an activist group determined to engineer social change, asks Rita Panahi.
Surgeon fought death on our roads
JOHN Birrell was sneered at when he fought to introduce laws to combat the road toll but the police surgeon saved thousands of lives, writes Andrew Rule.
Religion doesn’t merit privileges
IT’S time we questioned whether religion deserves its legally protected immunity from richly deserved criticism, ridicule — and taxes, writes Tom Elliott.
Everybody Wants Some!! lives up to title
REVIEW: 80s-set Everybody Wants Some!! is flawless in its depiction of the era and has an ‘addictively uninhibited vibe’, starring fresh faces.
Speedy CFA action raises questions
THE swiftness of the appointment of a new CFA chief executive to replace Lucinda Nolan has created concerns, writes James Campbell.
Extremist goons stand for nothing
STREET brawling and name calling only shows what man-babies the extremist right and left warriors really are, writes Wendy Tuohy.
Cox’s murder chills our MPs
THE murder of British MP Jo Cox sent a chill through Australian politicians campaigning in an atmosphere that is increasingly inflammatory, writes Laurie Oakes.
Muir put pedal to mettle in Senate
RICKY Muir was ridiculed when he won a Senate seat but the Gippsland battler has proved to be more astute than Canberra’s political snobs, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Women’s league will alter footy
THE women’s league is a fantastic concept that will boost the AFL — all it needs is time and support to be turning point for the footy community, writes Beverley O’Connor.
Newman unleashes another ghastly attack
SAM Newman has made a ghastly attack, with The Footy Show’s line that everyone needs to move on. They’re dreaming. This one has a long way to run yet, writes Susie O’Brien.
