Friday, 22 September, 2017
The Same Sex Marriage postal survey is deeply personal for JIM MARSDEN, the senior partner of Marsdens Law Group, who has written a letter to friends and clients asking them to support the Yes case: I am writing to you on a subject that is close to my heart andRead more »
It is a sad fact that there are few champions of those people who live in the suburbs. Yet those who speak for the inner city elites are a dime a dozen. Take any forum you like, from the ABC’s Q&A to Insight on SBS and what you find isRead more »
Two regional events stand out above all others in the past month or two. Camden’s decision to establish an economic taskforce was one. The other was the announcement that WSA Co – the Western Sydney Airport company set up by the Federal Government – would have its headquarters in ScottRead more »
“On Vietnam Veterans’ Day a grateful nation honours, respects and embraces you for the service and sacrifice you made in Australia’s name’’. Well, yes, Prime Minister, but that’s just not enough. As we reflect today on that divisive conflict that started more than 50 years ago, one thing comes throughRead more »
Buying a house is becoming an impossible dream for most young people. Poor road and rail infrastructure means our cities are choking to a standstill seven days a week. We are paying too much in taxes but the country has a huge deficit and is borrowing more than $100 millionRead more »
Glen Alpine – because your address says a lot about who you are, one advertisement said in the 1990s. And while this was part of the marketing of the new suburb by developer Lend Lease, there was a lot more to it at the time. Desperate for some growth inRead more »
The Townsville area has a population of around 180,000 and are able to support a successful club in the National Rugby League competition. In less than 20 years’ time, the population of Campbelltown – currently not much less than Townsville – will be around 230,000. If you include both theRead more »
Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 20, we will get to find out whether new NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian does things a little different from Mike Baird. That’s when her treasurer, Dominic Perrottet, will deliver the state government’s 2017-18 budget. From where we are in the south west corner of Western Sydney, weRead more »
Yesterday’s incident at Minto Marketplace thankfully ended up being a false alarm. But after talking to a few of the anxious looking shoppers locked out of the centre when it was evacuated, it was clear that we are getting more and more worried about terrorism. Even the cause of theRead more »
This morning I saw a couple of little kids riding their tiny bicycles to school. It looked like tough work. The reason why it was tough work is simple: there was no footpath. Dad was walking alongside them, while mum was up ahead in the car. Many people lament thatRead more »
The picture of who we are is one of stark contrasts. Extraordinary good deeds by many of us, while a very small percentage of dropkicks – let’s call a spade a spade – treat our beautiful place like their own personal garbage can. It’s like looking at a mirror brokenRead more »
The old political parties around the world are rapidly becoming irrelevant. Some of them are trying to change to save themselves from oblivion but it’s probably too little too late. New parties and movements are springing up like mushrooms, some of them with old players at the helm, including ourRead more »
