Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy said it was not the time for a discussion about town camps. But if not now, when?
Ahead of Dennis Cometti’s State Memorial Service on Monday, here’s his top ten pearls of wisdom according to his friend, colleague, and mentee Basil Zempilas.
Basil Zempilas
We need to find out how it happened. And why.
As a long-term resident of Albany I was rather amazed when the bicentenary became 2026 instead of 2027, writes Helen Laing.
Helen Laing
MARK RILEY: Expect the May Budget to break previously inviolable commitments not to tinker with property taxes
Mark Riley
The Cook Labor Government will be investing $692 million in a range of initiatives that will support more housing in the regions, including the delivery of 500 new homes for frontline Government workers.
Rita Saffioti
Density comes with challenge and opportunity. Let’s spread it around.
Kim Macdonald
Throwing Government money around in what Chalmers will no doubt badge as cost-of-living relief in the May 12 Budget will be pulling in the opposite direction to the RBA’s use of its interest rate lever.
Australia’s prices breakout is worse than most other countries. Economists blame spending increases by the Labor government.
Aaron Patrick
Players are calling for the the AFL to acknowledge a cause that directly affects them and their peers, particularly under the glaring spotlight of the national stage. But it needs to go beyond just a name.
Samantha Rogers
Jessica Page is not the only NDIS parent mystified by the elevation of Mark Butler to potential leader status in the same week that he put the future of thousands of disabled kids in even more limbo.
Jessica Page
Big social media sites have been able to plunder content produced by Australian journalists without paying for it. There has never been a more important time for action to protect local news providers.
The words ‘decentralisation’ and ‘infrastructure’ are beloved of politicians in a massive State like WA. But too often the words are thrown about without the details required to give them any substance.
The ‘reset’ of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is the latest example of Labor coming back to fix the things that were stupidly rushed in the final days of the Gillard government.
Katina Curtis
DAVID KOCH: While we can’t control global oil markets or volatile price cycles, we can take some practical steps to ease the financial squeeze.
David Koch
Anzac Day was particularly poignant this year for veterans of Australia’s longest war, which is likely to be put on trial through the allegations against Ben Roberts-Smith.
His NDIS reform has sent the Health Minister to the top of the list of candidates of Anthony Albanese’s potential successors. But he has to get rid of Penny Wong first.
Cameron Milner
There is the classic list of seven deadly sins, but it is becoming clear the pressure of modern life has spawned a fresh crop of ‘deadly sins’ that are gathering momentum.
Gary Martin
The Washington incident is another reminder of how fortunate we are here in Australia.
The pointless deaths of young people in conflict must be banished like smallpox.
Andrew Miller
The Federal and Sate neglect of our war heroes continues.
Ben Harvey
As I emerge from my jetlag fog my algorithm is nagging me to declutter my house, but I’ve hit the obstacle of not knowing how to dispose of the things that are taking up room in my house, and my heart.
Nat Locke
It remains important that we pause to give thanks for those in uniform who are there for us.
This government is fully aware of the resentment towards boomers from young people who see themselves paying for their elders while unable to afford housing that was readily available to a ‘lucky’ generation.
Michelle Grattan
