CANBERRA’S latest folly is a referendum, costing up to a quarter of a billion dollars, to replace the politicians’ oath with an empty pledge without legal effect. Instead, why not bring in real reform and finally make the politicians accountable? The referendum should be to allow Australians to initiate recall elections for non-performing politicians.
LIBERAL backbencher Craig Kelly has endured heavy backlash from political opponents for his wary stance of the government’s immediate COVID-19 vaccination plans and his sharing information on potential vaccine supplements. The outspoken Liberal member of parliament for Hughes said he is not an anti-vaxxer but he prefers a “wait to see” approach to learn from other vaccination trials before throwing his support behind the government’s move to vaccinate as many Australians as possible.
THE politician who has overseen more death and economic destruction than perhaps any premier in history has claimed to have the nation’s highest standards. With 820 COVID-related Victorian deaths – compared to 89 for the rest of Australia – and his State this week returning to total lockdown for a third stint, Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has reached new levels of political spin.
WESTERN Australia’s opposition Liberal Party has split with Prime Minister Scott Morrison, announcing net zero carbon emissions a full 20 years earlier than Labor’s economy-wrecking target. Mr Zak Kirkup, who was elected Liberal leader last November, has described his 2030 net zero plan as “bold”. Others describe it as crazy.
MALCOLM Turnbull replacement Dave Sharma has told conservatives to “get over it” as the Liberal Party continues its radical lurch Left. Self-described as a “modern Liberal”, the new member for Wentworth said the Party was a broad church and that green energy was “inevitable”.
AN AUSTRALIAN expert has warned China is angling to split New Zealand from its more traditional Five Eyes alliance of Australia, America, Canada and the UK. Associate Prof Salvatore Babones from the University of Sydney told The Epoch Times this week that China would like to see a more isolated New Zealand.
THE United States has led the free world for the best part of a century, producing a record number of truly great world leaders, among whom, it can be confidently predicted, objective future historians will unhesitatingly include President Donald Trump.
NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean this week criticised Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s emissions plan – saying he should act more like former US President John F Kennedy. Mr Kean, who hangs a picture of the assassinated Democratic Party president in his office, described the prime minister’s environmental agenda as “ridiculous”.
PRIME Minister Scott Morrison has vowed never to sacrifice Australia’s economy on the altar of climate extremism. While Labor’s hardline climate warriors tear their Party in two, Mr Morrison made clear this week that technology, and not taxation, would be the sole driver for reducing emissions.
QUEENSLAND premier Annastacia Palaszczuk played the first notes from the State sovereignty provisions of the Constitution as a rousing electoral anthem, after renaming them “Up Yours Australia, Queensland is Closing Its Borders”.
