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So now it’s a race after all

July 7, 2021 Opinion by Greg Ray Our squandered vaccination opportunity If true leadership is most clearly recognisable in times of crisis, then I don't need to say anything about Australia's current national leaders. Their actions, and lack of action, speak volumes on their own. From "not holding a hose" in the bushfire crisis to "it's not a race" when Australia had precious months to get as much of its population as possible vaccinated, the prime minister has summed up himself and his government. The bushfires are behind us, and it seems from interviews I've seen…

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Read more about the article Coming in from the Cold War

Coming in from the Cold War

Do you ever find yourself longing for the good old days of Cold War Mk 1? I know, there were aspects of it that weren’t too great. The fear of nuclear war, for a start. But occasionally I find myself thinking back to the way it seemed to be before the Berlin Wall came down and the Soviet Union fell apart and I almost feel a sort of nostalgia for the apparent simplicity of it all. It’s true that the simplicity was rather deceptive if you scratched more than a little below the surface of the…

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Read more about the article From Julian to Barnaby, and points between

From Julian to Barnaby, and points between

June 30, 2021 Opinion by Greg Ray. All praise the Member for Rinehart Thanks to Peter Lewis for this lifelike portrait of Barnaby and friend Oh Barnaby. If the National Party is the tail that wags the Coalition dog, then where on the tail do we find Barnaby Joyce? At the head of the tail, of course. You might need to draw a picture to locate that precisely. But really, all you need to know about the Nationals in this day and age is that they are a shady rump of the former Country Party, still…

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