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Read more about the article Held to ransom by the 15 per cent

Held to ransom by the 15 per cent

February 18, 2022 Opinion by Greg Ray Blame the 15 per cent. I’ve been told that’s about the percentage of people in our society who are actively pleased to discriminate against others, hate the idea of ever sharing anything outside of their immediate family and will keenly embrace the politics of cruelty so long as they think they will be on the safe side of the hobnailed boot, the pepper spray and the riot squad. It’s probably not really 15 per cent. Not to start with, anyway. It’s probably less than 10 per cent if your…

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The aged are politically expendable

February 6, 2022 Opinion by Greg Ray Imagine you were prime minister of Australia or premier of NSW. You had decided, for one reason or another, that you wanted to "let Covid rip" in your communities, presumably believing that the death toll and health consequences of that policy would not be as damaging as the economic cost of lockdowns and safety measures. I suggest that, equipped with the knowledge you had gained in your own country and overseas, you would have thought carefully about those of your citizens most vulnerable to the worst effects of the…

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Read more about the article The wrong way to “live with Covid”

The wrong way to “live with Covid”

January 9, 2022 Opinion by Greg Ray Careful what you wish for. That’s what I’m saying to Australia’s numbskull business leaders who pushed so hard for “let it rip” pandemic policies. They got their puppet politicians - that pigeon-pair of Trump-loving wingnuts, Scomo and Parrothead - to give them what they wanted and it’s backfired. And now none of them knows what to do, except run for cover, or find new ways of profiteering from other people’s troubles. I can almost understand the argument from a month ago. It seemed like – since the pandemic wasn’t…

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