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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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Read more about the article Australia Day lament for the common wealth

Australia Day lament for the common wealth

January 26, 2022 Opinion by Greg Ray Australia Day seems a bit irrelevant to me this year. The whole country right now feels like a hijacked airliner. People are squabbling about legroom and locker space and meal choices and window seats and steward service. Wannabes are pushing for upgrades to business class or – dare we even dream? – first class, while nobody seems to have the faintest idea where the flight is heading. I feel like we are hostages, only most of us don’t want to admit it. We want to pretend that whoever is…

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Read more about the article It’s hard to get excited about 2022

It’s hard to get excited about 2022

December 19, 2021 Opinion by Greg Ray 2021 has been a grinding, dispiriting year for many of us. For a start, we’ve been on the Covid-19 pandemic roller-coaster, with its ups and downs of lockdowns, vaccinations, new variants and constant arguments between business advocates and health authorities about what we ought to do. Depressing because of the pandemic being used as a profit-booster by unscrupulous pharmaceutical corporations and as a divisive social lever by unscrupulous media corporations and unprincipled political puppets. And deeply troubling as an example of how our present model of rule-by-corporation really works…

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