âKnockingâ is an Australian pastime.
True to form, the Federal Opposition Labor leader, Anthony Albanese lacks charisma, but is emboldened enough to criticise how our PM has dealt with the 2020 economy and COVID response.
This does not go down well, while we all feel safer than many nations which werenât proactive to contain the threat.
Foreign governments, including western nations, are still dealing with deaths in the hundreds of thousands.
With full confidence, we know Australia is one of the few who dealt responsibly and proactively with the impending threat early in 2020.
Our confidence in our federal leadership has been reflected in the smooth transition to border closures, changed work and life routines and now the vaccine, backed by generous government financial support.
Australia Day What will become of our nation, citizens and traditions, in a past year which has seen 300 million die globally of an insidious virus, morphing into a more vicious historical pandemic? It is a year where democracies have failed, nations divided against themselves, 60 million refugees on the move to a safe haven from war, poverty and famine. Will another Australia Day unite us, as we struggle to come out of one of the deadliest, most challenging years as a nation, faring better than our neighbours? January 26 is our day to reflect on how blessed we are to be an island, with wide open spaces, wide open hearts and arms, to welcome those escaping the ravages of failing nations, as new citizens.
Working for the community I have worked years ago for our community as a teenager when there were major crime problems as there is today. I was working for about 150 dollars a week on a rural property and purchased from GoPrint, a government department at the time, a copy of the
Penalties and Sentencing Act worth 80 dollars. The people at the time were screaming for justice and an open public forum was announced to address the issue with the former state Attorney-General, Dean Wells and I needed the document to prove a point. The issue that I saw was that criminals were being let off with a slap on the wrist, while victims suffered and I pointed out in the