A welcome plan for social housing for the needy
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May 15, 2021 12.02am
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LABOR’S BUDGET REPLY
A welcome plan for social housing for the needy
Anthony Albanese’s commitment to social housing (The Age, 14/5) provides a much needed vision for Australians on low incomes. The added importance of this announcement is the inclusion of older women in the target groups to be housed. It is projected that 440,000 private renters aged over 65 will be living in poverty by 2031 if investment in affordable rental housing is not tackled by governments.
Calling to account those who tore her down
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April 16, 2021 12.02am
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CHRISTINE HOLGATE
Calling to account those who tore her down
The executives who negotiated a deal for post offices to handle banking for their local communities made a significant contribution to the livelihoods of those outlets. Well done. But should they get a bonus for doing their jobs? Do intensive care nurses get bonuses for saving lives? Or rubbish collectors get one for doing a job that makes a difference to everyone in their local municipalities? Or workers who support people in aged care?
Victoriaâs sacrifice appears to have been for nothing
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February 17, 2021 â 10.00pm
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LOCKDOWN ENDS
It will be no comfort to the thousands of businesses and millions of Victorians who can now pick up the pieces, after Daniel Andrewsâ latest âsnapâ lockdown (âVictoriaâs lockdown to end tonight, Premier announcesâ,
The Age, 17/2), to realise their sacrifices were for nothing, as the spread of infections from the Holiday Inn had already been contained within the small circle of close family contacts before it started. This upsetting fact emerged when the Chief Health Officer noted on the fourth day of the lockdown that the most recent and last two cases had acquired the infection eight days earlier. No positive cases have been reported from
Time for humility and a leadership change
February 2, 2021 10.00pm
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COLLINGWOOD REPORT
Time for humility and a leadership change
It is deeply shameful that Australia has lost Heritier Lumumba. He represents the Australia we could have: a society where brave, intelligent, articulate deep thinkers with integrity are valued, regardless of their cultural identity.
It is deeply shameful that Eddie McGuire just can’t seem to say “sorry”. But unfortunately he represents the kind of leadership we have at the helm of most sporting, political and business institutions in this country: over-entitled, monocultural human anachronisms. Show some humility, Eddie. Just resign.
The obliteration of all who inhabit our planet
January 27, 2021 â 10.30pm
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THE HOLOCAUST
Act now to ensure that we have a history left
It is indeed heart-warming, and it fills me with pride, to read two political opponents â the Liberalsâ Josh Frydenberg and Laborâs Josh Burns â â³â£co-penningâ³â£ an article which reminds us of the horrors of the Holocaust (Opinion, 27/1). I hope and trust this event is taught to all school students for eternity. Not only did millions die at the hands of the Nazis, the killings were indeed industrialised on a grand scale â unimaginable.