Tag: Opinion
Major step backwards for Truth-telling
I was both bemused and amused by the opinion piece by Gympie Today journalist, Arthur Gorrie, under the heading ‘ Lies no help to...
Festival of Controversy
We are a group of concerned residents who find ourselves compelled to speak out, not only because of the recent controversial planning of the...
A drovers dog contest
Another possible interpretation of the campaign and its inevitable result.
The Voice referendum was a contest between decency, justice and compassion on the one hand...
Without bi-partisan support, it was doomed to fail
No referendum has ever been passed by the Australian people without bi-partisan support.
We have rejected (referendums) for a. Recognition of Local Government, b....
Lies no help to reconciliation
There is a vicious lie abroad that rejection of the "Voice" referendum means we are a racist nation, not ready for reconciliation.
But the Voice...
Words of wisdom
A wise man once said, "don't believe everything that you read."
B. Wiseman wrote and I quote, "This is the truth".
"B" was referring to a...
We cannot tolerate evil
We are increasingly being told that we need to be inclusive, and tolerant.
Yet I have noticed that the people who are loudest in...
Referendum money wasted
$400 million spent on the Voice could have built and staffed a first class hospital here in Gympie.
The little bit of information about the...
An invitation to work together
For anyone under the age of 42, this will be their first time participating in a Referendum.
I am in an older group, but I...
A divisive agenda
Listen to the elders of the true blood aboriginal people they don't want the voice, they have 11 representatives in Canberra and they meant...
Why I will be voting Yes
I will be voting Yes in the upcoming Referendum on The Voice to affirm that Australia is a better nation than it was eighty...
Listening works
This week, I’ve done a lot of listening.
Last Monday, on behalf of the Albanese Government, I opened the first ever National Disaster Preparedness...
Not a word about the weather!
My parents always said, “If you have nothing nice to say, then say nothing.”
So, no comment on the weather this week.
The...
