http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/ Australia's e-journal of social and political debate en-au Copyright 2000-2026, National Forum editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Young) tech@onlineopinion.com.au 60 editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Nicola Wright) Every now and then an act of government incompetence and waste is so egregious that it’s enough to wake the beast within. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23984 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23984 Nation Building Fri, 15 May 2026 08:11:50 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23984 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Danielle Snelling) Grief is not a single day on the calendar - it lingers long after the tributes end. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23983 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23983 Society Fri, 15 May 2026 08:11:41 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23983 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Andrew Whitehouse, David Trembath and Mirko Uljarevic) There is an increasing awareness of autism, and a better appreciation of how widely dispersed it is, but does that obscure those in real need? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23982 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23982 Health Thu, 14 May 2026 08:16:39 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23982 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Ordan Andreevski) Has Australia become trapped in inherited alliances, elite thinking and failed orthodoxies? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23981 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23981 Political Philosophy Thu, 14 May 2026 08:16:32 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23981 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Scott Prasser) The Albanese government’s catchcry should be rejected and seen for what it really is – an attempt to identify another societal victim that the Labor Party, can 'rescue' to gain votes. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23979 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23979 Society Wed, 13 May 2026 09:31:40 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23979 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Binoy Kampmark) CNN didn’t just report the news. It turned news into an endless performance. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23980 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23980 Media Wed, 13 May 2026 09:31:32 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23980 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Malcolm King) The tourist industry takes far more from regional Australia than it gives back. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23978 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23978 Economics Tue, 12 May 2026 07:53:17 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23978 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Alon Ben-Meir) One of the gravest injustices in America today persists not because it is hidden, but because it has been normalized - absorbed into daily life, tolerated in silence, and sustained by indifference where outrage should prevail http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23977 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23977 International Tue, 12 May 2026 07:53:08 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23977 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Young and Carrie Schuler) Queensland’s David [Crisafulli] is going to have to slay some federal and environmental Goliaths. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23975 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23975 Nation Building Mon, 11 May 2026 07:59:25 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23975 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Binoy Kampmark) Another Middle East operation, another collision between imperial rhetoric and strategic limits. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23976 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23976 International Mon, 11 May 2026 07:59:18 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23976 On Line Opinion