Alison Orme News Today

If residents knew that governments were working to create low, sympathetic housing, with adequate parking, and good designs, there would be much less anxiety and much more ready compliance to development.

Anthony Albanese’s stance on gas; blue hydrogen from brown coal; Sophie Scamps responds to Amanda Stoker; advice to corporate women; super balances; Peter Dutton’s views on Labor.

Sydney conversation is all about real estate and private schooling. Has society lost the plot?

With the low third-dose booster rate and the vaccine’s reduced efficacy against new strains, mask-wearing assumes greater importance as a protective measure.

It is hypocritical to suggest that wealthy schools are being paid over the Schooling Resource Standard because of what parents can afford.

In the interests of full transparency, HSC reporting should take a school’s wealth and income into account, as well as special needs commitments.

History may yet refer to Russian President Vladimir Putin in the same breath as Hitler or Stalin, but his despotism is more in the style of Ugandan tyrant Idi Amin.

I have expressed my religion’s teachings to others in private and public. How much more freedom do I need that would cause a government to tear itself apart?

Baffling Chinese Darwin port deal must be scuttled We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss May 4, 2021 — 12.10am Normal text size Credit:Fairfax Media I am no military or defence expert, just an ordinary Australian who, like most of us, believe that the port of Darwin should never have been leased to a Chinese company (“Defence reviews Darwin port deal,” May 3). Nor do I believe that 50 per cent of the port of Newcastle should have been sold t...