Page 11 - Peter Fyfe News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The federal government’s backbencher revolt exemplifies self-interested political expediency.

It is one thing for the Catholic Church to lobby MPs to get privileges and exemptions for itself, it is another thing for it to try to defeat the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill and deprive the 70 per cent of citizens who support it.

Boys clubs circles leader with a target on her back We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss May 27, 2021 — 12.05am Normal text size Credit: The boys are back in the ALP as they attempt to force Jodi McKay out of office and hold a ballot that excludes Labor Party members at large (“I won’t go, says McKay, as MP quits over dossier”, May 26). When the stench of corruption from the Obeid years still hangs over Labor in NSW, they have as leader a woman who stood up to the boys in the ALP at the cost of her seat in Parliament. That takes cour...

Housing price stimulation only reinforces inequality February 19, 2021 — 12.05am Save Normal text size Credit:The Age The government’s insistence on doing everything possible to stimulate housing prices certainly bolsters its electoral chances but, in the process, it is accentuating and cementing inequality (“How to stop the house price madness”, February 18). Clearly, those homeowners who own their homes outright and have good income are able to help their children enter the housing market. On the other side, an increasing proportion of low-income households are being loc...

Fiscal inequality throws society out of balance January 1, 2021 — 12.05am Normal text size Advertisement John Hewson (‘‘Rising inequality can’t be ignored’’, December 31) shines a light on an enduring problem in Australian society and reveals a lack of government policy to address the issue. If anything typifies the thinking of the NSW Coalition government on this issue then it was its decision to go ahead with the fireworks display when only those wealthy enough to live within spitting distance of the harbour, or able to pay exorbitant prices for a meal with a view, will be able ...