Having done everything possible to oppose action to mitigate climate change and replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources, the federal opposition has suddenly decided to embrace the most ill-conceived and inappropriate solution for us . Nuclear energy produces the most expensive energy compared to renewables; we have no local expertise in building and operating anything nuclear, or to refine, purify and enrich our own uranium.
Reports of children continuing to be strip-searched, despite a government promise to review the practice and a constant stream of police shootings must beg the question: are the police out of control? The job of the police minister is to ensure that government policy is adhered to. Instead, police ministers over the years seem to have decided that it is easier to defend the police and be popular than to bring them to account when necessary.