The building should be a source of civic pride and a monument to when Melbourne became a bustling metropolis on the world stage.
The rapid proliferation of new technology that can write,talk and even see for us presents us with the responsibility to negotiate some minefields.
The state government must play a greater role co-ordinating the institutions that have the expertise to address the causes of this growing violence.
Sporting codes themselves could no doubt play a larger role in working to curtail the scourge of gambling advertising.
Males are just as susceptible to the pressures of impossible body standards presented in movies,magazines and social media.
Australia’s mining and gas companies have reaped billions of dollars from their operations on the traditional lands of Indigenous Australians. It’s time they returned the favour.
On the questions of power with integrity,success in implementing policies and improving the state of the nation,the Albanese government has so far done well.
Victorians are all too familiar with the harm caused by gambling addiction. It is an ongoing crisis perpetuated by a less obvious form of addiction – the dependence of politicians on donations from pokies barons and taxes from their machines.
Two years later the results of the experiment are in. And,overall,the government’s decision has been vindicated.
Allegations from former Indigenous players at Hawthorn that former senior staff at the AFL club separated them from their families and demanded pregnancy terminations for their partners are echoes of the devastating racist policies that stain the history of Australia’s treatment of First Nations people.
We have the skills and raw materials to be at the forefront of battery-powered vehicle production – now we need the political will.