A redevelopment of the ageing Great Southern Stand should be accelerated to ensure the venue keeps pace with gleaming interstate venues.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison stresses that on the “best medical advice”,we need to “push through” and open up despite being forced to “ride the wave” of Omicron infections.
While the new year will bring a continuing rise in Omicron infections,there is no need for panic.
Eventually,as with compulsory vaccinations for pre-schoolers in some parts of Australia,it may be unremarkable to require school-aged children to have the COVID-19 vaccine.
Whichever party wins the next election needs to use the momentum of victory to make the case for change.
In this age of the long wait,none have waited longer than Melbourne Football Club supporters.
The US President was supposed to restore the world’s faith in America’s reliability after the Trump years,but the chaos in Kabul has diminished his reputation.
We must not get carried away on a wave of Victorian-era enthusiasm,particularly as COVID has inured us somewhat to what-the-hell levels of government spending.
While Christianity is still the most common faith,the religious and ethnic make-up of our state is far more diverse today than it was a century ago.
Spelling out immunisation targets and the rewards that will follow from success,including the resumption of overseas travel,offers - finally – a road map to normal life.
Arrivals to Australia have been recently halved to just 3000 a week. With so many Australians desperate to return home,why was a woman here to generate controversy and ratings for a TV show allowed in?