Opinion: Why marching against immigration is marching backwards
On 31 August 2025, waves of rallies under the banner March for Australia swept through major cities.
From Melbourne to Hobart, from Canberra to Adelaide.
While...
Opinion: If Meta was a miner we’d shut them down
I’m often asked why Meta (owners of Facebook) should be forced to pay compensation to news publishers.
It’s a fair question.
On the surface, Facebook can...
Unreasonable complainant status “dystopian”
Casey complaints register
What sort of dystopian world are we living in when our local Casey Council has an Unreasonable Complainant Conduct Register! (Star news...
Clyde Road graffiti
Thank you, thank you, thank you for putting 'Graffiti frustrations' on the front Page of the Berwick Star News (7 August). Well done.
It is...
By-election an early test for Battin
The upcoming Werribee by-election isn’t just another date on the Victorian political calendar, it’s the first major test of Brad Battin’s leadership of the...
Time to sit and listen
We stumble upon many difficulties, and we may be surrounded by people who are experiencing uncertainty, loss of work, and mental illness in this...
Honouring their service
‘Remember to Remember’. This is what the RSL would like us all to do on the 11th day of the 11th hour of the...
The tables have turned
I resigned as a Casey councillor back in 2020 due to the alleged corruption within our council.
As you may be aware I played...
From the Editor’s Desk
I am all for free speech and a difference of opinion. It would be a boring world if we all thought - and did...
Happiness in ’new normal’
As we are slowly coming out of the lockdown, we have started contemplating our future.
We have realised what is important for us and what...
Truckie fined for menacing ‘bullet’ tweet to PM
A truckie who tweeted to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that “you need a bullet, I can do it in person” has been convicted and...
