Dear Community, This year’s Senior’s Festival promises to be one of the best yet! The theme, “Live Life in Colour”, speaks for itself, with our City planning an exciting program of events to entice those young at heart to get involved. Each year, this celebration reminds us of the remarkable contribution older residents make to our City. With more than …

David Speer A man armed with a knife kills five women and a male security guard at a Bondi Junction shopping centre. The majority of those he injured during the stabbing spree were also women. NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb says it’s “obvious” to her that the offender “focused on women and avoided the men”. Targeting women, however, is not deemed an …

The reverberations of the spectacularly failed Voice referendum are continuing to hit the Albanese government, leaving it in a politically weaker position to convince Australians they are the better option to handle the cost-of-living crisis squeezing them. Ministers are anxiously awaiting the Reserve Bank board’s decision on Tuesday under new governor Michele Bullock on whether it will raise interest rates …

Gladys Berejiklian approached by senior Liberals to run in federal seat of Warringah The outgoing New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has been approached by senior Liberals in the state to run for the federal seat of Warringah. Some federal MPs say Berejiklian is seriously considering the proposal to switch to federal politics, but believe she wants to wait until …

When the premier of Australia’s biggest state warns the country that things are going to get much worse before they get better, we should thank her for her honesty and urge our national political leaders to take note. In many ways Premier Gladys Berejiklian has no alternative but to face the facts of her own lethal misjudgments since June; she …

By Prof. Emad Walid Shublaq The newspapers and the media have recently highlighted statements by the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, and the NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, outlining plans to deal with the COVID 19 pandemic. The virus has now ravaged more victims and resulted in a second month of closure and lockdown for Greater Sydney. It has spread from Sydney …

By the time Patty Mills scored his 42nd point of Australia’s bronze medal playoff against Slovenia, it was clear the Boomers would banish one of the country’s most nagging sporting curses. Around Australia, calluses were forming on the thumbs of TV viewers flicking between the Boomers’ triumph and their countrywoman Nicola McDermott’s fight for gold in the high jump. After …

The 2021-2022 Federal Budget was handed down by the Treasurer on 11 May 2021 with so much hype about the quick economic recovery in progress and the booming consumer and business confidence. Economic News On the economic news, the budget deficit for the year ending 30 June 2021 will come $50B below the earlier forecast but the budget deficit will …

The government’s flailing strategy for dealing with China could cost the Australian economy more than $20 billion a year – a figure that could blow out even more if the government fails to adopt a different approach. In the past week, Chinese customers have deferred orders for Australian coal amid reports China is suspending Australian coal imports for the foreseeable …

Grateful For Your Kind Support Dear Friends, Many of you have called and written on Facebook and other forms of social media expressing your solidarity against the recent attacks on me as a result of which I tendered my resignation as Assistant President of the NSW Legislative Council. I express my deepest gratitude to you and to so many of …