Raising the BARR – Week ending 16 April 2021
Welcome Funding In recent weeks our local area has had much to celebrate in terms of State Government funding invested into important local projects. As a local MP, working 20…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 02 April 2021
It Might Be Funny if It Were an Episode in a Political Comedy In our part of the state, we don’t have access to the wide range of public transport…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 19 March 2021
In How Many Ways is Our Society Becoming Less Equal Some years ago I had the chance to visit one of the theme parks on the Gold Coast. After paying…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 5 March 2021
TAFE Gets Cut Again and Again In recent days it has been revealed that another 12 jobs will be lost from our local TAFEs. This follows the dozens of jobs…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 15 January 2021
Bushfire Grants Lost to Politics While Affected Communities Suffer There are some days that you get to see the absolute worst of politics. And yes, I realise that some people…
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Crystal Ball Predictions for 2021 In a column that should come with a warning “dangerous content” label, it is that time of the year when I gaze into my Crystal…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 11 December 2020
It Has Been a Year to Remember As I sit to write my last column for the year, I reflect on the past 12 months. It really has been quite…
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Some Things are Getting Back to Normal Last week I attended my first “public” event since way back in March of this year. Like you, I have been avoiding large…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 30 October 2020
Never Been a More Important Time for Our Social Services If anyone out there is coming to the end of their schooling or maybe looking for a career change (forced…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 16 October 2020
Person A, Person B & ICAC Imagine for a moment a story about two people that we will call Person A and Person B. Let’s imagine that these two people work together…
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