OPINION: Westconnex – Money up in smoke?

OPINION: Westconnex – Money up in smoke?

By Brent Heber Residents of Kingsgrove are rightly dismayed, much as Turrella residents were in 1997, to find their suburb will be the next St George site for an unfiltered exhaust stack from yet another motorway soon to be filled with traffic. The Turrella stack was...
OPINION: Selective Liberal Catholicism

OPINION: Selective Liberal Catholicism

By Brent Heber This week past something quite profound shifted in the fight for climate change to be treated seriously by the right wing of politics. The head of the Catholic church, one of the most dominant religions in the Australian Liberal Party, released an...
OPINION: A response to Chris Minns Telegraph Op Ed

OPINION: A response to Chris Minns Telegraph Op Ed

By Brent Heber This Tuesday past, I attended the No Westconnex Beverly Hills community meeting in Kingsgrove, just around the corner from the little semi my wife and I bought 6 years ago. From my front yard I consider myself lucky enough to see the semis passing on...
OPINION: Happy New Year video blog

OPINION: Happy New Year video blog

Here’s Brent’s latest video blog (Green’s candidate for Kogarah) with his thoughts on Labor’s leadership spill, preferential voting and a few reasons not to vote for the old parties and many good reasons to vote Green in 2015. *Opinions...
OPINION: THE CASE FOR BEXLEY POOL

OPINION: THE CASE FOR BEXLEY POOL

By Brent Heber, Greens Candidate for Kogarah, NSW 2015. This morning I was given the chance to address the rally outside the closed Bexley Pool. I’ve touched on the local politics (or lack thereof) that have led us, the residents, to this impasse with 7 Rockdale...