OPINION: Why I’m running

OPINION: Why I’m running

By Philippa Clark, Greens Candidate for Oatley, NSW 2015. “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.” That’s one of my favourite quotes, and it’s especially relevant in this current political...
OPINION: Rockdale council broken

OPINION: Rockdale council broken

Here’s my latest blog video embedded below, this one focusing on local issues with Rockdale council, which is barely functioning at the moment thanks to a block of 6 Liberal councillors refusing to attend meetings and refusing to explain why…putting vital...
OPINION: He who must be Obeid; book review

OPINION: He who must be Obeid; book review

He who must be Obeid. The untold story Kate McClymont and Lynton Besser Vintage Books, 2014 Reviewed by Steve Painter For a book about a political figure, there’s remarkably little politics in He Who Must be Obeid. That’s not the fault of the authors, who...
OPINION: More roads to solve road problems?

OPINION: More roads to solve road problems?

By Brent Heber, St George Greens Candidate for Kogarah, NSW 2015 Now this issue is a complex one. First we have the issue of congestion. The M5 at King Georges road, the Wiley Park bottleneck on a Saturday morning, Kingsgrove Road now that Woolies is a right hand turn...
OPINION: Why I’m running…

OPINION: Why I’m running…

By Brent Heber, St George Greens Candidate for Kogarah, NSW 2015 Late 2012 my wife and I had our first child, Owen, at St George Hospital. He was a big boy at 4.5kgs which made for a trial of a birth but we loved him all the more for it. Being a parent took my...