The article criticizes NSW Premier Chris Minns for supporting UFC funding, arguing that it promotes violence and diverts resources from the arts. It also raises concerns about the potential for traumatic brain injury among UFC participants. The author compares the situation to Donald Trump's views on Gaza and Peter Dutton's admiration for Trump, questioning their rationality and judgment.
Premier Chris Minns must have taken a few knocks to the head if he has arrived at the view that spending money on UFC creates as much social benefit as spending money on opera, classical music and a ballet company . It may well inspire young men to drop their electronic devices, get off the sofa and get out of the house, but I predict that the alternative is likely to be related to aggression and violence. Rather stay on the sofa – it’s much safer.
Although the rules allow politicians to use ministerial cars and drivers for private purposes, Haylen ended up losing her job anyway for a few trips she made with her children and friends. Did she deserve it? Jennifer Fergus definitely thought so. “Her conduct is not merely an error of judgment, it is calculated self-entitlement,” she wrote. Ron Sinclair agreed: “Her attempts to argue that her private trips were within accepted guidelines suggests a self-centred arrogance.
Premier Chris Minns has undertaken to review the guidelines on ministerial drivers, but unfortunately for Jo Haylen, it’s come too late. Sentiments weren’t as mixed over a two-day, $20,000 ratepayer-funded retreat to the Hydro Majestic for members of the Ku-ring-gai Council – to discuss possible rate increases of all things. An offended Lindsay Somerville suggested the Gordon library as an alternative venue, and free to boot. Dennis Suttling and Vince Hunt, similarly miffed, recommended using the council chambers.
Undoubtedly, the most bizarre story this week was Donald Trump’s whacky plan to “take over” what remains of Gaza, remove the Palestinian population to another country, and turn it into a “beautiful” upmarket tourist resort. Saba Mustafa, like most people, was horrified by the idea. “This would amount to ethnic cleansing,” he wrote. Millions of Palestinians will feel the same way.
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