Vikki Campion
Vikki Campion is a libertarian from Far North Queensland who has been a journalist since 2002. She writes about politics and the realities of life for those living at the lower end of the socio-economic scale. Her columns are regularly published by The Daily Telegraph, The Courier Mail, The Townsville Bulletin, The Herald Sun, The Cairns Post and are regularly syndicated across Australia. She now lives in rural NSW with her partner Barnaby Joyce and their two sons.
Recent writing
Poll-obsessed politicians prancing around with sugar-hit policies
This is not an election campaign where we cut to the quick of the issue, it’s an excursion into make-believe fantasy land where we’re greedily grasping for the closest sugar hit, writes Vikki Campion.
How well-off will pay Elon Musk at Aussie battlers’ expense
Under Labor, the Australian working classes will cough up nearly $5bn in the near future to subsidise those owning multimillion-dollar homes to collect shiny new toys made by Elon Musk, writes Vikki Campion.
What you don’t know about the man behind the Teals
The son of Australia’s first billionaire now exerts huge influence on politics. How ironic that Simon Holmes a Court’s dad made a fortune from coal, oil and gas – and he’s trying to stop them.
Why ‘green’ zealots have forsaken a rainforest
Charites who say they believe in environmental protection should fight to spare the wilderness from industrial sprawl, instead of sacrificing it to beef-up their financial statements, writes Vikki Campion.
Drowning in debt: Our national credit card has been maxed out
There was no fundamental change offered to the cost of living problem by either side in budget week. Temporary Band-Aids and subsidies cover problems but don’t fix them, writes Vikki Campion.
Climate warrior joins the flight club
Parents are told to lead by example so, while industrialising developers can also be climate warriors, we should not listen to what they say but watch what they do, writes Vikki Campion.
Slavery is renewable power’s dirty secret
There is ‘indisputable evidence’ Chinese company CATL, which has manufactured hundreds of EV bus batteries for NSW, uses slave labour in making its components.
Why Labor’s Russia talk is all about saving Private Albo
If Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wants Aussie boots on the ground in Ukraine for ‘peacekeeping’, let the first be his, writes Vikki Campion.
Bureaucrats blind to what is really money well spent
When bureaucrats think tickets to festivals and fuel frolics that have never worked to a commercial scale is money well spent, it speaks to a mindset oblivious to the rest of us, writes Vikki Campion.
Why ‘Hollywood Teals’ cannot claim to be independent
Old-school independents will not have a hope of winning in the day of the Hollywood Teal: Lights, cameras, cash, writes Vikki Campion.
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