When federal leaders keep detonating carbon bombs, our kids have every right to be angry, writes Michael Whelan.

Let’s stop the angst about climate change and start talking about the economic benefits of climate action, writes Michael Whelan, who says there is plenty happening locally to give us heart.

By Michael Whelan ​ First things first; Council is re writing the Council Plan and a community engagement program was approved by council at the December meeting. This is your only real chance to influence...

Michael Whelan has been a vocal critic of Environment Minister Greg Hunt’s management of climate change issues; now he’s trying to work out whether he's misjudged him. ​ By Michael Whelan OVER the past...

Michael Whelan applauds the ALP for having the courage to tackle policies that benefit a powerful well-off minority. By Michael Whelan IT’S rare to see an opposition unveiling such significant policy...

By Michael Whelan BASS Coast Council’s draft natural environment sustainability strategy document has been around for a number of months marked “confidential”. Why, you might ask, would such a draft...

Michael Whelan reckons we should leave behind the cheap shots and focus on what matters. By Michael Whelan I WITNESSED a positive story today. I smiled as I saw a bright smile win over from a little...

Backing the coal industry could prove Malcolm Turnbull’s weak point, writes Michael Whelan. Franklin dam protesters at the Liberal Party Federal election campaign opening, Malvern Town Hall, Malvern,...

Instead of constant carping at the council, Alan Brown could use his considerable experience and contacts to mentor the mayor in her first term of office. By Michael Whelan WHAT a dull week it would...

Cartoon by Natasha Williams-Novak By Michael Whelan “WE LIKE Lionel Rose but we don’t like Adam Goodes.” I heard this comment yesterday on Radio National. Why would that be? Well, Lionel was a quiet...

In the wake of the furore over Adam Goodes’ celebratory dance on the football field, MICHAEL WHELAN suggests that Goodes forgot his place, as women do from time to time. ​ By Michael Whelan HOW dare...

The latest budget leads Michael Whelan to conclude we need a bipartisan approach to making some hard decisions. By Michael Whelan I WATCHED the Senate question time on the Federal Budget for about 15...

If the mayor and councillors haven’t already made appointments with the new ALP ministers, they should get cracking, writes MICHAEL WHELAN, because the Bass electorate is now marginal. By Michael Whelan...

It starts with our leaders labelling asylum seekers as “illegals” – less than people – and ends with us locking them up in appalling conditions. MICHAEL WHELAN asks how Australia became the cruel country....

He acted at the behest of the Prime Minister but it is Greg Hunt who will be remembered as the environment minister who destroyed Australia’s climate policy, writres Michael Whelan​ By Michael Whelan...

Instead of bickering amongst ourselves, we should be taking the argument up to the State Government in the election period, argues MICHAEL WHELAN. WE HAVE a funding problem in Bass Coast Shire. The interface...

"One day when I was feeling low about our community, politics and politicians in particular I imagined my grandson had said: ‘Pa, what did you do about climate change?’.” By Michael Whelan I am sorry...

Instead of railing against the council’s coastal inundation forecasts, perhaps landowners should be demanding government action on climate change, MICHAEL WHELAN suggests. THE emotional reaction to Bass...

The voters of Bass can accept their fate of living in a safe Liberal seat, or perhaps we could arise and scare the hell out of both parties, writes MICHAEL WHELAN. KEN Smith will leave the Liberals in...