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In this piece I will utilise a writing technique by entering the point of view of an old friend of mine, who, until recently, was an employee at...
In this piece I will utilise a writing technique by entering the point of view of an old friend of mine, who, until recently, was an employee at...
I knew I was being foolish, but the voice in my head assured me it would be fine. So, I removed the sausage roll from the oven, reasoning that at...
I AM the owner of a shop and a Justice of the Peace. On Saturday along with my husband, we attended the memorial run to pay respects to the young man...
I knew I was being foolish, but the voice in my head assured me it would be fine. So, I removed the sausage roll from the oven, reasoning that at...
DEEP STATE: Two Chinese spies have revealed an arresting dynamic in Peter and Kirilly Dutton's relationship. The thought of catching up with two old...
DEEP STATE: Two Chinese spies have revealed an arresting dynamic in Peter and Kirilly Dutton's relationship. The thought of catching up with two old...
What a surprise I got upon arriving for a gig for my other job, party clown, at a luxury Sydney home last Saturday. I pressed a buzzer at the entrance...
What a surprise I got upon arriving for a gig for my other job, party clown, at a luxury Sydney home last Saturday. I pressed a buzzer at the entrance...
Governments were warned about the dangers of autonomous weapons, but those warnings were ignored. Now I find myself, at age 72, sitting on the crowded...
Governments were warned about the dangers of autonomous weapons, but those warnings were ignored. Now I find myself, at age 72, sitting on the crowded...
Much misfortune has befallen me, as anyone familiar with my writings would know. And to be sure, most of that misery was self-inflicted. However,...
Much misfortune has befallen me, as anyone familiar with my writings would know. And to be sure, most of that misery was self-inflicted. However,...
Scott Morrison came through the crowd like a bad acid trip. He was dressed in a brown bear outfit, the face removed to reveal a beaming, bespectacled...
Scott Morrison came through the crowd like a bad acid trip. He was dressed in a brown bear outfit, the face removed to reveal a beaming, bespectacled...
I'm the type of person who doesn't like looking back. Not because I'm a forward-thinker with my eyes fixed on the horizon. No. I look ahead because...
It was 1992 and Monash University's Law Students' Society was headed by a charismatic 20-year-old with an easy smile, a thick mane and a slashing...
It was 1992 and Monash University's Law Students' Society was headed by a charismatic 20-year-old with an easy smile, a thick mane and a slashing...
TAKE HEED: "I've decided to write about this dark chapter in my life as a warning to messrs Smith and Warner ..." Photo: AP/Matt Dunham It was my...
TAKE HEED: "I've decided to write about this dark chapter in my life as a warning to messrs Smith and Warner ..." Photo: AP/Matt Dunham It was my...
Bill Shorten is sitting at the breakfast table of his Melbourne home the morning after Labor's election defeat. He's deep in thought: Strange. I've...
Bill Shorten is sitting at the breakfast table of his Melbourne home the morning after Labor's election defeat. He's deep in thought: Strange. I've...
As the world awaits the Israel Folau verdict - which may be delivered before this piece is published - I will render my own verdict using a skill...
As the world awaits the Israel Folau verdict - which may be delivered before this piece is published - I will render my own verdict using a skill...
Only once in my sad life have I reigned supreme in a particular activity, or at least in my mind I did. And losing that status plunged me into a...
Only once in my sad life have I reigned supreme in a particular activity, or at least in my mind I did. And losing that status plunged me into a...
I gazed teary-eyed at a god who walks among us mere mortals, his hair patchy like an old dog's coat, and his glow more refulgent than ever because he...
I gazed teary-eyed at a god who walks among us mere mortals, his hair patchy like an old dog's coat, and his glow more refulgent than ever because he...
I gazed teary-eyed at a god who walks among us mere mortals, his hair patchy like an old dog's coat, and his glow more refulgent than ever because he...
I gazed teary-eyed at a god who walks among us mere mortals, his hair patchy like an old dog's coat, and his glow more refulgent than ever because he...
I feel tremendous angst at this time of year, as the world's attention turns to an exclusive club and its exclusive tournament. The Masters strips...
I feel tremendous angst at this time of year, as the world's attention turns to an exclusive club and its exclusive tournament. The Masters strips...
Long before the world learned via a sex tape that Dylan Napa’s shagging names were Big Papi and Big Papa, I fled Australia after a sex tape...
It was my decision to hoodwink my parents, in pursuit of a girl, which led me to devise an elaborate ruse involving Peter Dutton that scarred me for...
On the rare occasions I return to my childhood hometown of Gladstone, it is not uncommon for me to be lashed with a loathed, ancient nickname:...
The face staring back at me in the mirror was the face of a man who had not slept properly for months. I splashed water on that desolate visage,...
THE EVOLUTION OF: Before he was ScoMo, "fair dinkum" guy, Scott Morrison was Miami, "flashy" dresser. AAP Image/Dan Peled Long before he tried to woo...
One of my favourite pastimes as a boy was cracking a tinny and watching cricket at my next-door neighbour’s home. Stanley was a tall and skinny...
One of my favourite pastimes as a boy was cracking a tinny and watching cricket at my next-door neighbour’s home. Stanley was a tall and skinny...
If you live long enough your life is littered with lost loves – things that burned so brightly but cooled, often after dragging you through an...