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Peter Fitzsimons

The Age

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The best and worst of sport in 2024: And that was only Raygun

What a sporting year. What a time to be alive. And so we approach the end of an extraordinary sporting year that had as much colour, movement,...

21.12.2024 4

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

The best and worst of sport in 2024: And that was only Raygun

What a sporting year. What a time to be alive. And so we approach the end of an extraordinary sporting year that had as much colour, movement,...

21.12.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

The best and worst of sport in 2024: And that was only Raygun

What a sporting year. What a time to be alive. And so we approach the end of an extraordinary sporting year that had as much colour, movement,...

21.12.2024 3

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

The best and worst of sport in 2024: And that was only Raygun

What a sporting year. What a time to be alive. And so we approach the end of an extraordinary sporting year that had as much colour, movement,...

21.12.2024 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Kiwis are brave enough to ban greyhound racing. Why aren’t we?

Those bloody Kiwis. There they go again, showing us the way. What makes them so smart and progressive, making us of the “West Island” look like we...

19.12.2024 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Kiwis are brave enough to ban greyhound racing. Why aren’t we?

Those bloody Kiwis. There they go again, showing us the way. What makes them so smart and progressive, making us of the “West Island” look like we...

19.12.2024 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Kiwis are brave enough to ban greyhound racing. Why aren’t we?

Those bloody Kiwis. There they go again, showing us the way. What makes them so smart and progressive, making us of the “West Island” look like we...

19.12.2024 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Kiwis are brave enough to ban greyhound racing. Why aren’t we?

Those bloody Kiwis. There they go again, showing us the way. What makes them so smart and progressive, making us of the “West Island” look like we...

19.12.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

The best bits of Fitz. My best chats of 2024

Thank you, thank you all! Thank you to my interview subjects who have agreed to a mostly light cross-examination, even if Simon Holmes a Court did...

14.12.2024 8

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

The best bits of Fitz. My best chats of 2024

Thank you, thank you all! Thank you to my interview subjects who have agreed to a mostly light cross-examination, even if Simon Holmes a Court did...

14.12.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

The best bits of Fitz. My best chats of 2024

Thank you, thank you all! Thank you to my interview subjects who have agreed to a mostly light cross-examination, even if Simon Holmes a Court did...

14.12.2024 6

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

The best bits of Fitz. My best chats of 2024

Thank you, thank you all! Thank you to my interview subjects who have agreed to a mostly light cross-examination, even if Simon Holmes a Court did...

14.12.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

The stories of Gout Gout and Peter Norman are about more than running fast

Gout Gout! Wow Wow! The sixteen-year-old Queenslander is, of course, the talk of the sports world and the toast of Australia after breaking Peter...

14.12.2024 4

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

The stories of Gout Gout and Peter Norman are about more than running fast

Gout Gout! Wow Wow! The sixteen-year-old Queenslander is, of course, the talk of the sports world and the toast of Australia after breaking Peter...

14.12.2024 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

The stories of Gout Gout and Peter Norman are about more than running fast

Gout Gout! Wow Wow! The sixteen-year-old Queenslander is, of course, the talk of the sports world and the toast of Australia after breaking Peter...

14.12.2024 5

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

The stories of Gout Gout and Peter Norman are about more than running fast

Gout Gout! Wow Wow! The sixteen-year-old Queenslander is, of course, the talk of the sports world and the toast of Australia after breaking Peter...

14.12.2024 6

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Rugby Australia has a plan. To me, it looks more like a Christmas wish list

So. Rugby Australia’s just announced five-year strategy, you say? You know, the one titled by the marketing department – who was surely up all...

10.12.2024 4

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Rugby Australia has a plan. To me, it looks more like a Christmas wish list

So. Rugby Australia’s just announced five-year strategy, you say? You know, the one titled by the marketing department – who was surely up all...

10.12.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Rugby Australia has a plan. To me, it looks more like a Christmas wish list

So. Rugby Australia’s just announced five-year strategy, you say? You know, the one titled by the marketing department – who was surely up all...

10.12.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Rugby Australia has a plan. To me, it looks more like a Christmas wish list

So. Rugby Australia’s just announced five-year strategy, you say? You know, the one titled by the marketing department – who was surely up all...

10.12.2024 2

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

David Stratton’s top 10 lost movie gems, and the Aussie classics you haven’t seen

David Stratton, 85 years old and going strongish – is one of Australia’s two most iconic movie reviewers, along with Margaret Pomeranz. I spoke to...

07.12.2024 4

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

David Stratton’s top 10 lost movie gems, and the Aussie classics you haven’t seen

David Stratton, 85 years old and going strongish – is one of Australia’s two most iconic movie reviewers, along with Margaret Pomeranz. I spoke to...

07.12.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

David Stratton’s top 10 lost movie gems, and the Aussie classics you haven’t seen

David Stratton, 85 years old and going strongish – is one of Australia’s two most iconic movie reviewers, along with Margaret Pomeranz. I spoke to...

07.12.2024 3

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

David Stratton’s top 10 lost movie gems, and the Aussie classics you haven’t seen

David Stratton, 85 years old and going strongish – is one of Australia’s two most iconic movie reviewers, along with Margaret Pomeranz. I spoke to...

07.12.2024 6

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

FIFA, spare us the garbage and admit Saudi World Cup is a simple cash grab

Why do they even bother? Next week, FIFA will sign off on the bid by Saudi Arabia to host the 2034 World Cup. Nothing to see here, folks! Human...

06.12.2024 3

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

FIFA, spare us the garbage and admit Saudi World Cup is a simple cash grab

Why do they even bother? Next week, FIFA will sign off on the bid by Saudi Arabia to host the 2034 World Cup. Nothing to see here, folks! Human...

06.12.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

FIFA, spare us the garbage and admit Saudi World Cup is a simple cash grab

Why do they even bother? Next week, FIFA will sign off on the bid by Saudi Arabia to host the 2034 World Cup. Nothing to see here, folks! Human...

06.12.2024 2

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

FIFA, spare us the garbage and admit Saudi World Cup is a simple cash grab

Why do they even bother? Next week, FIFA will sign off on the bid by Saudi Arabia to host the 2034 World Cup. Nothing to see here, folks! Human...

06.12.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

The Wallabies are not only competitive again - they are wonderfully, spectacularly dangerous

What a match! What a tour. And what a superb game is rugby when its derring-do is derring-done like this. True, our blokes narrowly went down 22-19...

01.12.2024 4

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

The Wallabies are not only competitive again - they are wonderfully, spectacularly dangerous

What a match! What a tour. And what a superb game is rugby when its derring-do is derring-done like this. True, our blokes narrowly went down 22-19...

01.12.2024 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

The Wallabies are not only competitive again - they are wonderfully, spectacularly dangerous

What a match! What a tour. And what a superb game is rugby when its derring-do is derring-done like this. True, our blokes narrowly went down 22-19...

01.12.2024 3

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Bali 9: Nine very different drug mules and the two painful traits they shared

Madonna King is the co-author – with Cindy Wockner – of Bali 9: The Untold Story . I spoke to her on Thursday. Fitz: Madonna, I know you know...

30.11.2024 5

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Bali 9: Nine very different drug mules and the two painful traits they shared

Madonna King is the co-author – with Cindy Wockner – of Bali 9: The Untold Story . I spoke to her on Thursday. Fitz: Madonna, I know you know...

30.11.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Bali 9: Nine very different drug mules and the two painful traits they shared

Madonna King is the co-author – with Cindy Wockner – of Bali 9: The Untold Story . I spoke to her on Thursday. Fitz: Madonna, I know you know...

30.11.2024 5

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Bali 9: Nine very different drug mules and the two painful traits they shared

Madonna King is the co-author – with Cindy Wockner – of Bali 9: The Untold Story . I spoke to her on Thursday. Fitz: Madonna, I know you know...

30.11.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

So the grand slam is gone. But now we know Wallabies will give Lions a contest

So, maybe the reports of the Wallabies’ resurrection have been a little exaggerated? Yes ... but only a little! It is true: the dreams of a grand...

25.11.2024 3

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

So the grand slam is gone. But now we know Wallabies will give Lions a contest

So, maybe the reports of the Wallabies’ resurrection have been a little exaggerated? Yes ... but only a little! It is true: the dreams of a grand...

25.11.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

So the grand slam is gone. But now we know Wallabies will give Lions a contest

So, maybe the reports of the Wallabies’ resurrection have been a little exaggerated? Yes ... but only a little! It is true: the dreams of a grand...

25.11.2024 5

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

So the grand slam is gone. But now we know Wallabies will give Lions a contest

So, maybe the reports of the Wallabies’ resurrection have been a little exaggerated? Yes ... but only a little! It is true: the dreams of a grand...

25.11.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Margaret Pomeranz: The 10 films you should watch, but probably haven’t

Margaret Pomeranz is one of Australia’s most iconic movie reviewers, along with her long-time on-air partner, David Stratton. I spoke to her on...

23.11.2024 8

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Margaret Pomeranz: The 10 films you should watch, but probably haven’t

Margaret Pomeranz is one of Australia’s most iconic movie reviewers, along with her long-time on-air partner, David Stratton. I spoke to her on...

23.11.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Margaret Pomeranz: The 10 films you should watch, but probably haven’t

Margaret Pomeranz is one of Australia’s most iconic movie reviewers, along with her long-time on-air partner, David Stratton. I spoke to her on...

23.11.2024 3

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Margaret Pomeranz: The 10 films you should watch, but probably haven’t

Margaret Pomeranz is one of Australia’s most iconic movie reviewers, along with her long-time on-air partner, David Stratton. I spoke to her on...

23.11.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Rugby will be on fire if Wallabies prune the power of Scotland

O flower of Scotland, when will we see, your like again? Hopefully next week – but not this ’un! The Wallabies’ two wonderful performances to...

22.11.2024 2

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Rugby will be on fire if Wallabies prune the power of Scotland

O flower of Scotland, when will we see, your like again? Hopefully next week – but not this ’un! The Wallabies’ two wonderful performances to...

22.11.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Rugby will be on fire if Wallabies prune the power of Scotland

O flower of Scotland, when will we see, your like again? Hopefully next week – but not this ’un! The Wallabies’ two wonderful performances to...

22.11.2024 1

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Rugby will be on fire if Wallabies prune the power of Scotland

O flower of Scotland, when will we see, your like again? Hopefully next week – but not this ’un! The Wallabies’ two wonderful performances to...

22.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Redemption. Revenge. Renaissance. The Wallabies are back, baby

The dream lives! Two down, two to go, and with the scalps of England at Twickenham and now Wales at Cardiff hanging from their belts, the mighty...

18.11.2024 3

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Redemption. Revenge. Renaissance. The Wallabies are back, baby

The dream lives! Two down, two to go, and with the scalps of England at Twickenham and now Wales at Cardiff hanging from their belts, the mighty...

18.11.2024 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Redemption. Revenge. Renaissance. The Wallabies are back, baby

The dream lives! Two down, two to go, and with the scalps of England at Twickenham and now Wales at Cardiff hanging from their belts, the mighty...

18.11.2024 2

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons