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Amanda Blair has been writing opinion columns for over 20 years. A former talk show host, she always has something to say. Sometimes funny, sometimes controversial but always honest.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - December 11, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Anika Wells hold a press conference in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Blair: Icky lying frauds Albo should have banned from social media

For years I’ve been banging on about how social media needed to change and now that it has I’m livid, writes Amanda Blair.

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Amanda Blair as a fairy in the Christmas Pageant in 2001. Picture: Amanda Blair

Blair: My R-rated Adelaide Xmas Pageant error

About 20 years ago, I achieved one of the holy grails of South Australian life – I was in the Christmas Pageant. But mistakes were made, writes Amanda Blair.

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Blair: We need to stop sugar-coating obesity as something to celebrate

Severe obesity has more than doubled and we’re avoiding discussing the subject because we “don’t want to offend” and are celebrating “my choice to be fat”. It has to stop, writes Amanda Blair.

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Grant stevens and amanda blair

Blair: It’s barking mad that this crappy job exists

Something has gone very wrong in Australia if we need laws and enforcement officials like these, writes Amanda Blair.

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Flopsy and Simba for Blair

Blair: Mouth-watering fix for every parent’s worst pet peeve

Every parent-turned-reluctant guinea pig owner knows the pain. This forward-thinking zoo has found a way to end it, writes Amanda Blair.

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A young woman yells and points at something or someone in a fit of road rage, seen through her car window.

Blair: Weird new trend is making our blood boil

Getting called a s**t on a Wednesday trip to Adelaide Airport was not what I was expecting, writes Amanda Blair.

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Amanda Blair’s mother in law Dr Terry Farquharson passed away on Easter Saturday.

Blair: The day she died – Inside our mother of all heartbreaks

My mother in law taught me many things in our decades together. Her last lesson may be her most beautiful, writes Amanda Blair.

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Blair inset for death column

Blair: The heartbreaking note in our diary today

I’ve experienced grief before but nothing quite like what we’ve been told to expect this Easter, writes Amanda Blair.

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Post-menopausal women are ruining it for the rest of us

I’m as hormone-depleted as the next 56 year old but at least I try to keep myself on an even keel, writes Amanda Blair.

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The beauty ad rabbit hole we can’t escape

Old cynics like me know it’s all smoke and mirrors but we still spend a small fortune and feel good about it, writes Amanda Blair.

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