My stress leave and battling The Black Dog
Much loved columnist and commentator Peter Goers opens up on taking stress leave from the ABC and his first real experience with depression.
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Christmas comes but once a year – thank Jesus
It’s all very strange that you have to give presents – including those dreaded Kris Kringle gifts – to people you don’t like and don’t want to see, writes Peter Goers.
Goers: WTF caused an Ikea-only egg crisis?
Ikea is apparently unable to source perfectly good, perfectly accredited eggs from perfectly free-ranged SA, writes Peter Goers.
Goers: The dysfunctional detail The Crown’s haters love to censor
If The Crown weren’t true it would be ludicrous – but the “classy epic” soap opera is as compelling as it is addictive, writes Peter Goers.
Slack sabbath: What in God’s name happened to Sundays?
When God created the world, He rested on the seventh day. Well, wouldn’t you? He was exhausted but could’ve gone shopping, writes Peter Goers.
Slobdom rules: Where has the respect gone?
People going to the theatre looking like unmade beds, answering phones in the middle of a show and even – wait for it – cooking a meal in a movie. When did we become such ill-mannered slobs, asks Peter Goers.
Steve Irwin, Eddie Mabo: Whose face should grace our money?
Many Australians have spent more time in Bali than King Charles has in Australia, yet he will be on all our coins – at vast expense. But our $5 note is a different story, writes Peter Goers.
‘I’ve lost 21kg in 12 months without any exercise at all’
If you think Peter Goers is a lazy bastard, you’re right, he says. One day he walked only 17 steps – and his aim is to make it 12.
Why I’d never be a member of the stuffy Adelaide Club
Over-stuffed, over-inflated, over-important … the Adelaide Club has serious, historic problems, writes Peter Goers, who’s chosen to go inside just once.
Goers: So can we talk about a republic yet?
They said, wait until the Queen dies to talk about a republic, writes Peter Goers. Now they’re saying, give Charles a chance. But why can’t Australia be led by an Australian?
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