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Roy EcclestonFreelance journalist

Roy has worked for The Advertiser, The Courier-Mail, The Age, The Australian and The Bulletin; and written for Time magazine and The Times of London. He has covered two Olympic Games, worked for five years in the federal press gallery, and from 2000-2005 was The Australian’s Washington correspondent.

Roy Eccleston

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The Honourable Catherine Branson AC QC is the 17th Chancellor of the University of Adelaide pictured at the University on August 6, 2020. Picture Matt Turner.

Potential for abuse of power in unis, says new chancellor

Organisations such as universities and courts allow the potential for abuse or harassment because of their set-up, the new Adelaide Uni chancellor and former judge has warned.

SA Weekend

Equal is right: New uni chancellor calls for more respect

Recently appointed Adelaide University chancellor Cathy Branson opens up on sexism, a pioneering career, her new role and why everyone has the right to feel respected in the workplace.

SA Weekend

16/6/2020 David Pearson, homeless campaigner and a former homeless man, James pictured in Adelaide. Picture MATT TURNER.

Adelaide’s pioneering bid to end homelessness in the CBD

A new move to learn the names and stories of the homeless is driving a bid to cut Adelaide’s rough sleeper numbers to effectively zero. Roy Eccleston reports.

SA Weekend

Anna and Scott Penhall with their three children Matthew 18, Mia 12 and Kirsty 20 at their home in Fullarton on July 15, 2020. Anna 49, has MND and is in a wheelchair virtually unable to communicate from this terminal disease. Picture Matt Turner.

Every moment counts: How we live with Motor Neurone Disease

MND is one of the worst diagnoses anyone can have, but this SA family vowed to stay positive – and push governments to do more for all sufferers of this incurable killer

SA Weekend

PM Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne at a press conference in the Prime Ministers Courtyard at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

I could have saved Malcolm Turnbull’s job — Pyne

Liberal powerbroker Christopher Pyne’s new book pulls back the curtain on Canberra’s coup culture, his most formidable opponents and the big opportunity he missed to try to save Malcolm Turnbull’s political hide.

SA Weekend

Christopher Pyne, Nick Xenophon and Nick Bolkus artwork

How the parties used pincer move to crush Mr X in 2018

Former minister Christopher Pyne has revealed the steps the major parties took to defeat Nick Xenophon, and how close Australia’s next generation of subs came to being built in Japan.

SA Weekend

‘My toughest decision’: Marshall’s virus test

In the final part of our series examining SA’s response to the coronavirus crisis, Steven Marshall reveals the toughest decision he was forced to make – and why he thinks there’s a silver lining for our state.

Coronavirus News

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall speaks to media during a press conference in Adelaide, Monday, May 4, 2020. (AAP Image/Kelly Barnes) NO ARCHIVING

Boom in cyber jobs on back of COVID success

South Australians new-found reputation for safety has put it in the box seat to reap billions as the centre of the global fight against cyber crime.

SA News

18/3/2020 2020 Australian of the Year, ophthalmologist James Muecke, with evil sugar. Picture MATT TURNER.

Attack sugar like smoking to break killer habit

Australian of the Year Dr James Muecke says “toxic” sugar deserves the blame for Type 2 diabetes and should be tackled in the same way the nation tackles nicotine.

SA Weekend

Australian of the Year Dr James Muecke fighting Australia’s other pandemic

Australian of the Year doctor James Muecke is fighting to stop the spread of a toxin he says is killing and maiming us – sugar.

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