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Neil McMahon is a freelance writer based in Melbourne.

Thirty years after reporting from Rwanda, one image still haunts Helen Vatsikopoulos

Thirty years after reporting from Rwanda, one image still haunts Helen Vatsikopoulos

As SBS’s foreign affairs show Dateline marks its 40th year on air, a former reporter reflects on one of history’s worst tragedies.

  • by Neil McMahon

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Nemesis caps off an extraordinary exercise in documentary journalism

Nemesis caps off an extraordinary exercise in documentary journalism

From Labor in Power in 1993 to the just-wrapped Nemesis, the four series on eight Australian prime ministers is a monumental achievement, one only the ABC could or would do.

  • by Neil McMahon
Growing influence for tennis podcast with a point of social conscience

Growing influence for tennis podcast with a point of social conscience

Three British tennis nuts have become popular and influential for hosting a podcast that often focuses on what happens off the court, such as gender equality, racism, war and mental health.

  • by Neil McMahon
Yes, queuing for your morning coffee can be chaos, but spare a thought for the barista

Yes, queuing for your morning coffee can be chaos, but spare a thought for the barista

I’ve often watched a barista in full flight in the caffeine peak hour and thought it looked like the worst kind of hell, as workplaces go.

  • by Neil McMahon
Australian Open, we love you. But you need to calm down

Australian Open, we love you. But you need to calm down

The joy of Australia’s greatest major event is starting to fade with unrelenting crowds and a “dynamic” pricing system that’s dynamically prohibitive.

  • by Neil McMahon
Pace yourself, stock up: Surviving the tennis from your lounge room

Pace yourself, stock up: Surviving the tennis from your lounge room

Let’s go to the Open — if not in person, then via the couch, and that means a two-week viewing marathon for which we need to be prepared.

  • by Neil McMahon
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Welcome to the New Year’s Eve we all missed: NYE TV wrap

Welcome to the New Year’s Eve we all missed: NYE TV wrap

The ABC asked its New Year’s Eve viewers to put on their party shoes, leave their grumpy hats in the cupboard, keep their minds open – and let the music take over.

  • by Neil McMahon
The stories that shone some light in the darkness of 2023
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The stories that shone some light in the darkness of 2023

This was, in so many ways, a horrific year. Thank God for the Tillies.

  • by Neil McMahon
After more than three decades on air, Neil Mitchell hangs up the headphones

After more than three decades on air, Neil Mitchell hangs up the headphones

A self-proclaimed observer of Melbourne, Neil Mitchell has been a ratings juggernaut for decades. Today was his last morning on 3AW. Just don’t call it a retirement.

  • by Neil McMahon
I asked AI to conjure a recipe using fridge ingredients, and now I make it on repeat

I asked AI to conjure a recipe using fridge ingredients, and now I make it on repeat

Neil McMahon asks AI to come up with a recipe based on the contents of his crisper. The result is terrifyingly good.

  • by Neil McMahon
Warnie, Roger, Novak or Boon: Which athlete is your extreme couch snacking spirit animal?

Warnie, Roger, Novak or Boon: Which athlete is your extreme couch snacking spirit animal?

With the Ashes, Wimbledon and the Tour de France keeping many of us up to the wee hours, the big question is – what to eat and drink to stay awake?

  • by Neil McMahon

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