Hundreds of grown men wept at the funeral service for the 35-year-old Herald Sun footy reporter. They laughed, too, again and again, about a life led with a movie script intensity of thrills, spills and an uncommon knack for words.
If she is banned, Candace Owens will, like others previously denied entry to Australia, go on about free speech. And we will be denied a seat to her unhinged drivel.
More than half the country has been written off as racist, but Patrick Carlyon wonders if some of the country’s worst haters sit in parliament.
Aussie Rod Patterson is one of 46 “exceptional” people to be recognised for their courage, resilience and determination with a bravery award — but he would rather not be receiving it.
Covid ended more than two years ago and the assumption that workers en masse could choose home over the workplace is laughable, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Reports of an AFL “social inclusion clause” in its TV deals is jarring because football coverage isn’t meant to be an equal opportunity chance — there can only be one abiding requirement to do the job.
It’s hard to recall a flatter time in Victoria’s recent history with the state now buried in debt thanks to successive shortsighted governments, who have taken us all for a spin.
Donald Trump thrives on a big moment. He seized this one while almost everyone else at the rally was trying to process what had just happened.
The glaring weakness in the world’s shiniest democracy is there is no practical way to punt an unsound leader. It has never happened, partly because the constitutional mechanisms for such drastic action cannot work in practice.
As Greg Lynn was about to be told the direction of the rest of his life he remained in control, presenting more like a librarian than a murder defendant.
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