‘Absolute priority’: AFL boss’s plans for future of the game
Andrew Dillon has opened up on the challenges of his first season in the top job including some of the game’s big issues such as gambling ad bans and player concussions.
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Craig Bellamy has cemented his status as one of Australia’s best ever coaches by becoming the second man to coach 400 NRL wins. So how does he do it? See the video.
Albo’s stunning census backflip has politicians ‘spooked’
Albo’s latest move on whether or not to exclude a key question in the 2026 census is an example of the Prime Minister making enemies and losing friends, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Raw heartache as loved ones remember ‘diamond’ journo Sam Landsberger
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.
The problem with denying Candace Owens an Aussie visa
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.
Pantomime politicians are the real racists, not Dutton
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.
Stabbed with a 14cm knife: Vic man’s bravery
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.
WFH is and has been a free pass
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.
Carlyon: Footy commentators must simply be the best at their game
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.
Carlyon: Broke Victoria now on the road to nowhere
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.
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