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Unelectable? Yes, but Biden’s also immovable
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.
‘Like a librarian’: No nerves as Lynn learns fate
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.
Carlyon: Chief protector D’Ambrosio will keep us safe, if not warm
Under Lily D’Ambrosio’s plan there will be little gas, and no coal or nuclear power in Victoria in the future, but hot air from the energy minister’s social media posts should keep us toasty until spring.
Carlyon: No record lockdown, debt, so couldn’t we have honoured Daniher?
He didn’t lock down playgrounds based on “the science” or spend $600m not to host the Commonwealth Games but here’s a radical thought — the Companion of the Order of Australia should have gone to Neale Daniher, not Daniel Andrews.
‘Making a difference’: News legend Peter Blunden honoured
Peter Blunden’s 48 years of journalistic leadership has been recognised with a member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the King’s Birthday Honours List.
Authors say University of Melbourne’s teachings once driven by racism
The University of Melbourne forgot the “basic humanity” of Indigenous people, and much of what it once studied, taught and preached was driven by racism, according to a new book.
How promising Hawk became D-Day hero
When Andrew Pirrie sent a letter to his brother Dick in 1944 it went unanswered – the hopeful footy player known as “Digger” had been killed on his 24th birthday in the D-Day Invasion.
Carlyon: Memo to Patton — we’re tired of force-fed contrition
Victoria’s police commissioner Shane Patton may claim he isn’t woke but his decision to apologise to the Stolen Generation 16 years after Kevin Rudd did so makes him sound a lot less like an everyday cop.
Sam Fisher’s fall reveals pitfalls of life after footy fame
When Sam Fisher is jailed on Thursday, he will assume a role he never would have contemplated at the height of his AFL career. He’s become a case study in how the transition from sports star to has-been can go so wrong.
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