Best of Dicey Topics 2024
Benjamin Law rolled the dice with dozens of people this year. Here are some of the firm reader favourites, from Ross Garnaut and Vincent Namatjira to Celeste Barber and Noni Hazlehurst.
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‘Very good advice’: At 50, Ross Garnaut received a game-changing tip from his GP
The economist and author on climate change, sexual politics – and keeping fit.
- by Benjamin Law
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Some say Celeste Barber’s now too hot to parody beauty standards …
Here’s the comedian and social media star’s blunt reply.
- by Benjamin Law
‘As you get older, you feel like such a dag when you dance. It’s a shame’
Noni Hazlehurst on the secret of her career longevity, what she likes about her body – and what she doesn’t.
- by Benjamin Law
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‘I finally make sense to myself’: Em Rusciano on her late ADHD and autism diagnoses
The stand-up comedian and broadcaster on why she loves “bed-rotting” – and her personal version of hell.
- by Benjamin Law
‘Why can’t we talk about the part between the knees and the belly button?’
Karl Kruszelnicki on bodily functions, the relationship between religion and science, the poorest he’s been – and what awes him.
- by Benjamin Law
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‘It took me decades to realise’: An Australian of the Year’s advice to teen girls
Professor Georgina Long, 2024’s Australian of the Year with fellow melanoma researcher Richard Scolyer, on life, death – and what young women need to know.
- by Benjamin Law
After winning multiple awards, Genesis has gone on his first-ever holiday
The 25-year-old musician Genesis Owusu talks humble beginnings, where his money goes and being comfortable in his skin.
- by Benjamin Law
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Yumi Stynes: ‘I’m quite keen to find ways to not have my life threatened’
The author and broadcaster discusses the impact of her Ben Roberts-Smith, Kerri-Anne Kennerley and teen sex-ed book controversies.
- by Benjamin Law
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‘Patty’s not allowed to remarry’: Harriet Dyer’s imaginary from-the-grave command
The 35-year-old actor and screenwriter on unusual sex ed, how she’d like to die – and Taylor Swift.
- by Benjamin Law
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A comedian’s advice to their younger self: ‘Get a double bed and be more forward’
Rhys Nicholson discusses sex education, career death and going full Victorian nanny.
- by Benjamin Law
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Sex before, not after, a romantic dinner – and other advice from foodie Alison Roman
The New York-based cook and food writer on weighing up expiry dates, dining with political opposites – and how history will judge meat-eaters.
- by Benjamin Law
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‘Wow … It touched her’: Vincent Namatjira on that Gina Rinehart portrait
The Archibald Prize-winning painter on Australia’s richest person, his idols and his most valued possession.
- by Benjamin Law
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