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Arthur Sinodinos presents his credentials to US President Donald Trump in February.

Only a handful of Australians have stood in the Oval Office with Trump. Arthur Sinodinos is one of them

Our former envoy to Washington says instead of abandoning the alliance with the US, we should impress on Trump that he needs us more than we need him.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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Louise Milligan on the monster priest no one will grieve

Paedophile Gerald Ridsdale, who died last week, was convicted of abusing 70 children. But those who enabled his sick crimes are just as culpable, Louise Milligan tells Fitz.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Lorenzo Montesini photographed in 2006.

Prince Lorenzo: 35 years on from the ‘royal wedding’ scandal that rocked Australia

Ottoman prince Lorenzo Montesini famously left “Pitty Pat” Dunlop at the altar. Almost three weeks after her death, he reflects on the events that shaped both their lives.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Rachel Griffiths: “I didn’t go to drama school – I got a teaching degree … I’d do everything I could to build some kind of solid [financial] base.”

Rachel Griffiths: What I learnt from Julia Roberts, Johnny Depp and sex workers

The actor has been dazzling audiences for 35 years. Her latest drama series is Madam.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Donald Trump says Israel would hand over Gaza after fighting ends.

Confounded by Trump’s Gaza folly? Let my old uni professor enlighten you

Just two weeks into Trump’s second term, it’s already apparent that the world’s political axis has shifted. Author and academic Dr Keith Suter provides some context.

  • Peter FitzSimons
New World Rugby chair Brett Robinson in Dublin.

He’s the Peter V’landys of world rugby, but you’ve probably never heard of him

If rugby is the game they play in heaven, Australian Brett Robinson - the first chairman of World Rugby from the southern hemisphere - might be forgiven for having a God complex. Mercifully, he doesn’t.

  • Peter FitzSimons
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(Clockwise from top left): Briony Scott, Jelena Dokic, Sally McManus,  Ita Buttrose 

The best bits of Fitz. My best chats of 2024

This year, I published 46 interviews in this space. These are the exchanges that most resonated with you, or most moved me, or turned out to be particularly prescient.

  • Peter FitzSimons
David Stratton: “I had a friend in Sydney, and he was saying, ‘You should come as a ten pound Pom, and I can sponsor you’. And so I did.”

David Stratton’s top 10 lost movie gems, and the Aussie classics you haven’t seen

Two weeks ago, Margaret Pomeranz gave us 10 lesser-known great movies to watch. Now it’s the turn of her long-time collaborator and friend, David Stratton.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Inside the negotiations to bring back the five remaining members of the Bali Nine imprisoned in Indonesia.

Bali Nine’s very different drug mules and the two painful traits they shared

Madonna King co-wrote a bestselling book about the Bali Nine. The experience left her with strong views about the war on drugs, cross-border policing and the death penalty.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Social Seen: Margaret Pomeranz at the closing night of the Sydney Film Festival on Sunday, June 17, 2018.

Margaret Pomeranz: The 10 films you should watch, but probably haven’t

She’s one of Australia’s most admired film critics but which movies does she adore, and why?

  • Peter FitzSimons

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