Paul Hogan
Opinion
Cinema
Aussie movies used to be fun. A teen hit proves we still have it in us
A recent smash hit Australian film has shown how we can rekindle the successful 1980s and ’90s era of Crocodile Dundee, Mad Max 2 and Muriel’s Wedding.
- by Roby D'Ottavi
Latest
From leading goalkicker to Kerry Packer’s lieutenant: Ocker gave life a shot
Austin Robertson junior made his mark in two sports and two very different ways. He had a rich life and a wealth of stories and his name was synonymous with the World Series Cricket upheaval.
- by Greg Baum
Bad wigs, salacious romps and lawyers: Australia’s obsession with biopics
Dodgy wigs and a tsunami of social media outrage aside, the greatest revelation about the Warnie series was how little there was left to reveal about the cricketer.
- by Andrew Hornery
‘Supernatural’ and ‘magic’ Olivia Newton-John farewelled at memorial
Delta Goodrem, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman helped farewell Olivia Newton-John at her state memorial.
- by Martin Boulton
Opinion
Smoking & vaping
‘If you want to change the world, answer your phone’: Simon Chapman on public advocacy
Professor Simon Chapman is a powerful advocate for anti-smoking legislation, gun control and the virtues of renewable energy.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Analysis
The Morning Edition podcast
From Paul Hogan to Cate Blanchett: evolution of the Australian accent
Today on Please Explain, senior culture writer Karl Quinn joins Nathanael Cooper to discover more about the Aussie accent.
- by Nathanael Cooper
Opinion
Vale
Farewell Strop, the hapless sidekick to Paul Hogan’s unworldly larrikin
Together, Paul Hogan and John Cornell’s humour harked back to, not so much a more innocent time, but one where there was still an inherent decency.
- by Duncan Fine
As the hapless Strop, John Cornell was the walking definition of mateship
On television, Paul Hogan played with matches and Cornell’s gentle fool always tried to extinguish the flames.
- by Michael Idato
‘A classic Australian character’: John ‘Strop’ Cornell dies at 80
The man behind comedian Paul Hogan’s success and a key figure in Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket has died following a 20-year battle with Parkinson’s disease.
- by Andrew Webster
Exclusive
Organised crime
'Bowler Hat Englishman': hunt for alleged mastermind of Australia's largest tax evasion scheme
Philip Egglishaw, whose arrest has been sought by Australia since 2008, has repeatedly slipped through the net.
- by Kate McClymont
From the Archives, 1990: Hoges dropped from Foster's ads in US
Seeking to "de-emphasise Foster's Australian heritage," US marketers of the lager were cutting ties with comedian Paul Hogan, who had been a popular spokesman for the company since 1985.
- by Staff reporter
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