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<i>Milking Our Memories</i> by Pat Walsh.

There is nobility in isolation, for human company is our great craving

Most of us desire the pleasure of company. So when we are required to isolate, we are denying our own nature. Such sacrifice requires brave hearts.

  • Tony Wright

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Senator Bridget McKenzie at the Wangaratta Clay Target Club

The gun club was suffering lead poisoning... until Bridget arrived

The Wangaratta Clay Target Club had plenty of problems. And then Senator Bridget McKenzie turned up bearing a gift.

  • Tony Wright
A surprise connection: Harry Frydenberg, left, with Barrie Cassidy.

How a fatal bus crash connects Barrie Cassidy and Harry Frydenberg

Neither knew it, but more than half a century ago, tragedy touched the schoolboy Barrie Cassidy and a young doctor named Frydenberg. Finally, they meet.

  • Tony Wright
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and US President Donald Trump at a state dinner in the Rose Garden of the White House.

The President, suffering a downer, calls his buddy Scott

Sketch: President Donald Trump calls his mate Scott Morrison to offer a choice: the flowers at the White House, or a bench at Dunkin' Donuts.

  • Tony Wright
Reimagining bohemia: Dr Jacqueline Ogeil and Montsalvat's Great Hall.

Rediscovering Montsalvat: the bid to revive a national treasure

Montsalvat sits at the edge of Melbourne and of our consciousness. A new director is intent on returning the artists' colony to contemporary focus.

  • Tony Wright
Prime Minister Scott Morrison with Donald Trump in the US.

Great Scott: Morrison finds his place in history

Prime Minister Scott Morrison finds himself in the midst of great events. But was he at the centre of things ... or consigned to the sidelines?

  • Tony Wright
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Albury mayor Kevin Mack has a serious shot of entering federal Parliament as the representative for Farrer.

Kevin Mack never had AIDS, but he was required to suffer anyway

Kevin Mack is standing as an independent for parliament. He's a stalwart of the Albury-Wodonga community. You'd barely believe the experiences that shaped him.

  • Tony Wright

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