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Paola Totaro is the former Europe correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

War, elitism, racism: The Aussie taking Oxford uni’s hot topics off the boil

War, elitism, racism: The Aussie taking Oxford uni’s hot topics off the boil

Tim Soutphommasane, the first chief diversity officer at one of Britain’s most storied institutions, is no stranger to controversy.

  • by Paola Totaro

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Pets on public transport? Sydney should follow London’s lead

Pets on public transport? Sydney should follow London’s lead

I was amazed by the negative response to Clover Moore’s proposal. In London, every commuter is allowed two animals per fare.

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Only once did I curtsy before her, but this republican grieves the Queen
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Only once did I curtsy before her, but this republican grieves the Queen

Greeted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace, I stood behind Australian novelist Kathy Lette, who wore a suit emblazoned with corgis in crowns. The royals were much amused.

  • by Paola Totaro
One upside of COVID: New research into our startling olfactory capacities

One upside of COVID: New research into our startling olfactory capacities

Our ability to smell is the most underrated of our senses – or it was, until the pandemic led researchers to unveil some of its great mysteries.

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Johnson, the supreme and brazen survivor, finally succumbs

Johnson, the supreme and brazen survivor, finally succumbs

Boris Johnson has now been dragged, kicking, and screaming, from No 10 Downing St. But serious questions remain over his plan to stay on as caretaker PM.

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How the PM’s ‘Italianness’ exposed the nation’s greatest gift

How the PM’s ‘Italianness’ exposed the nation’s greatest gift

While Italy’s media has revelled in Anthony Albanese’s personal history, the PM’s Italian connection has also shown how identity has little to do with borders and passports.

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The Australians trying to save ‘mortally wounded’ Boris Johnson

The Australians trying to save ‘mortally wounded’ Boris Johnson

With mounting resignations, loss of support from his MPs and a police investigation into ‘partygate’, the UK Prime Minister has called on Australian strategists in a desperate attempt to save his leadership.

  • by Paola Totaro
Boris Johnson left dangling as Britain fumes over Downing Street parties

Boris Johnson left dangling as Britain fumes over Downing Street parties

Ask any Brit to conjure up their most vivid image of Boris Johnson and chances are it would be his stunt-gone-wrong during the London Olympics. Now, almost 10 years later, his career hangs by a far more tenuous wire.

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Port Arthur massacre a story that must be told, not buried

Port Arthur massacre a story that must be told, not buried

There are still lessons to be learned about what happened in the lead up to that sunny Sunday in 1996, when Bryant walked into a tourist cafe and started shooting. A touted new film might help us learn them.

  • by Paola Totaro and Robert Wainwright
They made a mockery of our trust: why Britain is united in fury at the PM and his adviser

They made a mockery of our trust: why Britain is united in fury at the PM and his adviser

White-hot, palpable fury has spanned the political divide.

  • by Paola Totaro
Leonard Cohen fine-tuned surprise final album while in acute pain, says son

Leonard Cohen fine-tuned surprise final album while in acute pain, says son

Adam Cohen, son of the late Leonard, says his father knew he was dying as he recorded his final body of work, posthumous album Thanks for the Dance.

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