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Peter FitzSimons is a journalist and columnist with The Sydney Morning Herald.

Redemption. Revenge. Renaissance. The Wallabies are back, baby
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Wallabies

Redemption. Revenge. Renaissance. The Wallabies are back, baby

Two down and two to go. The Wallabies are reborn under Joe Schmidt.

  • by Peter FitzSimons

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Briony Scott: The surprising sex talk Sydney’s most respected principal gives her students

Briony Scott: The surprising sex talk Sydney’s most respected principal gives her students

Dr Briony Scott is resigning, not retiring. But at 61, she says, she’s “more ready to hit something new than I ever have” been.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
The Wallabies are officially back. Now, let’s watch them fly

The Wallabies are officially back. Now, let’s watch them fly

Hold me back, but it seems like everything is again pointing in the right direction for the team in green and gold.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
Suaalii stars in a match for the ages as Wallabies stun England
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Wallabies

Suaalii stars in a match for the ages as Wallabies stun England

Australia’s win against England had more twists and turns in the narrative than a Dickens novel.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
Simon Holmes à Court: Dutton has ‘localised Trumpian tactics to Australian tastebuds’

Simon Holmes à Court: Dutton has ‘localised Trumpian tactics to Australian tastebuds’

The man most associated with teal candidates says he doesn’t know what the definition of a “teal” is.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
Campo, please put a sock in it

Campo, please put a sock in it

David Campese was one of the greatest Wallabies, but his latest attack on the game is incorrect.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
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‘Machine guns and men in trenches’: On the eve of battle, Albert Jacka made an awful discovery

‘Machine guns and men in trenches’: On the eve of battle, Albert Jacka made an awful discovery

In early 1917, as the Allies prepared to take Bullecourt on the Western Front, Jacka was sent into No-Man’s Land.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
The response to the Bondi Icebergs documentary proves it’s not about swimming

The response to the Bondi Icebergs documentary proves it’s not about swimming

All the world is Ian Darling’s stage, from business to theatre and documentaries.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
The Melbourne Cup no longer stops a nation. Can we all agree on that?

The Melbourne Cup no longer stops a nation. Can we all agree on that?

It isn’t just the TV ratings, lots of people have also moved to a “yeah ... nah” attitude to the first Tuesday in November.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
‘Well, I managed to get the buggers, sir’: The daring plan that created a legend

‘Well, I managed to get the buggers, sir’: The daring plan that created a legend

Albert Jacka was Australia’s first Victoria Cross recipient for his actions in Gallipoli when Turkish troops launched an attack on troops dug in at Courtney’s Post.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
Susie O’Neill: From touching a wall to hitting one. Why Madame Butterfly wants to alight on a flower

Susie O’Neill: From touching a wall to hitting one. Why Madame Butterfly wants to alight on a flower

Now 51, Susie O’Neill is craving something she says has proven elusive in her busy and successful life: contentment.

  • by Peter FitzSimons

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