Heroes
‘It wasn’t my time to die’: Bourke Street terror attack hero receives bravery award
A Melbourne man who survived the 2018 Bourke Street terror attack has received a national bravery award.
- by Carolyn Webb
Latest
Hero, villain, or both? Untangling Assange’s divisive legacy
The Herald published two opinion pieces on Julian Assange. One was objective – the other revealed a superior tone conveying mockery, derision and oversimplification.
‘He could have drowned’: How these young surf lifesavers rescued a kayaker off the WA coast
The brothers’ bravery was recognised at an Australia Day awards ceremony on Friday, where they were presented with the Young Community Citizen of the Year award.
- by Holly Thompson
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
The draft-dodging ‘coward’ brave enough to collar a would-be killer
In his 20s, now-retired NSW judge Wayne Haylen was called a coward for burning his Vietnam conscription card, but a conspicuous act of bravery silenced his critics.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Ben Roberts-Smith
No heroes any more? Yes there are, you just need to know where to look
Those with a moral centre are the ones we should hail as heroic, and they are all around us, hiding in plain sight.
- by Kerri Sackville
A woman’s mental health is still being used as a weapon against her
Apparently we come into the world judged insane before having to prove we’re rational. This attitude underlines what a mess the mental health system continues to be.
- by Eliza Reilly
Extract
Aviation
Hubert Wilkins: Australian flies blind into eye of an Arctic storm and into history
The first men in history to complete the hardest, most dangerous and most improbable flight flew 22 hours and 20 minutes non-stop over the Arctic.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Extract
Arctic
Australia’s forgotten hero: Anzac photographer was a visionary ahead of his time
Spy, photographer, writer, cameraman, explorer, war hero, air ace: Hubert Wilkins deserves more credit for his many achievements.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Exclusive
Perth
Hero teen saves ‘panicking, screaming’ girl and her dog from Perth house fire
A courageous 16-year-old boy who single-handedly saved the life of a young panicked girl and her pet dog from a house fire in Perth’s north-east has his sights set on making fire fighting his career.
- by Lauren Pilat
Les plans to turn his country pub into a haven for creative people
A Terang hotel is set to be a sanctuary for artists, writers, musicians and performers, all for free.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Shipping
Modest men of the sea offer a lesson in nobility
A shipwreck averted. In our search for heroes, we might look beyond millionaires who smash tennis racquets for sport, and consider quieter achievers.
- by Tony Wright
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