Nikki Gemmell

Nikki Gemmell’s columns for the Weekend Australian Magazine have won a Walkley award for opinion writing and commentary. She is a bestselling author of over twenty books, both fiction and non-fiction. Her work has received international critical acclaim and been translated into many languages.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 23: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stands with newly appointed Foreign Minister Penny Wong, at the door of their plane on May 23, 2022 in Canberra, Australia. Albanese is travelling to Japan to attend the QUAD Leaders' meeting in Tokyo. Albanese was sworn in as Australia's 31st prime minister on Monday morning following his victory over Scott Morrison in the federal election on Saturday. (Photo by David Gray/Getty Images)

Where did my beloved country go under ScoMo?

Does it feel to you like we’re coming up for air? In terms of our nation. Where it’s at and where it wants to go. I almost feel like I’ve left an abusive relationship.

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My rage is as confusing to me as it is to you

I’m snappy, easily upset, low. A loss of libido, confidence and a bodily thickening that’s distressing. Menopause for me has been bewildering and depressing.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Talent and Success Educational Foundation via a video link at the Sirius Educational Center for Gifted Children in Sochi on May 11, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Putin’s frailty poses a threat to us all

We humans are capable of so much ingenuity and beauty – yet we have a world right now held hostage by one man’s ego.

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AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY TOWN: Gulgong, Australia - January 3, 2012: Heritage architecture of the Gulgong Pioneers Museum in Gulgong, a 19th-century gold rush town in the Mudgee wine region of NSW, Australia

Talk of the town

Recently I stepped back in time to the world of a more languid pace, a kinder, gentler space. It was the world of the country town.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 20: Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese (L) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison attend the first leaders' debate of the 2022 federal election campaign at the Gabba on April 20, 2022 in Brisbane, Australia. The debate, hosted by Sky News Australia and The Courier-Mail, see Morrison and Albanese go head-to-head in the presence of 100 undecided voters. (Photo by Jason Edwards - Pool/Getty Images)

Decency? What a plain, alluring quality that seems these days

I loathe election campaigns. It always seems to be about shouty exercises devoid of that good old-fashioned concept called decency.

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The art of ageing fabulously

In my 80s, barefoot on a beach in a kaftan? Bring it on!

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Mother unhappy with teenager son who spent his free time with electronic devices and games. Relationships teenager vs parents concept image. Picture: Istock

Kids and screens: I got it wrong

Screens have got my kids through the hardships of the past two years. So after years of railing about this issue, I’ve recalibrated.

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Car taking the scenic drive along Thunderbolts Way on the Barrington Coast.Barrington Coast NSWPhoto: Guy WillimentsuppliedEscape13 February 2022Top Gear - Esky Chiller, roadtrip produce

Breathe it all in

So to a feast of the open window – and do you open up your own car to the world as you’re driving, particularly in the bush?

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MYLA, UKRAINE - APRIL 02: A burnt car is seen on the road between Myla and Mriia, on April 2, 2022 near Myla, Kyiv region, Ukraine. After 5 weeks of war, Russian forces around the capital have been pushed back in some places by Ukrainian counter-attacks. But shelling persists in suburbs of Kyiv, which, like much of the country, remains vulnerable to Russian air strikes. (Photo by Alexey Furman/Getty Images)

Legal homicide and the march of the dead souls

War creates psychological trauma for those who kill; ‘When you put a gun in some kid’s hands and send him off to war, you incur an infinite debt to him.’

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Tired and seething, Australia has lost its mojo

When I moved to London in the ’90s we Aussies were envied for our optimism and no-worries, can-do mentality. What happened to us?

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