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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Bring on the fresh ambassadors of Oz

The world needs a new breed of plucky ambassador in that grand Australian rite of passage — the Big Overseas Trip.

Nikki Gemmell

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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 15: Michael Gove, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, arrives in Downing Street on September 15, 2021 in London, England. The British prime minister replaced several cabinet ministers shortly after introducing his social care plan and a corresponding tax rise that is unpopular with some members of his party. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

A courageous act in anyone’s book

British cabinet minister Michael Gove was roundly mocked for his exuberant solo dancing in a nightclub. Good on him, I say.

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Muckup day ..St Josephs and Sacred Heart .....st Josephs boys heading off to school

Farewell to a mucked-up year

My heart breaks for this year’s Covid-affected Year 12 cohort. All the abandoned rites of passage.

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'Apple' exhibition collection material: 2013/119/1 Telephone, 'Bauhaus', metal / Bakelite / rubber / electronic components, designed byMarcel Breuer / Richard Schadewell, 1928,made by Fuld & Co / Telephonbau &Normazeit GmbH, Frankfurt / Main,Germany, probably 1934

Silent emissaries from a not-too-distant past

I’m doing a big clear-out. And amid the detritus of 20 years of crammed living are relics from a simpler, sparer age – old phones.

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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 01: Monica Lewinsky attends the premiere of FX's "Impeachment: American Crime Story" at Pacific Design Center on September 01, 2021 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

Monica Lewinsky speaks her complex truth, finally

Everyone’s got an opinion of Ms Lewinsky, and now she’s back in the news. Personally, I think she’s magnificent. Bring her on.

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Covid and kids: what’s the strategy here?

Why did some politicians abandon the Covid elimination strategy so early, and are now dragging the rest of us along with them?

Nikki Gemmell

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Lockdown has addled my brain

Despite all these signs of accelerated ageing I point-blank refuse to join a bridge club. But Song Club? Now you’re talking…

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Second Pfizer jab? Computer says no

Politicians hector and lecture us about getting our vaccinations but excuse me, exactly how easy is it, for so many of us?

Nikki Gemmell

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This appalling, selfish act has to stop

Gentlemen, I need your help. How can you explain the deplorable practice of ‘stealthing’ among sexually active young men?

Nikki Gemmell

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Fools on parade: this is my country?

It felt like the fabric of Australia was being torn as I witnessed the anti-lockdown protests. It reminded me of the Cronulla riots.

Nikki Gemmell

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