In suburbia, we were taught to refer to police as pigs
Hatred, inexplicably, was indoctrinated – it was ugly and unfair. Because for the vast majority of frontline workers, the will is towards service. We owe them.
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A hot little wine bar importing top Italian drops
This Western Australian has found time for a fruitful Italian side hustle, and we’ve got three of the best drops for you to try.
An impossible choice — even for an avowed dog person
The vet had spoken: the cat had to go. For dog’s sake. But, but, there was an odd situation in this household – and Frankie knew something was up.
I’m declaring war on war. Who’s with me?
The bombs and rockets that once razed parts of London are falling still – in Ukraine and Gaza. Are we humans in love with war?
No family was untouched by the two world wars
Every Australian family with links to this era has stories to tell of family members lost and, sadly, of the often broken men who returned. Now is the time for us to show our appreciation.
I was genuinely baffled by the split personality of this ‘Vette
Muscle cars, like this visually violent Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, seek attention and eyeballs in the same way. They’re big and loud, both the visual and aural sense. Or at least so I’d always thought.
This is a bit unhinged, as sports cars should be
Anyone with even a tiny bit of testosterone in their underpants would want to drive this jacked-up, armour-plated Porsche 911 across the Sahara. So what’s stopping you?
Millennial parents feel the call of suburbia
Throughout the 2010s Millennials emerged – blossomed, even – as tech-savvy knowledge workers favouring digs in the inner city. But they’re now discovering that kids change everything.
The brutal new class division appearing in Australia
That silky game of inheritocracy is playing out all around me.
I’m clueless about tech — but it never stopped me
You know about fake news, the notion unveiled by the Donald. Today we discuss fake expertise, the fraud perpetrated by the Phillip.
Too lazy to use the brake pedal? Here’s the car for you
It sometimes seems to me that human progress can be seen as a ceaseless quest to produce more and more labour-saving devices. This Clayton’s EV is the most alarming.
Fuel for our first podcast: Modern cars to push old men’s buttons
These hybrids by Mazda and Honda are practical, inoffensive and blessed with all the things that matter these days. But I just can’t make sense of them.
True crime podcasts are booming. I’ve joined the bandwagon
Who really killed Franz Ferdinand? Lincoln? Hitler? Gandhi? Pope John Paul I? JonBenet Ramsey? Join me, your host, as I discover new evidence and rewrite history.
Inside this thrilling homage to WA flora
The forward-thinking garden of architect Andrew Boyne’s Celilo House features a whopping 300 West Australian natives. It’s a place that celebrates the state and all of its wild splendour.
Mom on a mission to replace mum in Australia by 2030 … if not earlier
I wonder whether we would notice a shift in the collective Australian accent if we could travel back to 1999? I suspect our language has shifted – all thanks to our embrace of US culture.
The letter from a reader that made me gasp
After attending the local Catholic Church, a reader sat down to read my column in The Weekend Australian Magazine. They were in for a shock.
My old Golf is better than this knock-off Gucci bag on wheels
This gussied-up Golf is designed to fool strangers into thinking you are flash with cash and a driver of daring and dash, because it looks and feels, inside and out, like the Golf R.
My newfound ritual is as close as I get to God on Earth
Every morning now, after the kids are poured off to school, I head to the beach before the light gets attacking and hard and feel old muscles awakened and strength coming back.
The worst car I ever owned
Over the years I’ve spent millions feeding my addiction to cars – a Ferrari, a Porsche, Maserati and four E-Type Jaguars. But there is one which takes the mantle as the biggest lemon I ever had.
We could learn a thing or two from corporate America
There is one incontrovertible fact that separates America from all other nations – including Australia. It’s the ability to create and quickly scale up new corporate enterprises.
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