The night I got Patti and Bert to do a ‘cool gig’
My finest Bert Newton story sums him up perfectly. We barely knew each other but within hours Patti said they’d be delighted to come to my mate’s 30th birthday, writes Joel Creasey.
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Deadly drug turf war could turn Australia into Mexico-lite
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In your Letters to the Editor today: Staying confined within our own municipality, searching for humans on the phones and the new normal.
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In your Letters to the Editor today: We can have a Tasmanian AFL team; move our rough sleepers into hotels; shut the door on Major Projects legislation.
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