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Miriam wanted to be a pro golfer. Instead, she’s an executive on a $26,000 salary
The Big Cheese of the Salvation Army is radically counter-cultural.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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Skipper Wendy Tuck has sailed around the world, but never takes the Bass Strait for granted.
- by Tim Barlass
‘My anxiety would be through the roof’: The one policing job Craig Bellis couldn’t do
Craig Bellis has led many headline-making investigations. Now he’s taken on a new role: keeping the nation’s airports safe.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
Opinions might offend, but this lawyer argues they shouldn’t cost someone their job
The social media pile-on is today’s baying mob, where algorithms reward “Colosseum-style” justice. Josh Bornstein says employers have become moral arbiters and control too much of our lives.
- by Kieran Rooney
Trump’s not a ‘fascist’, but the world is in trouble
As topics go, few are more incendiary: the war in Gaza, the incoming US president and the counter-revolution that may cost the planet. Robert Manne steps up again to take the heat from the culture warriors.
- by Cassidy Knowlton
‘I think I am without purpose’: The career twilight of Shaun Micallef
After recent controversies about giving the younger generation a go, the comedian, writer and presenter does not want to outstay his welcome. But he knows he will.
- by Stephen Brook
His grandmother’s song was silenced, but art helped Reko Rennie find his voice
His grandmother’s legacy lies at the heart of many of Kamilaroi artist Reko Rennie’s works, which blend activism with exploration of identity and culture.
- by Elizabeth Flux
‘I thought I was friends with Nova’: Craig Foster on the spat that rocked the republican movement
The ex-Socceroo goes “all in” on the things he cares about, but it comes at a cost.
- by Ben Cubby
Bob Geldof once said he wanted to get ‘rich, famous and laid’. Here’s how that worked out for him
The musician and global activist still has plenty more to say.
- by Nick Galvin
Families, fights and flying dough: The pizza place where Melbourne grew up
After more than 50 years, the family behind Papa Gino’s – a Lygon Street institution that families and students have flocked to for decades – are hanging up their aprons.
- by Besha Rodell
‘We behaved quite badly’: Sex, drugs and mock and roll – Eric Idle’s very funny world
At 81, founding Monty Python member Eric Idle is still looking for new ways to make people laugh.
- by Nick Galvin
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