Peter FitzSimons, Sydney Morning Herald Journalist Profile

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Peter FitzSimons interview with NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley on drugs, strip searches and age of criminal responsibility

6 days ago | smh.com.au | Peter FitzSimons

Just say ‘no’: How Sydney’s drug habits are fuelling the gangland warsWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Columnist and author June 1, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Yasmin Catley has been NSW police minister since the Chris Minns Labor government came to power 2½ years ago. I spoke to her on Thursday.
Phil Gould, it’s time for you stop the blame game

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Peter FitzSimons

Columnist and author May 31, 2025 — 5.30am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Phil Gould thing? So many points, so little time. The first one is: I TOLD yers! And I really did, in this very space. Back in April, when the whole Lachlan Galvin imbroglio blew up at the Tigers, Gould very publicly said: “We are not involved in the Lachlan Galvin discussion and we won’t be involved in the Lachlan Galvin discussion.
NSW Blues just too classy for Queensland Maroons in series opener

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Peter FitzSimons

“As ... good as it gets ...” he could only repeat, this time the ellipses connoting whole worlds of wonder. It really was. With that try bookended by two very good tries by winger Zac Lomax, NSW went to the break 14-2 up and it felt like a 30-0 result, against Queensland, in Queensland, was not out of the question. Queensland did everything they could to stop the rot, and it included a terrific try early in the second half to winger Xavier Coates in the corner, to bring it back to 14-6.
These 2025 Blues are just too damn classy for Queensland

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Peter FitzSimons

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As ever, it was Andrew Johns who put it best. Tell ’em again, Andrew. “When you’ve got the world’s best players playing together, special things happen.
NSW Blues just too classy for Queensland Maroons in series opener

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Peter FitzSimons

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Jason Falinski: The Libs should reconcile with the Nats. Just not yet

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Peter FitzSimons

Jason Falinski: The Libs should reconcile with the Nats. Just not yetWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Columnist and author May 24, 2025 — 4.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Jason Falinski is a two-term Liberal MP for the seat of Mackellar, and was until recently the president of the NSW Liberal Party. I spoke to him on Wednesday and Thursday.
Postecoglou’s success? It’s all down to me

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Peter FitzSimons

Columnist and author May 24, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I am sorry, but every time Ange Postecoglou enjoys a stunning success – as he did this week with his Tottenham Hotspur team winning the Europa League – I do wish he’d credit me.
Enhanced Games; trashed reputation. A pox on your house, James Magnussen

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Peter FitzSimons

Enhanced Games; trashed reputation. A pox on your house, James MagnussenWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Columnist and author May 22, 2025 — 11.30am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Look, when it comes to sporting disgraces, you’re right: the pickings are singularly rich right now – and I don’t just mean LIV golf, organised and funded by a murderer.
He’s taken his reputation and trashed it. James Magnussen, what are you thinking?

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Peter FitzSimons

Equally, I get your disappointment at missing out on that gold medal in London by a hundredth of a second. I get the temptation to earn a quick million bucks if you break the 50m world record. But, James, what the RUCK, is the POINT? Matt Targett, James Magnussen, Christian Sprenger and Hayden Stoeckel pose with their bronze medals in London eight years ago.Credit: GettyIf you wanted to see how fast you can go, outside the usual rules, why not – and I mean this as a serious point – wear flippers?
‘Don’t be sad. I’ve had a great life’: John Shakespeare on the art of living

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Peter FitzSimons

‘Don’t be sad. I’ve had a great life’: John Shakespeare on the art of livingWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Columnist and author May 18, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The beloved Herald artist John Shakespeare left the paper last year after four decades, just before being diagnosed with a terminal cancer.