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Peter Dutton’s Liberal Party; “I’ve never seen anyone win an election by promising to cut jobs” says Professor Mark Kenny

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

Mark Kenny: ‘Sussan Ley is clearly the more sensible choice to lead the Liberal Party’We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Columnist and author May 11, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Mark Kenny is a former national affairs editor for the Herald and The Age.
Earth to Bleak City: There’s more to life than the ‘Brodes and Bucks journey’

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

Columnist and author May 10, 2025 — 5.30am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Geez, the Melburnians are a weird mob. This week, the one-time Collingwood champion and then coach Nathan Buckley, who now does commentary, ended his relationship with one Brodie Ryan after what, we’re told, was a three-year relationship. I know, none of my damn business, and none of your damn business either.
Why we couldn’t get enough of Josh Giddey’s low-key homecoming

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

Columnist and author May 7, 2025 — 3.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The best sports story of the week? Hands down, glasses down, pens down – we all know the answer, surely. It was our own NBA superstar, Josh Giddey, returning home to Melbourne after his season with the Chicago Bulls finished, to turn out with a mate’s team, the Vales Basketball Club in Frankston.
After the Bondi Junction stabbings, I felt like I wanted to give our city a giant hug

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

‘Jana Wendt was my idol, but I was truly obsessed with Barry Manilow’We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Columnist and author May 4, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Amanda Keller’s enjoyed a stellar 40-year career in broadcasting.
Fifty years on, Dennis Lillee’s spell still mesmerised the crowd

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Peter FitzSimons
Fifty years on, Dennis Lillee’s spell still mesmerised the crowd

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Peter FitzSimons

Share But now Lillee told us something we didn’t know. A few months later, Lillee received a large envelope. Inside was a large photo of the incident, showing him fruitlessly proffering Her Maj his autograph book. Signed below, in her elegant hand, was written, Elizabeth R ... “Oh, hang on! Now I’ll be in trouble,” Dennis said, looking in your humble correspondent’s direction.
Fifty years on, Dennis Lillee’s spell still mesmerised the crowd

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. Dennis Lillee, in da house!As discussed, we knew the great fast bowler would be making his first public appearance in Sydney in a decade, to appear at the Chappell Foundation dinner on Wednesday. We just didn’t know how enthralling he’d be when interviewed by Adam Spencer.
Pope Francis ‘gave his life for all’ but he failed on one crucial challenge

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

Pope Francis ‘gave his life for all’ but he failed on one crucial challengeWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Columnist and author April 26, 2025 — 4.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.
There’s a bear in where? Why Perth is wrong spot for club’s return

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

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There’s a bear in where? Why Perth is wrong spot for club’s return

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

Columnist and author April 26, 2025 — 9.55am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The good news, of course, is that the Bears are back in town, or at least a town – with the news confirmed on Thursday that the WA government is going to tip in a lazy $50 million to resuscitate the famous franchise in Perth. (Sounds like a bargain-basement deal for the West Australians, yes?