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Australia Day and reconciliation

Dom — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:13:12 +0000

The sixth and last of my columns subbing in for Peter Fitzsimons at Sunday Extra.Advance Australia Day where? The mixed emotions around Australia Day were never highlighted more pointedly than this year, when the Australian of the Year celebrated his award by immediately calling for the day to be moved to February 13th, the day [...]

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Barack Obama and the donuts of democracy

Dom — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:09:45 +0000

The fifth of my Fitzsimons columns from summer 08/09. Barack to the future I regularly get up in the middle of the night to watch football (or soccer, to the uninitiated), but I’ve never before woken at 3am to watch a speech. And I’m glad I did. A friend threw a “Yes We Canapés” Inauguration [...]

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Nathan Rees vs Prince Harry

Dom — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:06:03 +0000

Episode #4 of my Fitzsimons substitute column from summer 08/09. Rees in pieces How’s this for some profoundly unsurprising news? The NSW ALP is already considering dumping Nathan Rees, the supposed cleanskin who has utterly failed to revive the party’s dim electoral prospects in his four months as Premier. John Della Bosca has released a [...]

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Cricket civility and NYE blasts

Dom — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:01:35 +0000

Instalment #3 of my columns filling in for Peter Fitzsimons in summer 08/09. A sporting sporting triumph Seeking only to capture the experience for Sunday Extra readers, I selflessly attended the last two days of the Sydney Test. The contest between our inexperienced attack and the skilful South Africans was enthralling, and Graeme Smith’s decision [...]

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Fred Nile and the land of trials

Dom — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:59:01 +0000

Column #2 filling in for Peter Fitzsimons in summer 08/09 Fred Nile, friend of Islam? The irrepressible Reverend Nile displayed uncharacteristic concern for Muslim sensibilities this week by advocating a ban on topless bathing on our beaches. The Christian Democrat MLC fears that the brazen baring of breasts might cause offence. “If they’ve come from [...]

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Small bars and satirical senators

Dom — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:56:17 +0000

In summer 08/09, I filled in for Peter Fitzsimons’ Fitz Files column for six weeks… this is instalment #1 A big boost for small bars I keep expecting to stumble upon hidden laneways buzzing with impossibly cool holes-in-the-wall, like they have in Melbourne, but six months after the laws changed, I have yet to discover [...]

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