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The former Liberal leading Labor and the nation to a renewable future

The former Liberal leading Labor and the nation to a renewable future

Despite some Coalition politicians rejecting net zero targets, the Climate Change Authority chair says the “community has already decided” on the...

27.09.2025 7

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

The former Liberal leading Labor and the nation to a renewable future

The former Liberal leading Labor and the nation to a renewable future

Despite some Coalition politicians rejecting net zero targets, the Climate Change Authority chair says the “community has already decided” on the...

27.09.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

The former Liberal leading Labor and the nation to a renewable future

The former Liberal leading Labor and the nation to a renewable future

Despite some Coalition politicians rejecting net zero targets, the Climate Change Authority chair says the “community has already decided” on the...

27.09.2025 9

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

The former Liberal leading Labor and the nation to a renewable future

The former Liberal leading Labor and the nation to a renewable future

Despite some Coalition politicians rejecting net zero targets, the Climate Change Authority chair says the “community has already decided” on the...

27.09.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

The Wallabies only started playing after 20 minutes. By then, All Blacks were 20 points ahead

The Wallabies only started playing after 20 minutes. By then, All Blacks were 20 points ahead

Beating the All Blacks at Eden Park – with a fussy ref giving the home side everything – is hard enough without giving the home side such a...

27.09.2025 7

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

The Wallabies only started playing after 20 minutes. By then, All Blacks were 20 points ahead

The Wallabies only started playing after 20 minutes. By then, All Blacks were 20 points ahead

Beating the All Blacks at Eden Park – with a fussy ref giving the home side everything – is hard enough without giving the home side such a...

27.09.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

The Wallabies only started playing after 20 minutes. By then, All Blacks were 20 points ahead

The Wallabies only started playing after 20 minutes. By then, All Blacks were 20 points ahead

Beating the All Blacks at Eden Park – with a fussy ref giving the home side everything – is hard enough without giving the home side such a...

27.09.2025 8

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

The Wallabies only started playing after 20 minutes. By then, All Blacks were 20 points ahead

The Wallabies only started playing after 20 minutes. By then, All Blacks were 20 points ahead

Beating the All Blacks at Eden Park – with a fussy ref giving the home side everything – is hard enough without giving the home side such a...

27.09.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

I won’t tip the Wallabies, and you can’t make me … but gee, we’re a chance

I won’t tip the Wallabies, and you can’t make me … but gee, we’re a chance

My Kiss Of Death has been locked away for the duration of the Bledisloe Cup. But this is as good as the Wallabies have looked in a long, long time.

26.09.2025 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

I won’t tip the Wallabies, and you can’t make me … but gee, we’re a chance

I won’t tip the Wallabies, and you can’t make me … but gee, we’re a chance

My Kiss Of Death has been locked away for the duration of the Bledisloe Cup. But this is as good as the Wallabies have looked in a long, long time.

26.09.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

I won’t tip the Wallabies, and you can’t make me … but gee, we’re a chance

I won’t tip the Wallabies, and you can’t make me … but gee, we’re a chance

My Kiss Of Death has been locked away for the duration of the Bledisloe Cup. But this is as good as the Wallabies have looked in a long, long time.

26.09.2025 9

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

I won’t tip the Wallabies, and you can’t make me … but gee, we’re a chance

I won’t tip the Wallabies, and you can’t make me … but gee, we’re a chance

My Kiss Of Death has been locked away for the duration of the Bledisloe Cup. But this is as good as the Wallabies have looked in a long, long time.

26.09.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

‘No wucking furries’. How our national dictionary was saved, for now

‘No wucking furries’. How our national dictionary was saved, for now

How would we document Australianisms like “fair suck of the sauce bottle” and “no wucken furries” without a guide?

21.09.2025 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

‘No wucking furries’. How our national dictionary was saved, for now

‘No wucking furries’. How our national dictionary was saved, for now

How would we document Australianisms like “fair suck of the sauce bottle” and “no wucken furries” without a guide?

21.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

‘No wucking furries’. How our national dictionary was saved, for now

‘No wucking furries’. How our national dictionary was saved, for now

How would we document Australianisms like “fair suck of the sauce bottle” and “no wucken furries” without a guide?

21.09.2025 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

‘No wucking furries’. How our national dictionary was saved, for now

‘No wucking furries’. How our national dictionary was saved, for now

How would we document Australianisms like “fair suck of the sauce bottle” and “no wucken furries” without a guide?

21.09.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Sydney 2000 remembered: When Cathy was almost caught up in an opening ceremony failure

Sydney 2000 remembered: When Cathy was almost caught up in an opening ceremony failure

More than a week before her starring role on the track, Cathy Freeman was part of the other great story of the Sydney Olympics.

20.09.2025 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Sydney 2000 remembered: When Cathy was almost caught up in an opening ceremony failure

Sydney 2000 remembered: When Cathy was almost caught up in an opening ceremony failure

More than a week before her starring role on the track, Cathy Freeman was part of the other great story of the Sydney Olympics.

20.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Sydney 2000 remembered: When Cathy was almost caught up in an opening ceremony failure

Sydney 2000 remembered: When Cathy was almost caught up in an opening ceremony failure

More than a week before her starring role on the track, Cathy Freeman was part of the other great story of the Sydney Olympics.

20.09.2025 8

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Sydney 2000 remembered: When Cathy was almost caught up in an opening ceremony failure

Sydney 2000 remembered: When Cathy was almost caught up in an opening ceremony failure

More than a week before her starring role on the track, Cathy Freeman was part of the other great story of the Sydney Olympics.

20.09.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Carry on up the Danube: President Daniel, 20, stakes claim for ‘new’ country

Carry on up the Danube: President Daniel, 20, stakes claim for ‘new’ country

Most people would not want to get between Croatia and Serbia. But 20-year-old Daniel Jackson has quite a story.

13.09.2025 9

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Carry on up the Danube: President Daniel, 20, stakes claim for ‘new’ country

Carry on up the Danube: President Daniel, 20, stakes claim for ‘new’ country

Most people would not want to get between Croatia and Serbia. But 20-year-old Daniel Jackson has quite a story.

13.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Carry on up the Danube: President Daniel, 20, stakes claim for ‘new’ country

Carry on up the Danube: President Daniel, 20, stakes claim for ‘new’ country

Most people would not want to get between Croatia and Serbia. But 20-year-old Daniel Jackson has quite a story.

13.09.2025 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Carry on up the Danube: President Daniel, 20, stakes claim for ‘new’ country

Carry on up the Danube: President Daniel, 20, stakes claim for ‘new’ country

Most people would not want to get between Croatia and Serbia. But 20-year-old Daniel Jackson has quite a story.

13.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Rugby as God intended … but Wallabies can’t conjure a miracle this time

Rugby as God intended … but Wallabies can’t conjure a miracle this time

The Wallabies and Pumas served up another thriller on a perfect Sydney spring Saturday, but Joe Schmidt’s men were left to rue what might have been.

13.09.2025 9

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Rugby as God intended … but Wallabies can’t conjure a miracle this time

Rugby as God intended … but Wallabies can’t conjure a miracle this time

The Wallabies and Pumas served up another thriller on a perfect Sydney spring Saturday, but Joe Schmidt’s men were left to rue what might have been.

13.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Rugby as God intended … but Wallabies can’t conjure a miracle this time

Rugby as God intended … but Wallabies can’t conjure a miracle this time

The Wallabies and Pumas served up another thriller on a perfect Sydney spring Saturday, but Joe Schmidt’s men were left to rue what might have been.

13.09.2025 8

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Rugby as God intended … but Wallabies can’t conjure a miracle this time

Rugby as God intended … but Wallabies can’t conjure a miracle this time

The Wallabies and Pumas served up another thriller on a perfect Sydney spring Saturday, but Joe Schmidt’s men were left to rue what might have been.

13.09.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

The moment that proved Wallabies have found their next Eales

Harry Wilson’s heart-on-his-sleeve leadership has galvanised this Wallabies team – never more clearly than in the dying stages of last weekend’s...

12.09.2025 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

The moment that proved Wallabies have found their next Eales

The moment that proved Wallabies have found their next Eales

Harry Wilson’s heart-on-his-sleeve leadership has galvanised this Wallabies team – never more clearly than in the dying stages of last weekend’s...

12.09.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

The moment that proved Wallabies have found their next Eales

The moment that proved Wallabies have found their next Eales

Harry Wilson’s heart-on-his-sleeve leadership has galvanised this Wallabies team – never more clearly than in the dying stages of last weekend’s...

12.09.2025 7

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

The moment that proved Wallabies have found their next Eales

Harry Wilson’s heart-on-his-sleeve leadership has galvanised this Wallabies team – never more clearly than in the dying stages of last weekend’s...

12.09.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Bryan Brown met his dad just 10 times. He was determined to turn up for his kids

“It was like he was just another man, not my father,” the famous actor recalls this Father’s Day.

07.09.2025 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Bryan Brown met his dad just 10 times. He was determined to turn up for his kids

“It was like he was just another man, not my father,” the famous actor recalls this Father’s Day.

07.09.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Bryan Brown met his dad just 10 times. He was determined to turn up for his kids

“It was like he was just another man, not my father,” the famous actor recalls this Father’s Day.

07.09.2025 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Bryan Brown met his dad just 10 times. He was determined to turn up for his kids

“It was like he was just another man, not my father,” the famous actor recalls this Father’s Day.

07.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Settle for a draw? Not today, say these brave Wallabies

There was an easy option and a tough one for Australia in Townsville. Fortune, on this day, favoured the brave.

06.09.2025 7

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Settle for a draw? Not today, say these brave Wallabies

There was an easy option and a tough one for Australia in Townsville. Fortune, on this day, favoured the brave.

06.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Settle for a draw? Not today, say these brave Wallabies

There was an easy option and a tough one for Australia in Townsville. Fortune, on this day, favoured the brave.

06.09.2025 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Settle for a draw? Not today, say these brave Wallabies

There was an easy option and a tough one for Australia in Townsville. Fortune, on this day, favoured the brave.

06.09.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

What Crows captain should have done to silence fans who booed victim of homophobic slur

What were Adelaide fans thinking when they heckled Collingwood’s Isaac Quaynor, the victim of Izak Rankine’s homophobic slurs?

06.09.2025 8

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

What Crows captain should have done to silence fans who booed victim of homophobic slur

What were Adelaide fans thinking when they heckled Collingwood’s Isaac Quaynor, the victim of Izak Rankine’s homophobic slurs?

06.09.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

What Crows captain should have done to silence fans who booed victim of homophobic slur

What were Adelaide fans thinking when they heckled Collingwood’s Isaac Quaynor, the victim of Izak Rankine’s homophobic slurs?

06.09.2025 20

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

What Crows captain should have done to silence fans who booed victim of homophobic slur

What were Adelaide fans thinking when they heckled Collingwood’s Isaac Quaynor, the victim of Izak Rankine’s homophobic slurs?

06.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

‘We demand a habitable planet’: Our 21-year-old senator steps up

Our youngest parliamentarian is outspoken on climate change and housing affordability. She is also training herself not to swear.

31.08.2025 20

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

‘We demand a habitable planet’: Our 21-year-old senator steps up

Our youngest parliamentarian is outspoken on climate change and housing affordability. She is also training herself not to swear.

31.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

‘We demand a habitable planet’: Our 21-year-old senator steps up

Our youngest parliamentarian is outspoken on climate change and housing affordability. She is also training herself not to swear.

31.08.2025 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

‘We demand a habitable planet’: Our 21-year-old senator steps up

Our youngest parliamentarian is outspoken on climate change and housing affordability. She is also training herself not to swear.

31.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Snoop Dogg at the AFL grand final? Those days should be long gone

Surely, as a country, we’ve moved beyond the days of luring ageing American entertainers to our shores.

30.08.2025 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Snoop Dogg at the AFL grand final? Those days should be long gone

Surely, as a country, we’ve moved beyond the days of luring ageing American entertainers to our shores.

30.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons