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Peter Fitzsimons

The Age

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The best and worst of sport in 2024: And that was only Raygun

What a sporting year. What a time to be alive. And so we approach the end of an extraordinary sporting year that had as much colour, movement,...

21.12.2024 4

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

The best and worst of sport in 2024: And that was only Raygun

What a sporting year. What a time to be alive. And so we approach the end of an extraordinary sporting year that had as much colour, movement,...

21.12.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

The best and worst of sport in 2024: And that was only Raygun

What a sporting year. What a time to be alive. And so we approach the end of an extraordinary sporting year that had as much colour, movement,...

21.12.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Kiwis are brave enough to ban greyhound racing. Why aren’t we?

Those bloody Kiwis. There they go again, showing us the way. What makes them so smart and progressive, making us of the “West Island” look like we...

19.12.2024 4

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Kiwis are brave enough to ban greyhound racing. Why aren’t we?

Those bloody Kiwis. There they go again, showing us the way. What makes them so smart and progressive, making us of the “West Island” look like we...

19.12.2024 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Kiwis are brave enough to ban greyhound racing. Why aren’t we?

Those bloody Kiwis. There they go again, showing us the way. What makes them so smart and progressive, making us of the “West Island” look like we...

19.12.2024 5

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Kiwis are brave enough to ban greyhound racing. Why aren’t we?

Those bloody Kiwis. There they go again, showing us the way. What makes them so smart and progressive, making us of the “West Island” look like we...

19.12.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

The best bits of Fitz. My best chats of 2024

Thank you, thank you all! Thank you to my interview subjects who have agreed to a mostly light cross-examination, even if Simon Holmes a Court did...

14.12.2024 5

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

The best bits of Fitz. My best chats of 2024

Thank you, thank you all! Thank you to my interview subjects who have agreed to a mostly light cross-examination, even if Simon Holmes a Court did...

14.12.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

The best bits of Fitz. My best chats of 2024

Thank you, thank you all! Thank you to my interview subjects who have agreed to a mostly light cross-examination, even if Simon Holmes a Court did...

14.12.2024 3

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

The best bits of Fitz. My best chats of 2024

Thank you, thank you all! Thank you to my interview subjects who have agreed to a mostly light cross-examination, even if Simon Holmes a Court did...

14.12.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

The stories of Gout Gout and Peter Norman are about more than running fast

Gout Gout! Wow Wow! The sixteen-year-old Queenslander is, of course, the talk of the sports world and the toast of Australia after breaking Peter...

14.12.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

The stories of Gout Gout and Peter Norman are about more than running fast

Gout Gout! Wow Wow! The sixteen-year-old Queenslander is, of course, the talk of the sports world and the toast of Australia after breaking Peter...

14.12.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Rugby Australia has a plan. To me, it looks more like a Christmas wish list

So. Rugby Australia’s just announced five-year strategy, you say? You know, the one titled by the marketing department – who was surely up all...

10.12.2024 4

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

David Stratton’s top 10 lost movie gems, and the Aussie classics you haven’t seen

David Stratton, 85 years old and going strongish – is one of Australia’s two most iconic movie reviewers, along with Margaret Pomeranz. I spoke to...

07.12.2024 2

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

David Stratton’s top 10 lost movie gems, and the Aussie classics you haven’t seen

David Stratton, 85 years old and going strongish – is one of Australia’s two most iconic movie reviewers, along with Margaret Pomeranz. I spoke to...

07.12.2024 2

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

David Stratton’s top 10 lost movie gems, and the Aussie classics you haven’t seen

David Stratton, 85 years old and going strongish – is one of Australia’s two most iconic movie reviewers, along with Margaret Pomeranz. I spoke to...

07.12.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

FIFA, spare us the garbage and admit Saudi World Cup is a simple cash grab

Why do they even bother? Next week, FIFA will sign off on the bid by Saudi Arabia to host the 2034 World Cup. Nothing to see here, folks! Human...

06.12.2024 2

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

FIFA, spare us the garbage and admit Saudi World Cup is a simple cash grab

Why do they even bother? Next week, FIFA will sign off on the bid by Saudi Arabia to host the 2034 World Cup. Nothing to see here, folks! Human...

06.12.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

FIFA, spare us the garbage and admit Saudi World Cup is a simple cash grab

Why do they even bother? Next week, FIFA will sign off on the bid by Saudi Arabia to host the 2034 World Cup. Nothing to see here, folks! Human...

06.12.2024 1

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

FIFA, spare us the garbage and admit Saudi World Cup is a simple cash grab

Why do they even bother? Next week, FIFA will sign off on the bid by Saudi Arabia to host the 2034 World Cup. Nothing to see here, folks! Human...

06.12.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Bali 9: Nine very different drug mules and the two painful traits they shared

Madonna King is the co-author – with Cindy Wockner – of Bali 9: The Untold Story . I spoke to her on Thursday. Fitz: Madonna, I know you know...

30.11.2024 5

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Bali 9: Nine very different drug mules and the two painful traits they shared

Madonna King is the co-author – with Cindy Wockner – of Bali 9: The Untold Story . I spoke to her on Thursday. Fitz: Madonna, I know you know...

30.11.2024 3

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Bali 9: Nine very different drug mules and the two painful traits they shared

Madonna King is the co-author – with Cindy Wockner – of Bali 9: The Untold Story . I spoke to her on Thursday. Fitz: Madonna, I know you know...

30.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

So the grand slam is gone. But now we know Wallabies will give Lions a contest

So, maybe the reports of the Wallabies’ resurrection have been a little exaggerated? Yes ... but only a little! It is true: the dreams of a grand...

25.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Margaret Pomeranz: The 10 films you should watch, but probably haven’t

Margaret Pomeranz is one of Australia’s most iconic movie reviewers, along with her long-time on-air partner, David Stratton. I spoke to her on...

23.11.2024 8

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Margaret Pomeranz: The 10 films you should watch, but probably haven’t

Margaret Pomeranz is one of Australia’s most iconic movie reviewers, along with her long-time on-air partner, David Stratton. I spoke to her on...

23.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Margaret Pomeranz: The 10 films you should watch, but probably haven’t

Margaret Pomeranz is one of Australia’s most iconic movie reviewers, along with her long-time on-air partner, David Stratton. I spoke to her on...

23.11.2024 2

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Margaret Pomeranz: The 10 films you should watch, but probably haven’t

Margaret Pomeranz is one of Australia’s most iconic movie reviewers, along with her long-time on-air partner, David Stratton. I spoke to her on...

23.11.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Rugby will be on fire if Wallabies prune the power of Scotland

O flower of Scotland, when will we see, your like again? Hopefully next week – but not this ’un! The Wallabies’ two wonderful performances to...

22.11.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Briony Scott: The surprising sex talk Sydney’s most respected principal gives her students

Dr Briony Scott will soon end a 14-year stint as principal of Wenona, one of Sydney’s best-known private schools for girls. I spoke to her on...

16.11.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

The Wallabies are officially back. Now, let’s watch them fly

“Is writing a sports column difficult?” the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for The New York Times, Red Smith, was once asked. “Why, no,”...

15.11.2024 4

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

The Wallabies are officially back. Now, let’s watch them fly

“Is writing a sports column difficult?” the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for The New York Times, Red Smith, was once asked. “Why, no,”...

15.11.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

The Wallabies are officially back. Now, let’s watch them fly

“Is writing a sports column difficult?” the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for The New York Times, Red Smith, was once asked. “Why, no,”...

15.11.2024 1

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Suaalii stars in a match for the ages as Wallabies stun England

WAKE UP AUSTRALIA! The Wallabies just beat England 42-37, at Twickenham after such an extraordinary and historic match that the Australian rugby...

10.11.2024 1

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Suaalii stars in a match for the ages as Wallabies stun England

WAKE UP AUSTRALIA! The Wallabies just beat England 42-37, at Twickenham after such an extraordinary and historic match that the Australian rugby...

10.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Simon Holmes à Court: Dutton’s ‘localised Trumpian tactics to Australian tastebuds’

Simon Holmes à Court is a business entrepreneur and political activist who founded Climate 200, the group that part-funds the teal movement – but...

09.11.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Simon Holmes à Court: Dutton’s ‘localised Trumpian tactics to Australian tastebuds’

Simon Holmes à Court is a business entrepreneur and political activist who founded Climate 200, the group that part-funds the teal movement – but...

09.11.2024 1

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Simon Holmes à Court: Dutton’s ‘localised Trumpian tactics to Australian tastebuds’

Simon Holmes à Court is a business entrepreneur and political activist who founded Climate 200, the group that part-funds the teal movement – but...

09.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Campo, please put a sock in it

Dear Gawd. Campo, Campo, Campo. I get, as All Black Andy Haden once said to me, that the three great traditions of rugby are shaking hands with...

08.11.2024 1

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Campo, please put a sock in it

Dear Gawd. Campo, Campo, Campo. I get, as All Black Andy Haden once said to me, that the three great traditions of rugby are shaking hands with...

08.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Adam Goodes, Warren Buffett and a famous pool have one man in common. Let’s dive in

Ian Darling is a noted businessman and philanthropist, former chair of the Sydney Theatre Company, playwright and noted documentary maker. His...

02.11.2024 3

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Adam Goodes, Warren Buffett and a famous pool have one man in common. Let’s dive in

Ian Darling is a noted businessman and philanthropist, former chair of the Sydney Theatre Company, playwright and noted documentary maker. His...

02.11.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

The Melbourne Cup no longer stops a nation. Can we all agree on that?

Memo to my fellow media mongrels: Mes amis, for this Tuesday can we drop the whole thing about the Melbourne Cup being “the race that stops a...

01.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

The Melbourne Cup no longer stops a nation. Can we all agree on that?

Memo to my fellow media mongrels: Mes amis, for this Tuesday can we drop the whole thing about the Melbourne Cup being “the race that stops a...

01.11.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Why Parramatta letting a leader like Gutherson leave is madness

What the hell is a team, anyway? I mean, what is it beyond the obvious definition of an assembly of people that take the field within the...

25.10.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

King Charles III at the races? It’s 2024, not 1964. We should be beyond caring

Will they or won’t they? King Charles and Queen Camilla, I mean. Turn up at Randwick today, for whatever the races there are . Look, even the...

19.10.2024 1

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Revealed: The teams that will run hot in 2025 – and those that will not

There’s this scene I love in M*A*S*H, where Hawkeye is trying to lift the spirits of a soldier who has lost a leg. It goes something like this:...

10.10.2024 1

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Revealed: The teams that will run hot in 2025 – and those that will not

There’s this scene I love in M*A*S*H, where Hawkeye is trying to lift the spirits of a soldier who has lost a leg. It goes something like this:...

10.10.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Hallmark not Hellfire: Too many Mr Nice Guys at the Swans

As to the Swans’ collapse in the AFL grand final, I have a quick, quiet theory, based on absolutely no knowledge, just a reckoning – seen through...

04.10.2024 1

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

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