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Don’t believe the swipe: Wallabies have flaws but are still a team to believe in

Don’t believe the swipe: Wallabies have flaws but are still a team to believe in

Yes, the Wallabies cost themselves a chance of victory in Paris. And yes, they finished up with a record of 5-10 for the year. But they have also...

previous day 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Don’t believe the swipe: Wallabies have flaws but are still a team to believe in

Don’t believe the swipe: Wallabies have flaws but are still a team to believe in

Yes, the Wallabies cost themselves a chance of victory in Paris. And yes, they finished up with a record of 5-10 for the year. But they have also...

previous day 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Don’t believe the swipe: Wallabies have flaws but are still a team to believe in

Don’t believe the swipe: Wallabies have flaws but are still a team to believe in

Yes, the Wallabies cost themselves a chance of victory in Paris. And yes, they finished up with a record of 5-10 for the year. But they have also...

previous day 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Don’t believe the swipe: Wallabies have flaws but are still a team to believe in

Don’t believe the swipe: Wallabies have flaws but are still a team to believe in

Yes, the Wallabies cost themselves a chance of victory in Paris. And yes, they finished up with a record of 5-10 for the year. But they have also...

previous day 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Wells wanted to be a diplomat but she’ll be content saving Generation Alpha

Wells wanted to be a diplomat but she’ll be content saving Generation Alpha

The minister for communications is at the front of the world-first social media ban for under 16s. This is why she believes in it.

saturday 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Wells wanted to be a diplomat but she’ll be content saving Generation Alpha

Wells wanted to be a diplomat but she’ll be content saving Generation Alpha

The minister for communications is at the front of the world-first social media ban for under 16s. This is why she believes in it.

saturday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Wells wanted to be a diplomat but she’ll be content saving Generation Alpha

Wells wanted to be a diplomat but she’ll be content saving Generation Alpha

The minister for communications is at the front of the world-first social media ban for under 16s. This is why she believes in it.

saturday 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Wells wanted to be a diplomat but she’ll be content saving Generation Alpha

Wells wanted to be a diplomat but she’ll be content saving Generation Alpha

The minister for communications is at the front of the world-first social media ban for under 16s. This is why she believes in it.

saturday 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

It’s time England handed over the Ashes, for real

It’s time England handed over the Ashes, for real

In what other international comp with a famous trophy, does the trophy itself stay with just one side? It’s time the Ashes urn made the trip south.

21.11.2025 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

It’s time England handed over the Ashes, for real

It’s time England handed over the Ashes, for real

In what other international comp with a famous trophy, does the trophy itself stay with just one side? It’s time the Ashes urn made the trip south.

21.11.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

It’s time England handed over the Ashes, for real

It’s time England handed over the Ashes, for real

In what other international comp with a famous trophy, does the trophy itself stay with just one side? It’s time the Ashes urn made the trip south.

21.11.2025 8

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

It’s time England handed over the Ashes, for real

It’s time England handed over the Ashes, for real

In what other international comp with a famous trophy, does the trophy itself stay with just one side? It’s time the Ashes urn made the trip south.

21.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

This is not acceptable: Wallabies woes paint bleak World Cup picture

This is not acceptable: Wallabies woes paint bleak World Cup picture

The Wallabies have it in them to give a home World Cup a real shake - but not if they play like they did against Ireland.

16.11.2025 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

This is not acceptable: Wallabies woes paint bleak World Cup picture

This is not acceptable: Wallabies woes paint bleak World Cup picture

The Wallabies have it in them to give a home World Cup a real shake - but not if they play like they did against Ireland.

16.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

This is not acceptable: Wallabies woes paint bleak World Cup picture

This is not acceptable: Wallabies woes paint bleak World Cup picture

The Wallabies have it in them to give a home World Cup a real shake - but not if they play like they did against Ireland.

16.11.2025 9

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

This is not acceptable: Wallabies woes paint bleak World Cup picture

This is not acceptable: Wallabies woes paint bleak World Cup picture

The Wallabies have it in them to give a home World Cup a real shake - but not if they play like they did against Ireland.

16.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

‘Free radical’: Filmmaker farmer Rachel Ward on vaccines, RFK Jr and her new paddock-to-plate project

‘Free radical’: Filmmaker farmer Rachel Ward on vaccines, RFK Jr and her new paddock-to-plate project

The actor-director, big fan of RFK Jr and his vaccine stance, has embarked on a new project after discovering the benefits of cow poo for the...

14.11.2025 40

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

‘Free radical’: Filmmaker farmer Rachel Ward on vaccines, RFK Jr and her new paddock-to-plate project

‘Free radical’: Filmmaker farmer Rachel Ward on vaccines, RFK Jr and her new paddock-to-plate project

The actor-director, big fan of RFK Jr and his vaccine stance, has embarked on a new project after discovering the benefits of cow poo for the...

14.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

‘Free radical’: Filmmaker farmer Rachel Ward on vaccines, RFK Jr and her new paddock-to-plate project

‘Free radical’: Filmmaker farmer Rachel Ward on vaccines, RFK Jr and her new paddock-to-plate project

The actor-director, big fan of RFK Jr and his vaccine stance, has embarked on a new project after discovering the benefits of cow poo for the...

14.11.2025 100

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

‘Free radical’: Filmmaker farmer Rachel Ward on vaccines, RFK Jr and her new paddock-to-plate project

‘Free radical’: Filmmaker farmer Rachel Ward on vaccines, RFK Jr and her new paddock-to-plate project

The actor-director, big fan of RFK Jr and his vaccine stance, has embarked on a new project after discovering the benefits of cow poo for the...

14.11.2025 40

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

John Laws scores our PMs out of 10

John Laws scores our PMs out of 10

There was no more familiar voice in Australian broadcasting than John Laws. At 90, he had lost none of his characteristic alpha male belligerence.

09.11.2025 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

John Laws scores our PMs out of 10

John Laws scores our PMs out of 10

There was no more familiar voice in Australian broadcasting than John Laws. At 90, he had lost none of his characteristic alpha male belligerence.

09.11.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

John Laws scores our PMs out of 10

John Laws scores our PMs out of 10

There was no more familiar voice in Australian broadcasting than John Laws. At 90, he had lost none of his characteristic alpha male belligerence.

09.11.2025 9

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

John Laws scores our PMs out of 10

John Laws scores our PMs out of 10

There was no more familiar voice in Australian broadcasting than John Laws. At 90, he had lost none of his characteristic alpha male belligerence.

09.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Italy well worth their win over Wallabies - with a little help from the man upstairs

Italy well worth their win over Wallabies - with a little help from the man upstairs

The Italians are no longer also-rans in the Six Nations and they deserved a second consecutive win over a flat Australia.

09.11.2025 7

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Italy well worth their win over Wallabies - with a little help from the man upstairs

Italy well worth their win over Wallabies - with a little help from the man upstairs

The Italians are no longer also-rans in the Six Nations and they deserved a second consecutive win over a flat Australia.

09.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Italy well worth their win over Wallabies - with a little help from the man upstairs

Italy well worth their win over Wallabies - with a little help from the man upstairs

The Italians are no longer also-rans in the Six Nations and they deserved a second consecutive win over a flat Australia.

09.11.2025 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Italy well worth their win over Wallabies - with a little help from the man upstairs

Italy well worth their win over Wallabies - with a little help from the man upstairs

The Italians are no longer also-rans in the Six Nations and they deserved a second consecutive win over a flat Australia.

09.11.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Calling out the ‘grief vampires’. How John Edward and other psychic mediums ply their amoral trade

Calling out the ‘grief vampires’. How John Edward and other psychic mediums ply their amoral trade

They find their way to get their hooks into people and “just milk it for money”. A sceptic exposes the world of mediums.

08.11.2025 9

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Calling out the ‘grief vampires’. How John Edward and other psychic mediums ply their amoral trade

Calling out the ‘grief vampires’. How John Edward and other psychic mediums ply their amoral trade

They find their way to get their hooks into people and “just milk it for money”. A sceptic exposes the world of mediums.

08.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Calling out the ‘grief vampires’. How John Edward and other psychic mediums ply their amoral trade

Calling out the ‘grief vampires’. How John Edward and other psychic mediums ply their amoral trade

They find their way to get their hooks into people and “just milk it for money”. A sceptic exposes the world of mediums.

08.11.2025 9

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Calling out the ‘grief vampires’. How John Edward and other psychic mediums ply their amoral trade

Calling out the ‘grief vampires’. How John Edward and other psychic mediums ply their amoral trade

They find their way to get their hooks into people and “just milk it for money”. A sceptic exposes the world of mediums.

08.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Why sport needs serial pranksters like Daniel Jarvis

We all love sport. But, let’s face it, on a bad day it can get a bit up itself with its own deadly earnest sense of self-importance.

07.11.2025 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Why sport needs serial pranksters like Daniel Jarvis

Why sport needs serial pranksters like Daniel Jarvis

We all love sport. But, let’s face it, on a bad day it can get a bit up itself with its own deadly earnest sense of self-importance.

07.11.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Why sport needs serial pranksters like Daniel Jarvis

Why sport needs serial pranksters like Daniel Jarvis

We all love sport. But, let’s face it, on a bad day it can get a bit up itself with its own deadly earnest sense of self-importance.

07.11.2025 7

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Why sport needs serial pranksters like Daniel Jarvis

We all love sport. But, let’s face it, on a bad day it can get a bit up itself with its own deadly earnest sense of self-importance.

07.11.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Why LIV Golf’s latest ‘innovation’ is actually its dying whimper

Why LIV Golf’s latest ‘innovation’ is actually its dying whimper

The rebel competition was supposed to revolutionise golf. Now “evolution” is the name of the game – and tradition is the way forward.

06.11.2025 9

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Why LIV Golf’s latest ‘innovation’ is actually its dying whimper

Why LIV Golf’s latest ‘innovation’ is actually its dying whimper

The rebel competition was supposed to revolutionise golf. Now “evolution” is the name of the game – and tradition is the way forward.

06.11.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Why LIV Golf’s latest ‘innovation’ is actually its dying whimper

Why LIV Golf’s latest ‘innovation’ is actually its dying whimper

The rebel competition was supposed to revolutionise golf. Now “evolution” is the name of the game – and tradition is the way forward.

06.11.2025 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Why LIV Golf’s latest ‘innovation’ is actually its dying whimper

Why LIV Golf’s latest ‘innovation’ is actually its dying whimper

The rebel competition was supposed to revolutionise golf. Now “evolution” is the name of the game – and tradition is the way forward.

06.11.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

It’s all gone quiet at R360. Hopefully, it stays that way

From someone who’s seen all this before, things just don’t add up for the breakaway competition at this moment.

31.10.2025 9

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

It’s all gone quiet at R360. Hopefully, it stays that way

From someone who’s seen all this before, things just don’t add up for the breakaway competition at this moment.

31.10.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

It’s all gone quiet at R360. Hopefully, it stays that way

From someone who’s seen all this before, things just don’t add up for the breakaway competition at this moment.

31.10.2025 3

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

It’s all gone quiet at R360. Hopefully, it stays that way

From someone who’s seen all this before, things just don’t add up for the breakaway competition at this moment.

31.10.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Appalling Andrew: Biographer says late Queen must share blame for the ‘monster she created’

The King’s brother will soon be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor after a string of scandals and missteps. His unofficial biographer says...

31.10.2025 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Appalling Andrew: Biographer says late Queen must share blame for the ‘monster she created’

The King’s brother will soon be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor after a string of scandals and missteps. His unofficial biographer says...

31.10.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Appalling Andrew: Biographer says late Queen must share blame for the ‘monster she created’

The King’s brother will soon be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor after a string of scandals and missteps. His unofficial biographer says...

31.10.2025 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Appalling Andrew: Biographer says late Queen must share blame for the ‘monster she created’

The King’s brother will soon be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor after a string of scandals and missteps. His unofficial biographer says...

31.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

‘He could be a bit bolder’: What Albo could learn from Whitlam

A new biography of Gough Whitlam contains some important lessons for today.

25.10.2025 9

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

‘He could be a bit bolder’: What Albo could learn from Whitlam

A new biography of Gough Whitlam contains some important lessons for today.

25.10.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons