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The Age

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I asked the treasurer if we were up the creek? Here’s what he told me

I asked the treasurer if we were up the creek? Here’s what he told me

Treasurer Jim Chambers reveals what he calls the PM, what he likes about Tim Wilson and how he shed 17 kilograms.

yesterday 8

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

I asked the treasurer if we were up the creek? Here’s what he told me

I asked the treasurer if we were up the creek? Here’s what he told me

Treasurer Jim Chambers reveals what he calls the PM, what he likes about Tim Wilson and how he shed 17 kilograms.

yesterday 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

I asked the treasurer if we were up the creek? Here’s what he told me

I asked the treasurer if we were up the creek? Here’s what he told me

Treasurer Jim Chambers reveals what he calls the PM, what he likes about Tim Wilson and how he shed 17 kilograms.

yesterday 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

I asked the treasurer if we were up the creek? Here’s what he told me

I asked the treasurer if we were up the creek? Here’s what he told me

Treasurer Jim Chambers reveals what he calls the PM, what he likes about Tim Wilson and how he shed 17 kilograms.

yesterday 6

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

At last, a much-needed crackdown on sports gambling ads

At last, a much-needed crackdown on sports gambling ads

Gambling advertising has been a bonanza for sports organisations but a catastrophe for the community. Kudos to the government for doing something...

previous day 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

At last, a much-needed crackdown on sports gambling ads

At last, a much-needed crackdown on sports gambling ads

Gambling advertising has been a bonanza for sports organisations but a catastrophe for the community. Kudos to the government for doing something...

previous day 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

At last, a much-needed crackdown on sports gambling ads

At last, a much-needed crackdown on sports gambling ads

Gambling advertising has been a bonanza for sports organisations but a catastrophe for the community. Kudos to the government for doing something...

previous day 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

At last, a much-needed crackdown on sports gambling ads

At last, a much-needed crackdown on sports gambling ads

Gambling advertising has been a bonanza for sports organisations but a catastrophe for the community. Kudos to the government for doing something...

previous day 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

‘Diesel is the new bog roll’. Let’s make this fuel crisis our last

‘Diesel is the new bog roll’. Let’s make this fuel crisis our last

If people “calmed their farm” we would have sufficient fuel supply for all Australians, according to this power industry expert.

29.03.2026 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

‘Diesel is the new bog roll’. Let’s make this fuel crisis our last

‘Diesel is the new bog roll’. Let’s make this fuel crisis our last

If people “calmed their farm” we would have sufficient fuel supply for all Australians, according to this power industry expert.

29.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

‘Diesel is the new bog roll’. Let’s make this fuel crisis our last

‘Diesel is the new bog roll’. Let’s make this fuel crisis our last

If people “calmed their farm” we would have sufficient fuel supply for all Australians, according to this power industry expert.

29.03.2026 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

‘Diesel is the new bog roll’. Let’s make this fuel crisis our last

‘Diesel is the new bog roll’. Let’s make this fuel crisis our last

If people “calmed their farm” we would have sufficient fuel supply for all Australians, according to this power industry expert.

29.03.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

C’mon Tiger, again? How many cars can you roll before action is taken?

C’mon Tiger, again? How many cars can you roll before action is taken?

We can leave it to the police and lawyers to get to the bottom of the crash near Tiger Woods’ Florida home making headlines around the world.

28.03.2026 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

C’mon Tiger, again? How many cars can you roll before action is taken?

C’mon Tiger, again? How many cars can you roll before action is taken?

We can leave it to the police and lawyers to get to the bottom of the crash near Tiger Woods’ Florida home making headlines around the world.

28.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

C’mon Tiger, again? How many cars can you roll before action is taken?

C’mon Tiger, again? How many cars can you roll before action is taken?

We can leave it to the police and lawyers to get to the bottom of the crash near Tiger Woods’ Florida home making headlines around the world.

28.03.2026 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

C’mon Tiger, again? How many cars can you roll before action is taken?

C’mon Tiger, again? How many cars can you roll before action is taken?

We can leave it to the police and lawyers to get to the bottom of the crash near Tiger Woods’ Florida home making headlines around the world.

28.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Get off the boos, Manly fans – or better still, boo your own awful team

Get off the boos, Manly fans – or better still, boo your own awful team

Sea Eagles great Daly Cherry-Evans received a mixed reception on his return to Brookvale … to borrow a phrase from Jack Gibson, this mob would boo...

28.03.2026 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Get off the boos, Manly fans – or better still, boo your own awful team

Get off the boos, Manly fans – or better still, boo your own awful team

Sea Eagles great Daly Cherry-Evans received a mixed reception on his return to Brookvale … to borrow a phrase from Jack Gibson, this mob would boo...

28.03.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Get off the boos, Manly fans – or better still, boo your own awful team

Get off the boos, Manly fans – or better still, boo your own awful team

Sea Eagles great Daly Cherry-Evans received a mixed reception on his return to Brookvale … to borrow a phrase from Jack Gibson, this mob would boo...

28.03.2026 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Get off the boos, Manly fans – or better still, boo your own awful team

Get off the boos, Manly fans – or better still, boo your own awful team

Sea Eagles great Daly Cherry-Evans received a mixed reception on his return to Brookvale … to borrow a phrase from Jack Gibson, this mob would boo...

28.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Meet the woman who fights to go into war zones

The Herald’s chief photographer Kate Geraghty is an award-winning war correspondent: her mission is to put a human face to the deadly realities of...

22.03.2026 20

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Meet the woman who fights to go into war zones

The Herald’s chief photographer Kate Geraghty is an award-winning war correspondent: her mission is to put a human face to the deadly realities of...

22.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Meet the woman who fights to go into war zones

The Herald’s chief photographer Kate Geraghty is an award-winning war correspondent: her mission is to put a human face to the deadly realities of...

22.03.2026 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Meet the woman who fights to go into war zones

The Herald’s chief photographer Kate Geraghty is an award-winning war correspondent: her mission is to put a human face to the deadly realities of...

22.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

The Waratahs had the Blues beat. Then they beat themselves

By my count, there were ten times the Waratahs should have scored, only to blow their chance in ever more inventive ways.

21.03.2026 10

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

The Waratahs had the Blues beat. Then they beat themselves

By my count, there were ten times the Waratahs should have scored, only to blow their chance in ever more inventive ways.

21.03.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

The Waratahs had the Blues beat. Then they beat themselves

By my count, there were ten times the Waratahs should have scored, only to blow their chance in ever more inventive ways.

21.03.2026 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

The Waratahs had the Blues beat. Then they beat themselves

By my count, there were ten times the Waratahs should have scored, only to blow their chance in ever more inventive ways.

21.03.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

The only sports star I’ve seen who could rival Sam Kerr’s supernatural sense of timing

Her goal in the Asian Cup semi-final against China again demonstrated the other-worldly quality that sets the Matildas striker apart from mere...

21.03.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

The only sports star I’ve seen who could rival Sam Kerr’s supernatural sense of timing

Her goal in the Asian Cup semi-final against China again demonstrated the other-worldly quality that sets the Matildas striker apart from mere...

21.03.2026 20

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

The only sports star I’ve seen who could rival Sam Kerr’s supernatural sense of timing

Her goal in the Asian Cup semi-final against China again demonstrated the other-worldly quality that sets the Matildas striker apart from mere...

21.03.2026 20

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

The only sports star I’ve seen who could rival Sam Kerr’s supernatural sense of timing

Her goal in the Asian Cup semi-final against China again demonstrated the other-worldly quality that sets the Matildas striker apart from mere...

21.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

‘Helping Iranian sporting women escape the very country you’re helping to bomb is a good look’

Craig Foster says the Australian government did the right thing by the Iranian footballers, but In human rights, he says, there is no such thing as a...

15.03.2026 20

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

‘Helping Iranian sporting women escape the very country you’re helping to bomb is a good look’

Craig Foster says the Australian government did the right thing by the Iranian footballers, but In human rights, he says, there is no such thing as a...

15.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

‘Helping Iranian sporting women escape the very country you’re helping to bomb is a good look’

Craig Foster says the Australian government did the right thing by the Iranian footballers, but In human rights, he says, there is no such thing as a...

15.03.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

‘Helping Iranian sporting women escape the very country you’re helping to bomb is a good look’

Craig Foster says the Australian government did the right thing by the Iranian footballers, but In human rights, he says, there is no such thing as a...

15.03.2026 10

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Attn Waratahs: Rugby is a team game. So all 14 of you, just give the ball to Jorgo...

Desperate measures are needed after NSW’s thrashing by the Hurricanes last weekend. I humbly offer my coaching talents to assist Dan McKellar and Co.

14.03.2026 20

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Attn Waratahs: Rugby is a team game. So all 14 of you, just give the ball to Jorgo...

Desperate measures are needed after NSW’s thrashing by the Hurricanes last weekend. I humbly offer my coaching talents to assist Dan McKellar and Co.

14.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Attn Waratahs: Rugby is a team game. So all 14 of you, just give the ball to Jorgo...

Desperate measures are needed after NSW’s thrashing by the Hurricanes last weekend. I humbly offer my coaching talents to assist Dan McKellar and Co.

14.03.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Attn Waratahs: Rugby is a team game. So all 14 of you, just give the ball to Jorgo...

Desperate measures are needed after NSW’s thrashing by the Hurricanes last weekend. I humbly offer my coaching talents to assist Dan McKellar and Co.

14.03.2026 20

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Why wouldn’t Zac Lomax want to play a truly world game?

The best of times continued on Monday when Rugby Australia signed Zac Lomax, prompting hilarious carry-on by the denizens of league. They were most...

11.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Why wouldn’t Zac Lomax want to play a truly world game?

The best of times continued on Monday when Rugby Australia signed Zac Lomax, prompting hilarious carry-on by the denizens of league. They were most...

11.03.2026 20

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

Why wouldn’t Zac Lomax want to play a truly world game?

The best of times continued on Monday when Rugby Australia signed Zac Lomax, prompting hilarious carry-on by the denizens of league. They were most...

11.03.2026 20

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

Why wouldn’t Zac Lomax want to play a truly world game?

The best of times continued on Monday when Rugby Australia signed Zac Lomax, prompting hilarious carry-on by the denizens of league. They were most...

11.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

I gave Kyle and Jackie O their big break. They were superb, but I know why they imploded

Craig Bruce discovered the now-warring duo in 2004 and put them on the air. The rest is history.

08.03.2026 70

The Age

Peter Fitzsimons

I gave Kyle and Jackie O their big break. They were superb, but I know why they imploded

Craig Bruce discovered the now-warring duo in 2004 and put them on the air. The rest is history.

08.03.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

I gave Kyle and Jackie O their big break. They were superb, but I know why they imploded

Craig Bruce discovered the now-warring duo in 2004 and put them on the air. The rest is history.

08.03.2026 90

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons

I gave Kyle and Jackie O their big break. They were superb, but I know why they imploded

Craig Bruce discovered the now-warring duo in 2004 and put them on the air. The rest is history.

08.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Fitzsimons

Vale, Dennis, the fans will never forget your Cometti-isms

I have been inundated by readers sending me their favourite moments from the late, great AFL commentator Dennis Cometti. So here they are.

07.03.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Peter Fitzsimons

Vale, Dennis, the fans will never forget your Cometti-isms

I have been inundated by readers sending me their favourite moments from the late, great AFL commentator Dennis Cometti. So here they are.

07.03.2026 20

WA Today

Peter Fitzsimons