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The divine beauty of Essendon spoons
My Bomber supporting comedian friend Damian Callinan is doing a show called 'Spoons' at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He'll love these…
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'Life is hard for me'
This morning, Jack said, 'life is hard for me' which is the closest he's ever gone to asking 'why me?'. I wrote this for The Age when he was nearly…
Mar 18
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Free Imran Khan
The former Pakistani Prime Minister has been in jail for 22 months. It's time Australia and other democratic countries agitated for his release.
Mar 11
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Mother of Readers
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'The bells of St Stephens, tolling for Mum'
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RIP Troy Selwood
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Why I love sirens — Part 1
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Ladies and gentlemen, we've just lost a legend — RIP Dennis Cometti
In 2017, I wrote this AFL finals ad that was voiced by Dennis Cometti. I stood by the recording booth as he set down my words. He was a hero of mine.
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Playlunch at the Espy
Jack's new favourite band is Playlunch, and he took us to the St Kilda Festival for an amazing gig.
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Race Around the World — from lawyer to Racer
I wrote some pieces last year with tips for aspiring Racers for the new series of Race Around the World. Here are some memories from late 1997, when I…
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'So here we find ourselves in an Amanda-less physical world'
Last month I was in the room for one of the best eulogies I've ever heard, my friend Adam Zwar's tribute for his wife Amanda Brotchie, who died from…
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Under the Milky Way Last Night
A night at The Forum with a good friend and a favourite Australian band.
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If I only had the noive
As the purveyor of Substack's 97th ranked parenting newsletter, and on behalf of the parents of The Lumineers guitarist Stelth Ulvang, I just want to…
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Merry Christmas, at volume
When opportunities like this present themselves, never don’t embarrass your teenage children. Plus my five favourite Christmas songs (right now)
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