Opinion
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Tips on how to enjoy State of Origin night. Wear a beanie, avoid other people, and give me your ticket.
By David SalmonA bloke's life story can be told through his viewing of Origin.There are phases we go through. Early on, the experience could last for days.Now, the smart money suggests I'll be asleep before they announce the man of the matchSo many ways it can be...
May 22 9:21am -
The Juggling Act: The Art of Surprise
By Sally EelesThere's nothing quite like a surprise.The look on the kids' faces when they open their presents Christmas morning: An expected bunch of flowers: A spontaneous picnic in the park on the walk home from school: The delicious dregs at the bottom of a...
May 15 11:03am -
For mums. Passed and present
By Michael CoombesWhen we were kids, our playground was the beautiful waters of Lake Macquarie.We used to go prawning - dragging our small nets through the seaweed.Mostly, it was for bait. But sometimes, if we caught enough, mum would cook us up prawn crepes.It's one of...
May 10 11:49am -
Butter on the crumpets
By Melody HorrillThroughout my 20 year career in the media I've covered hundreds of health stories. Many of them have focused on how certain foods can reduce the risk of certain diseases - I've always been a firm believer that there is a cure in nature for...
May 8 12:59pm -
The irony of Obama vs Osama
By James CheyneEleven years ago an oddly named Chicago politician sat down for lunch with a media consultant. It was late 2001 and the press man stared down at a front page picture of Osama Bin Laden. He then looked back up at Barack Obama and said, "Hell of a...
May 1 3:21pm -
Newman in line for victory
By Patrick CondrenI write this as the Bligh campaign bus motors along the Bruce Highway heading north to the electorate of Pumistone.The marathon five-week campaign is almost over.The LNP will win government on Saturday night. Campbell Newman will be Premier.The ALP has...
Mar 23 11:01am -
Homeopathy – so diluted there’s no evidence left.
By Australian SkepticsI woke up this morning to my usual radio station to hear a discussion about the pros and cons of homeopathy. There was the President of the AMA being careful to say that homeopathy is “implausible” (he probably wanted to say...
Mar 14 2:27pm -
Gillard vs Rudd Round Two
By Alex HartKevin Rudd calls a media conference at 1am in Washington DC ... What the!? When that happened, the intense leadership speculation in the federal parliamentary press gallery went ballistic. What was he going to say? Would he declare a challenge? Would he...
Feb 22 10:23pm -
Commemorating our heroes...at long last
By Nick McCallumA few weeks ago I arrived home to half a dozen 18 and 19 year olds....my son and his friends. They were all lazing around watching the reality show "Cake Boss" on TV, drinking, laughing, joking. It made me smile to see them so happy and...
Feb 13 10:35am -
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CHOICE Christmas gift guide for the gadget fan
By ChoiceGadgets always make fun and exciting Christmas presents for the tech-savvy and the tech-curious. But buying the latest technologies doesn't always mean forking out the highest price, as many of our test results show.We've put together a selection of...
Dec 13 11:45am -
Matthew Johnson: A life behind bars
By Kate OsbornI wasn't at all surprised when I heard who'd killed Carl Williams.Most people were asking, ‘Matthew who?' But I knew of Matthew Johnson. There was an image of him etched into my mind.I'd come across him three years earlier, when he and a mate were...
Dec 8 6:11pm -
Slow death for Murray River
By Chris WarrenAlmost everyone agrees the Rivery Murray is terminally sick, and urgently needs a mega-dose of fresh water to flush out millions of tonnes of plant-killing salt from the Lower Lakes and Coorong.But any agreement on a River rescue plan seems more remote...
Dec 2 3:33pm -
'True believers' march on the domain
By Adam WaltersAs a political force in the Parliament the ALP has been left with all the ballistic clout of a pop gun but the movement on which the party was founded is breathing new fire.The true believers , former Premier Kristina Keneally acknowledged as abandoned...
Sep 8 3:07pm -
Carbon tax or cancer tax?
By Karen O'SullivanA couple of Monday's ago I received the dreaded call from the hospital where my father was a patient on the Oncology Ward, " You'd better get here quickly". My 70-year-old dad had been diagnosed with bowel cancer 14 months earlier,...
Aug 17 5:38pm -
THE JUGGLING ACT: Labour Day? Maybe not
By Kim SkubrisThe English saying "a watched pot never boils" is in the forefront of this heavily pregnant mother's mind at the moment. I must apologise for not responding earlier to gorgeous Sally's kind and encouraging blog wishing my Better Half and...
May 5 11:36am -
Pauline: I can fix NSW
By Lee JeloscekFor a moment it was looking like NSW politics was going to be dull.With Matt "underpants" Brown and Paul "porn and punt" McLeay among those likely to join some of the other colourful Labor characters in bowing out, it seemed the...
Mar 10 11:01am -
Emily's pilgrimage
By Robert OvadiaCovering the tragic case of Zahra Baker for 7News I travelled to the United States with her mother Emily Dietrich. Here is her emotional account of the pilgrimage to find answers following the mystery of her daughter's death. WednesdayToday was full of...
Dec 1 4:22pm -
Abbott may still surprise us
By Jodie SpeersJust as I was getting used to a life of hotel rooms, daily mystery flights, politician-stalking, luggage and plane food... it's all about to come to an end. With just five days of campaigning, it was time last night to switch from the Abbott camp back...
Aug 17 12:23pm -
Let the political games begin
By Mark RileySo, here we go.Gillard v Abbott.We're either moving forward or heading for direct action.I sincerely hope the campaign is better than the slogans.I mean, "moving forward" sounds like it should be on a laxatives commercial.And "direct...
Jul 19 11:08am
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