Walkley Award winning journalist Phil Dickie played a key role exposing the corruption leading to the 1987-89 Fitzgerald Inquiry and the downfall of the Bjelke-Petersen regime. Thirty-four years later, he casts a gimlet eye over the Sunshine State and finds we have...
I used to think the trick to friendship was making as many friends as possible. As the new kid at 9 schools, I learned to make friends, fast. If you show interest in someone, observe their humour, likes/dislikes and reflect them back, make them laugh and pull off...
WARNING: This article contains mention of Aboriginal people who have died. Today I saw a row of stobie poles bearing YES campaign posters over which someone had spray-painted NO. The posters were up fairly high so it required a bit of planning and a ladder. Later, in...
I’m one of those freaks who likes doing housework. Always have been. My university house-mates treated me like the weirdo I was: vacuuming, mopping and scrubbing the bath on weekends and hand trimming the garden beds with pinking shears (because I wasn’t so much of a...