Patrick Carlyon
Lose sin with miracle of counselling
FORGET innovation, the growth industry in Australia is the miracle of counselling, capable of washing out even ingrained sins, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Boomer victim of hard truth
THE sacking of the North Melbourne four this week illustrates that business trumps romance in modern football, even though fans don’t like it, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Pollies on parade talk a good game
POLITICS seems to have become a stepping stone to a media career, with former MPs becoming more like former sports stars by the day, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Debate lost in abuse blizzard
THE art of political debate appears to be dead with leaders and wannabe presidents reduced to crude abuse as a way of scoring points, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Fun gone from tainted Games
OUR faith in the Olympics started to dissipate years ago but drugs and official posturing means that there is now no fun in the Games, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Pandering to noisy is lazy politics
NSW Premier Mike Baird became a social media darling when he banned greyhound racing — but pandering to the noisy mob is lazy politics, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Tally ho! Delay we can count on
INDIA can tally 800 million votes in a day, the Brexit tally took seven hours, but here in Australia you can count on a delay before the result, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Shorten knew it would be a photo finish
BILL Shorten is a better judge than most. He was predicting last night’s result — or the lack of it — for months, speaking of pinching seats as opposed to standing up elections, writes Patrick Carlyon.
No future in forcing kids to learn
MALCOLM Turnbull wants to force students to study science and maths but they’re forced to do English and our literacy levels are still dropping, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Muir put pedal to mettle in Senate
RICKY Muir was ridiculed when he won a Senate seat but the Gippsland battler has proved to be more astute than Canberra’s political snobs, writes Patrick Carlyon.
AFL facing a tankless task
ESSENDON plays Fremantle tomorrow in a result that shouldn’t matter. Yet it does matter, as does the sinister chatter, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Jared Tallent a beacon amid Games’ drugs gloom
Jared Tallent will finally get the gold medal that first went to a cheat, but the shadow of drug abuse is still hanging over the Olympic Games, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Reverse no option for our taxis
IT’S understandable why taxi drivers rage against Uber, but the world is changing and the industry has to change with it or wither, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Bernie’s behaviour brings us down
BERNARD Tomic has always been considered immature: nothing in recent days has shifted that view, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Pollies have something to sell, junk
ANNOYANCE over junk mail from politicians reflects broader concerns about the state of politics in this country, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Don’t tee off at Scott over Games
GOLFER Adam Scott has always seemed easy to like but he is under siege over his attitude on competing at the Olympics, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Debate wilts in the face of the R-word
BERT Newton may have started something with his Muhammad Ali racial slip in 1979. “I like the boy,” Newton offered. If only he had delivered his Logies stumble almost 40 years later, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Is Trump super smart or a clown?
FORMER Toronto mayor Rob Ford behaved badly but was loved by voters. His popularity, like Donald Trump’s, is a warning to the political elite, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Sorry Jamie, don't save me
JAMIE Oliver is keen to save us from ourselves, but do we really want a self-appointed guardian of our eating morals telling us what to do, asks Patrick Carlyon.
Rome’s failure is core of this evil
AT the heart of the Catholic Church’s disgrace over child sex abuse is the Vatican’s moral failure to prosecute its own, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Bag ban calls carry little weight
PLASTIC bags are brilliantly designed and useful, yet there’s a push to ban them. But why pick on plastic bags and ignore other packaging, asks Patrick Carlyon?
‘Utterly false and strongly denied’
IMPERIOUS, impatient and infuriated. Patrick Carlyon reports on George Pell’s swift and defiant reaction to reports of a police investigation into sex abuse claims against him.
Switching from outage to outrage
A Telstra technician pulled the plug on customers last week and delivered a world of pain that reminded us how vulnerable technology can be, writes Patrick Carlyon.
K-Rudd perfect for imperfect job
THE United Nations has never been efficient. Its leaders do not get elected for their skills. Such insights may have encouraged Kevin Rudd, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Sour grapes, guilt and the Gong
AUSTRALIA’S inferiority complex has always indulged customer survey stylings, topped with garden-variety identity issues, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Controversy clouds sport’s quiet joy
THE achievements of our sports heroes now share the headlines with controversies that seem to be a permanent part of the sporting landscape, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Gamble in Olympic meddling
WE’RE told that our Olympic team will double its previous gold medal tally in Rio next year. If only winning was as simple as a vague tip, writes PATRICK CARLYON.
Turnbull evokes the spirit of Yoda
MALCOLM Turnbull’s fearless approach to expressing nothing has been likened to Kevin Rudd. Perhaps the truer inspiration is an 800-year-old Jedi Master, writes PATRICK CARLYON.
Big Bash passes consumption Test
TESTS have history and tradition but the Big Bash has the attention of the public and is shaping as the main cricket event of the summer, writes PATRICK CARLYON.
