‘Which one’s the loudest?’: Robert’s doctor delivers the best medicine – in a Porsche
The 46-year-old mechanic had a final wish before cancer takes him. His sports car loving oncologist granted it.
- by Tony Wright
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Tony Wright’s Column
US Votes 2024
Donald Trump and the king who could do no wrong, but lost his head
The US Supreme Court grants immunity from prosecution for former presidents like Donald Trump. But could a king really do no wrong and keep his head?
- by Tony Wright
Analysis
Political leadership
Payman v Albanese and the personal v the collective: Is Labor stuck in 1902?
The personal view of a young Muslim senator faces off with the oldest requirement of would-be ALP politicians, a written contract to observe the collective.
- by Tony Wright
Perspective
World politics
Riding chill streets, listening for the lessons of Zen on a motorcycle
The first rule of riding a motorcycle is look where you want to go. Could it be a metaphor for life?
- by Tony Wright
Perspective
Missing campers trial
The jury reaches verdicts, plural. Gregory Lynn is a murderer, singular
Four years of investigation into a ghastly mystery, five weeks of trial and almost seven days of jury deliberations brought us to an ear-popping climax.
- by Tony Wright
The rich used to send it their sewage, now this suburb is an oasis of creatives
Once a place where the poorest endured toxic run-off from Melbourne’s wealthy, Collingwood is reaching for an affluent, sustainable future. It’s not all smooth going.
- by Tony Wright
Perspective
Indigenous
Aunty Fay Carter learned life’s truths from her Nanny in a tin hut
For decades, Fay Carter campaigned for social justice for Aboriginal people. Her work was grounded by her experience living with her grandmother and 19 other children in a shack beside the Goulburn River.
- by Tony Wright
Perspective
Courts
A dreamlike quality to the evidence of a nightmare
The trial of Gregory Lynn for the alleged murder of an elderly pair of campers wends to its end, with Lynn giving his own version of events from the witness box.
- by Tony Wright
Perspective
World War II
Secret planning, treacherous training and the clouds of gliders launched against the Nazis
Gippsland-born Frank Bladin became Air Vice-Marshal of the RAAF. Eighty years ago, he played a crucial role in the D-Day airborne landings on Normandy, France.
- by Tony Wright
Police found a phone in the mud. Now they hope for a breakthrough in the Samantha Murphy search
The first physical clue to the missing Ballarat mother’s fate has emerged. Police are investigating whether it contains data that might give them answers.
- by Tony Wright
Tony Wright’s Column
Olympics
A rude awakening in the city of light
The French, as everyone knows, do things differently. Including, it would seem, their security alerts for the Paris Olympics.
- by Tony Wright