Tomic outburst reveals professional sport's awful truth
Ahem. This meeting of the Bernard Tomic Appreciation Society is now called to order.
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Garry Linnell
Garry Linnell is a Fairfax Media columnist and the co-presenter of the 2UE Breakfast Show.
We gambled on a wedding in Las Vegas, and it paid off
Amid the heat, the noise and heaving mass of humanity, we wondered, could we pull this off?
How to let go of your parental paralysis
I smacked my daughter once. Only once. She was nine years old and the princess had turned into an evil queen, sitting on the couch, obstinately refusing to do what she'd been asked. Like all kids, she knew which buttons to press, and in what order. But she'd never pressed them all at once before. So she gave it a go.
Why checkout staff deliver groceries better than robots
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos claims the introduction of robots to replace checkout staff at Whole Foods will be a world first, but every consumer in Australia knows that replacing staff in stores and restaurants with robots began here years ago.
Stop apologising for obesity
If people plead ignorance that stuffing more food into their mouths and doing less exercise leads to weight gain, then what hope?
Attack on cash economy is just a distraction
If the meek really do end up inheriting the earth then Australia is sure to become the world's greatest superpower.
Why I won't give to the Salvos appeal
Big religions that long ago lost their Christian spirit certainly don't deserve our dough.
Outrage, betrayal and a lingering sense of regret: just another night at the movies
We were robbed last weekend and it's going to take a long time for the anger to soften. Of course, we are not the only ones to have been shaken down and had our money stolen. But that bitter sense of outrage and betrayal remains strong.
The four-letter words Australians should stop using
The word that always meant 'I've got your back' is in danger of becoming a trite cliche.
We've surrendered to the drones that invade our airspace and our privacy
How to overcome the outrage at such a blatant intrusion, particularly in a place where your family has traditionally been able to escape to, far from the madding crowd?
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