Obituaries
Opinion
Obituaries
I didn't know Andrew McGahan well. But I knew his Brisbane
You didn’t just read Andrew's debut novel, Praise. It read you. Opened you up and turned you inside out, spilling all your secrets.
- by John Birmingham
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Women's Auxiliary Air Force volunteer married Australian pilot
Marjorie could list the names and make the sounds of the different types of bombs that fell on London.
Passion for Australian literature encouraged budding writers
Stevens was committed to helping others realise their literary potential.
Opinion
Opinion
Telegraph boy to brilliant bureaucrat
Sir William Cole, 1926 to 2019, was among Australia's greatest public servants.
- by Paddy Gourley
Opinion
Opinion
First female aviator in the Navy to fly a jet attack craft combated forces sexism
Mariner became the first female aviator in the Navy to fly a jet attack craft, a single-seat Skyhawk.
Writer changed landscape of rock music journalism
O'Grady created Australian publication that could stand proudly alongside Rolling Stone and New Musical Express
Obituaries
Actor Carmen Duncan, 76, dies of cancer
She was best known for her roles in the films Harlequin and the US drama Another World.
- by Michael Idato
Public service
Australia has lost the last of a rare breed in Sir William Cole
One of Australia's most senior public servants, Sir William Cole was a visionary and a family man.
- by Sally Pryor
Union man who stayed true to his faith
Vince Higgins served on the Labor Council of NSW executive and was regarded as a thoughtful, powerful advocate of industry-wide bargaining.
Last but one of Dambuster airmen was in crew of Australian pilot
Sutherland was the front gunner in Australian Pilot Officer Les Knight’s crew, which formed part of the main formation tasked to attack the Möhne dam on the night of May 16-17 1943.
Opinion
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Bellowing Welsh sergeant major in ‘It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum’
Davies delivered a caricature of masculine physicality, underscored by his clenched buttocks, sucked-in stomach and barrel chest thrust outward and upward.