Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons is a journalist and columnist with The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Five Minutes with Fitz
The childhood secret that has driven Julie Goodwin, and the recipe everyone should have
The 2009 MasterChef winner has just released a memoir, and there’s a generous serving of real life and ripper recipes.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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The Fitz Files
Only in Oz: Breaking serve – and bread – with Albo
Who is that strangely familiar figure turning out as one of the doubles players for Marrickville in the fourth rubber?
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Broadcast rights
Sport off free TV? Tell ’em they’re streaming
The free-to-air TV broadcast stations are in a battle with pay television companies for sporting rights.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Five Minutes with Fitz
David Marr on Dutton, Waleed … and being an outsider on Insiders
Is there still space in the mainstream media for the public intellectual? Well, there is today at least.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Time for an Australian sporting superstar to be roasted
If it’s good enough for the great Tom Brady, it’s good enough for one of our own.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Concussion crisis
Why I will continue to argue for concussion victims – past and future
The column written by my colleague last week shocked me, but this issue is far bigger than a difference of opinion.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Five Minutes with Fitz
Keen to become PM, Hannah Ferguson might just have the cheek to get there
The 25-year-old is making her voice heard in the campaign to end violence against women.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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The Fitz Files
When daylight swimming was illegal at Manly beach
How one man’s fight to change the law paved the way for Manly Swimming Club’s great legacy.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Concussion crisis
The expert opinion is in: NRL must take on the kick-off concussion issue
One of the world’s foremost sports concussion experts has identified long kick-offs as a source of brain damage – and has called for change.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Five Minutes with Fitz
Why Jim Chalmers may be the government’s David Campese
As he prepares to hand down his third budget, the treasurer explains why the economy’s soft, and why he’s not craving the prime ministership.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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The Fitz Files
Three extraordinary events signal the end of ‘she’ll be right’ era
This week was something of a king tide in the realms of concussion-in-sport news, headed by a heartfelt plea from rugby league great Wally Lewis.
- by Peter FitzSimons