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Category Archive: Issues

Melbourne’s pedestrian crush

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I enjoyed researching and writing this feature for the April-May edition of RoyalAuto magazine (and with great pics […]

April 11, 2019 Business, environment, Issues, Lifestyle, News, Transport

The ‘mongoose’ of North Fitzroy

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Introducing Pearl, the ‘mongoose’ of North Fitzroy. Photo: Peter Barrett. I’ve never liked cats. For all the usual […]

February 19, 2019 environment, Gardens, Issues, Lifestyle, relationships

Interview with Penny Wong

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A few weeks ago The Weekly Review flew photographer Kristoffer Paulsen and me to Adelaide to interview Labor […]

May 10, 2018 Issues, News, People, relationships

Finding the right position: how jobs affect dating success

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I wrote a story about how the profession you have may influence how successful you are on dating […]

April 20, 2018 Issues, Lifestyle, People, relationships

My TWR cover story on ‘daggy’ Melbourne

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  Last week I had my first cover story in The Weekly Review. Exploring the idea of ‘daggy’ […]

March 8, 2018 Issues, Lifestyle, real estate

The evolution of street art in Melbourne

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In a back alley in Brunswick, a grown man is behaving like a kid. Dean Sunshine should be […]

February 6, 2018 Art, Issues, Travel writing

Rebooting Picnic at Hanging rock is a missed opportunity

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If, like me, you marvelled while your school bus rolled the wrong way up a hill and you […]

May 19, 2017 Issues, Literature, opinion

A matter of life and death: British comedian hopes show will spark more than laughs

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British comedian, disability rights campaigner and actor, Liz Carr, is performing at the comedy festival in her new […]

March 28, 2017 Issues, News, People

Pet owners warned to vaccinate against rabbit-killer virus

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Indie Ladan and her lop ear rabbit Heffie. Photo: Pat Scala. Indie Ladan’s lop ear rabbit Heffie may not […]

February 26, 2017 environment, Issues, News, Science

Deaf dancer graces new seven-storey mural in Windsor

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Strike a pose: artist Guido van Helten with his mural of deaf dancer, Anna Seymour. Photo: Wayne Taylor. By […]

January 28, 2017 Art, Issues, People

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