Opinion
What reaction to Redmayne’s antics says about good old Aussie bottle
It’s always fun to observe the double, triple and quadruple standards of Australians when it comes to sportsmanship. The rest of the world wasn’t impressed.
- by Malcolm Knox
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Our Bondi pad: A snapshot of generational betrayal as it sells for seven times what we paid
The consumer price index fails to account for the biggest factor affecting most Australians’ material decisions.
- by Malcolm Knox
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Faster, tougher and more athletic, Origin now has it all bar thuggery
Players are too gassed from chasing today’s hyperkinetic version of the game to have the energy to punch each other. No breath, no biff.
- by Malcolm Knox
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Coco’s statement is a sign of the times ... for write or wrong
That the public has barely raised an eyebrow at Coco Gauff’s on-court message about gun violence shows how normalised we are to athletes making political statements. But the natural endpoint of sport’s embrace of social causes is near.
- by Malcolm Knox
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The left may think Australia has seen the light, but don’t expect the Christian right to retreat
Defeat will invigorate conservative movements, which will want to save the country from the path of godlessness and damnation it chose last week.
- by Malcolm Knox
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What makes Greg Norman grate is perhaps what made him great
Perhaps, when we pour out our admiration to athletes, we should remember that the inner vacancy might itself be a prerequisite for the outer heroics.
- by Malcolm Knox
Fleeting affair (voting) gatecrashes rest of life (and the books that will change it)
Book lovers will be distracted from the Sydney Writers’ Festival next weekend - by the insensitively timed call of voters to the polls.
- by Malcolm Knox
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You’ve got to be a trainspotter to care if the NRL wins Sydney’s stadium wars
The Premier of New South Wales, Peter V’landys, doesn’t realise that even when we’re whingeing, when we’re at the footy we’re quite content.
- by Malcolm Knox
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Hold the line, waiting game is hurting all of us
Queuing times could be an election issue that plugs daily life into big federal-level policy questions. Instead, as voters’ quality of life declines, politicians fail to link our micro issues with their macro ones.
- by Malcolm Knox
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Forget the women, it’s time to save men’s sport
What men’s sport needs to be saved from is women attempting to transition into our space.
- by Malcolm Knox
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Patriot games, set, match: Wimbledon walkover looms as disturbing precedent
Athletes have long been condemned for bringing their political beliefs into the sporting arena, but now two top tennis players face bans for not making a political stand on the Ukraine war.
- by Malcolm Knox