From the outbreak of World War Two and the discovery of the Titanic to Rear Window, Barry Gibb and Rundle Mall turning 50, Jeremy Cordeaux marks the first of September.
Jeremy Cordeaux pays a warm tribute to Dolly Parton, larger than life yet loved by everyone who met her, with 956 songs, Grammys galore, and a self-deprecating charm all her own.
A player manager says footballers will soon earn $5 million a season. Jeremy Cordeaux asks whether kicking a ball is worth that, and how you price anyone’s talent at all.
Jeremy Cordeaux defends Pauline Hanson’s right to take her 18C case to the High Court, citing Voltaire, and argues the law is an attack on free speech for all of us.
Jeremy Cordeaux tells South Australia’s Premier he has misread the public mood over felling parkland trees for an elite golf tournament, and urges him to back up while he can.
More than 45,000 people signed the “Stop the Chop” petition, carried book by book up Parliament House steps. Jeremy Cordeaux says it is people power the government ignores at its peril.
Jeremy Cordeaux says David Speers turned a reasonable point about skilled visas into a “new member goes rogue” headline, and warns One Nation to stop being naive with a hostile press.
From the Great White Fleet’s welcome to Sydney and Churchill’s finest line to Phyllis Diller and Jerry Lewis, Jeremy Cordeaux marks everything that happened on 20 August.
Strathfield, where Jeremy Cordeaux grew up, is the first council to require English on shop signs. He calls it plain common sense, and asks how any country would differ.
The Commonwealth Bank posted a $10.9 billion profit and the ABC invited outrage. Jeremy Cordeaux asks the obvious question: do you really want banks to lose money?