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Michael Coulter

Michael Coulter

Michael Coulter is a Melbourne writer.

Horrors are out there: “Cartoon Cat in his Mall”, by Canadian horror artist Trevor Henderson.

As a parent, I thought a YouTube ban was absurd. I’ve realised I was blind to the dangers

I’ve always done my best to protect our kids online. But I was shocked to realise I’d inadvertently left them able to access violent, misogynistic, hateful and psychologically unsafe material.

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She’s the reason my parents fell in love – and Trump’s idol. That’s the part which breaks my heart

Ayn Rand may be an inspiration for Elon Musk’s assault on the US public service. But without her, I wouldn’t exist.

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Enjoying the nightlife in Hosier Lane in Melbourne's CBD.

Dear Sydney, drop by for a drink some night. Love, Melbourne

Melbourne revels in the late-night delights that Sydney's lockout laws have eliminated.

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Rinking feeling: Ice hockey is fun, expensive and injurious.

This ice addict's midlife crisis has been only moderately destructive

Michael Coulter has taken an ice-cold, jarring route to, um, ageing.

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Developers are queueing to develop smartphone apps to find the cheapest petrol in Australia.

Is technology eating our brains?

Humans evolved to become Homo sapiens, or wise people, but what is left of us when gadgets hold our wisdom?

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Michael Coulter (first from right) and friends in 1979.

Summer snap: Going bush on the back of a ute

File this one under "Gen X childhood, casual dangers and lost freedoms".

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Mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey is the headline act in the Ultimate Fighting Championship event at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne.

Is bloodlust coded into our DNA?

UFC isn't normalising violence, because violence is already normal.

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