The December 10 Edition
We need to talk about Greg Norman | Besties Ita Buttrose and Di Morrissey | Working to solve a deadly childhood cancer riddle | CSIRO boss Larry Marshall on the sex appeal of STEM | Meet the man walking every street in New York City | It’s Christmas, let them eat cake! | Lessons in democracy from a new US voter
We need to talk about Greg Norman
The golfer has become an increasingly divisive figure on greens around the globe. Has the one-time Aussie hero changed – or do we just know him better now?
- Jane Cadzow
- Graphic content
- Cancer
‘Waiting for your child to die is not an option’
When cancer scientist Matt Dun and his GP wife Phoebe discovered their daughter had an inoperable brain tumour, they put their training to work.
- Liz Gooch
Sick of his office job, Matt started walking. He hasn’t stopped for 11 years.
Matt Green has walked nearly every street in the five boroughs of New York. He’s almost finished. Or has he?
- Barry Divola
‘Some people find Ita intimidating, but …’ Di Morrissey on her bestie of 60 years
They’re two of Australia’s most famous women – but they were just making the tea when they became friends almost 60 years ago.
- Fenella Souter
‘There’s nothing sexier’: CSIRO head Larry Marshall on changing the future
The scientist and business leader talks about why STEM is so attractive, growing up “double Catholic” – and the sex advice he’d give his younger self.
- Benjamin Law
‘I feel powerful’: Midlife celebs embracing the no-make-up selfie
Celebrities in their 40s, 50s and 60s are revealing their barefaced selves in a bid for realistic representation.
- Lenny Ann Low
- Opinion
- Foreign correspondence
So much at stake: Why I dragged my kids along when voting in the US
We went for ice-creams afterwards – because I want them to see democracy in action as a momentous occasion.
- Amelia Lester
- Opinion
- Opinion
Is cake is the only sacred Christmas food tradition left?
What’s left that truly signifies Christmas feasting, apart from champagne for breakfast? Cake, of course.
- Terry Durack
Can I scan my Flybuys card on someone else’s shopping to get more points?
You know you’ve hit a tricky stretch of life when you become obsessed with earning Flybuys points, writes our Modern Guru.
- Danny Katz
The vigilante
Paul Connolly’s Kitchen Sink Drama is a slice of domestic life, captured masterfully in only 100 words. This week: Illegal dumping.
- Paul Connolly
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