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City folk — especially those of us tainted by testosterone — often underestimate the time it takes to get to small country towns.

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The story of how I almost died and how my body responded

I was running late again — this time, ironically, for a funeral. The dead don’t care about punctuality, but I was in a hurry. 

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Timing is everything in politics, as in life.

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Someone should do a welfare check on the Libs

Timing is everything in politics, as in life.

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Face masks in general have become unnecessarily political, and while fiddly they are an invaluable tool for reducing disease transmission.

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The countless reasons why we need safe air protocols

I was stuck at the gate on a sardine plane, wearing an N95 mask to filter the stale expired air of 200 other sweaty, impatient humans. 

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Incumbent politicians spend a lot of time trying to outrun their opponents, rather than solving the essential problems of our society.

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Major parties want to win, not strive for excellence

Check out the bathroom facilities at your public hospital to see how much politicians care. 

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese make points in Parliament House in Canberra.

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Why we must jealously protect our peaceful form democracy

While the flame of bipartisanship still flickers, hope remains that lies, greed and moral relativism might not destroy our foundations.

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In between launching tariff wars and speculating about invading allies, he gets jealous of the coverage that fires, floods and aviation disasters get.

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Outrage does not compute as Trump takes office

Like a Washington solar flare, President Donald Trump is going off again, interfering with our mass communications.

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In an attempt to reduce my brownie-point deficit last week, I offered to take the six-year-old and her cousins — seven and three — to see Magic Beach, the new movie based on Alison Lester’s iconic children’s book. 

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This movie made me question if we’re parenting wrong

How a trip to the movies reinforced what children really want from grown-ups.

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Later, the penny drops that life on land also has its ebb and flow - vigilance and situational awareness are useful; especially when everything has been smooth sailing for a while. 

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We are all just kids, riding the fickle waves of life

Later, the penny drops that life on land also has its ebb and flow - vigilance and situational awareness are useful; especially when everything has been smooth sailing for a while. 

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Bad things can happen to anyone, but it feels particularly egregious when misfortune affects the innocent, the well-meaning and the self-deprecating.

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Life lessons from near-death experiences for dogs and kids

Bad things can happen to anyone, but it feels particularly egregious when misfortune affects the innocent, the well-meaning and the self-deprecating. The decent folk who look out for others — you know who.

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It’s best to focus on something that unites — the food.

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The best ways to avoid the worst arguments this Xmas

God rest ye merry gentlemen, let nothing ye dismay.

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My son graduated from a lush lawn and limestone university last week - a monument to colonial architecture and proud Oxbridge educational traditions. 

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‘Job-ready’ education policy worth a degree of reflection

The pricing of tuition due to our federal ‘job-ready’ education policy places even less value on most humanities - at a time when we need an understanding of history, philosophy and the arts more than ever.

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AMA WA President Dr Andrew Miller. Coronavirus. Picture Jackson Flindell The West Australian Jackson Flindell

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Power and devotion of the passionate is admirable

No-one likes a budget cut but it burns when the main justification is a sustained lack of interest in your projects. 

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This new legislation to limit access to social media for under 16s is not a bad thing - they don’t need those apps.

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Teaching the next generation during the great dumbing down

This new legislation to limit access to social media for under 16s is not a bad thing - they don’t need those apps.

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Domestic Australian politicians are saying we should be diplomatic to avoid upsetting President-elect Donald Trump — the new big cheese.

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Aust has better claim to being land of the free than the US

While working as a doctor in America during the Clinton years, I came to feel that the US was a bit like Asia on steroids.

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Perhaps we just loved Russell Crowe in Gladiator and fancy our chances in the bloody arena.

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Societal imbalances remain because many rush to ‘correct’

Recently, we heard an outbreak of global mansplaining, because young women were asserting that if lost in the woods, they would rather be in there with a wild bear than a random man.

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Kurt Vonnegut, the American novelist, knew something about the fog of war.

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Those who don't hate war have probably never fought in one

Wars are popular only with those not in harm’s way. Those who profit politically or financially, rather than those whose families are being killed.

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Dr Andrew Miller.

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The one thing downsizing homes teaches you

We have decided to try on an apartment for a while, to see if it fits. To see if we fit. But it’s made me realise on thing. We have so much stuff.

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The awkward urban dance of ‘home opens’ are not real life.

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The awkward urban dance of ‘home opens’ are not real life

I trot up the steps to another home open, and stand to one side as another couple leave.

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Bibi Aisha arrives at The Grossman Burn Foundation's "Art Of Humanity" Gala.

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Our wounds will heal but be mindful of invisible scars

Healing can be like waiting for a plant to grow. As a middle-aged man at a crowded urinal might say, it will happen in its own time.

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According to Headache Australia, around five million of our population get migraines, 70 per cent of these are women, and up to 8 up cent suffer them every other day. The personal and community, health and economic impacts are significant.

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Vast amount of Aussies suffer from debilitating migraines

Imagine reading this, when suddenly some words go missing. A hole in a sentence here, then there. After a few minutes, an entire paragraph might disappear and your train of thought will be lost.

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As complicated as things have become since we emerged from the primordial oceans and adapted to life on land, we are still mostly salt water on the inside. 

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Bureaucrat bungling is the real reason we’re low on IV fluid

As complicated as things have become since we emerged from the primordial oceans and adapted to life on land, we are still mostly salt water on the inside. 

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Things sneak up on us, you know? Some are abstract, intangible concepts like age, and feelings. Grief bides its time in the shadows, but when the season turns it reappears like winter weeds.

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My mate asked me to prove I hadn’t had a vasectomy

Things sneak up on us, you know? Some are abstract, intangible concepts like age, and feelings. Grief bides its time in the shadows, but when the season turns it reappears like winter weeds.

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Tasmania got to me with their clever-crafted slogan — “Come down for air. Be inspired.”

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What can we learn from Tasmania’s polarising MONA

Tasmania got to me with their clever-crafted slogan — ‘Come down for air. Be inspired.’

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As the reliability of recall declines, confidence can suffer, but the person remains. On that we must stand. If any of us can be dehumanised, everything is up for grabs.

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Medical labels can change the way some elderly are treated

As the reliability of recall declines, confidence can suffer, but the person remains. On that we must stand. If any of us can be dehumanised, everything is up for grabs.

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