Michelle Cazzulino
Michelle Cazzulino is a Sydney writer.
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I brought the kids on a scenic train trip. My optimism was soon derailed
Finland’s train service wants us to get off our devices and pivot to glaciers. Good luck with that.
- Michelle Cazzulino
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- Terror charges
What to do with an ‘ISIS bride’? Show her children a better life
There’s no shortage of opinions on these women’s return from Syria, but few are helpful.
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- Opinion
- Literature
If kids read The Twits and laugh, hairy-faced men will just have to cope
An academic fears Roald Dahl’s novel exposes children to violence, coercive power and stereotyping of men with beards. OK, but what if kids actually opened a book and couldn’t put it down?
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- Opinion
- Pop culture
I want to wish Justin Trudeau happiness, but his midlife crisis with Katy Perry is whiplash inducing
One minute he was the former Canadian PM, and one of the few people willing to challenge Donald Trump, the next the 54-year-old is out in public having raided his teenage son’s wardrobe.
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- Opinion
- Cost of living
My Easter Showstopper: $23 for a thimbleful of gluey gnocchi
There is inflation; then there’s Clagflation. The ghosts of my Italian grandmothers are horrified.
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- Opinion
- Marriage
The Coldplay kiss cam woman has done an Oprah tell-all. Turns out everyone else is to blame
Kristin Cabot could’ve done a great many things. Because while more than a billion views would suggest the affair footage isn’t going anywhere, most people have the memories of goldfish.
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- Opinion
- Media & marketing
Dumped Kyle Sandilands is demanding respect. There’s a reason he doesn’t deserve it
The shock jock has loudly complained about how he’s been treated since he was forced from his golden microphone. Now he might stop to think about how he’s treated others over the years.
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- Opinion
- Supermarkets
My supermarket made me ‘shopper of the week’. I don’t believe a word it says any more
Who can take Colesworth seriously any more? With the cramped self-checkout areas, items that aren’t “half price” at all and meat trays marked “while stocks last”, it is like an old toxic boyfriend.
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- Opinion
- Jacinda Ardern
Welcome, Jacinda, but here are seven ground rules for moving to Sydney
Before she settles on our northern beaches, the former Kiwi PM needs some pointers. Rule 1: We own her, along with Russell Crowe and pavlova.
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- Opinion
- Christmas
O Christmas tree, I’d stuff you in the green bin. Now sing that, Mariah Carey
My family drives halfway across Sydney to eyeball our victim, the pine tree, before it is sacrificed. Guess who must vacuum the pine needles.
- Michelle Cazzulino