Tony Wright
Tony Wright is an associate editor and special writer for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
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- My happy place
I went to the mountains to learn how to ski. I found something much better
Skiing, though exciting, has never been what makes going to the snow special beyond words for me.
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- Angus Taylor
Angus Taylor takes shelter with a weird mob from a fictional past
Liberal leader Angus Taylor is resorting to misty-eyed nostalgia in his attempt to both emulate and outdo One Nation’s approach to immigration.
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- Perspective
- Scott Morrison
Scott Morrison, slimmed-down man for all seasons, gets a new platform
“Very few political stories end well,” Scott Morrison said, as he enjoyed the unveiling of a bronze bust in Ballarat’s Avenue of Australian Prime Ministers on Friday.
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- One Nation
How some who once felt blessed became Hanson’s people
Country people once felt valued. But many came to feel abandoned as services considered the natural right of city dwellers were withdrawn. Now comes revolt.
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- Perspective
- Parliament House
The secrets behind the legends: Michelle Grattan and Laurie Oakes honoured with new award
Their political journalism is first class as is their attention to detail and the impact they’ve had on Canberra news reporting.
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- Parliament House
The press, the PMs and the high times and high jinks of parliament
Saturday marks 125 years of federal press gallery scoops – and wild secrets.
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- Indigenous culture
My grandfather was told to offer Kitty Wallaby a meal. She rebuffed him with six words
Kitty Wallaby’s welcome to Tony Wright’s family was an act of grace and generosity. It is a message lost on far too many today.
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- Beaconsfield mine disaster
- Mining
Twenty years on, the ballad of a damaged Beaconsfield mine survivor
Brant Webb and Todd Russell were almost miraculously rescued from the Beaconsfield gold mine disaster 20 years ago. Webb reflects on the ups and downs since.
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The lieutenant, the liar and the leather-bound file: Inside the 30-year fight to clear Gordon Whitlam
The prime minister’s uncle was wrongly court-martialled as a young officer in World War I. He spent decades trying to clear his name.
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- Harry and Meghan
- Prince Harry
Prince Harry is set on proving he’s not simply another aimless royal in exile
The Duke of Sussex used his final event in Melbourne to make clear that despite his change in circumstances, his commitment to public causes remains.
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