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Take care of your selfie, or you’ll go in Seine
Athletes shouldn’t splash on ceremony.
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Thoughts and prayers for the ‘merely rich’
Will they at least be spared carrot sticks in first class?
Why I’ll take Melbourne over New York as a place to raise a Jewish family
Sure, they have the numbers and the kosher artisan cheeses. But in Caulfield, Elsternwick and East St Kilda we have something really precious.
- by Nomi Kaltmann
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Death
I think my dead dog, Maggie, is communicating with me through FM radio
The death of my dog and the incredible story of a letter to a local newspaper from a dying man going viral and being read by millions have got me thinking about my own mortality.
- by Kate Halfpenny
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Pets
Shame, humility and tennis balls: Going to the dog park is like church, but better
God is God. At the park, God is a ball. Priests are dog groomers or walkers. Holy bread is chicken (unless you’re an oodle with an allergy).
- by Charlotte Mortlock
A Christian attitude could civilise politics
That belief is that Jesus is Lord of all, above any government or political party, should affect how Christians treat political opponents.
- by Barney Zwartz
Pope Francis excommunicates archenemy archbishop
The Vatican’s former ambassador to the US developed a fringe following by peddling conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine on social media.
- by Nicole Winfield
Spinning out, a mere arm’s length from a terrible fate
A relentless stream of fatal car crashes spurs Warwick McFadyen to cast his mind back to 1977, when he and his mates almost became statistics.
- by Warwick McFadyen