It is highly appropriate on the first anniversary of the Wieambilla massacre that the names of Police constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow and civilian Alan Dare are again in […]
Read MoreCruel Irony
The three noble marines, killed in service while training in a harsh landscape in the friendliest nation on the earth surely proves that sometimes warfare has cruel irony. (Corps ‘deeply […]
Read MoreHunter tragedy
The beautiful Hunter Valley landscape has always been utilised for amazing wedding photos, optimising our glorious weather for a lifelong montage of gorgeous couples, photographed against a backdrop of blue […]
Read MoreBarry was almost too close for comfort
While stage curtains fall to end the show and the audience is sent packing, the sudden death of Barry Humphries surely has an encore of echoing applause transcending up high […]
Read MoreTragedy for our thin blue line
As normal radio broadcasting at 1030pm was interrupted for an emergency press conference in Brisbane with the police commissioner, the news was not going to be good. Tragically, our worst […]
Read MoreFarewell to a true hero
To die peacefully is surely a God-given blessing, but the prospects of doing so must be long-odds when one’s wartime battles included the trenches of Tobruk during a 241-day siege […]
Read MoreTragedy of a life taken too young
The engaging gaze of a youthful Oliver Johnson leaps off the pages of the Telegraph with all the hope, happiness and promise of youth. (Life’s unfair: Tears for tragic ski […]
Read MoreTragic lessons in death
The notion that Covid would only kill the frail and elderly has been long discarded, with the clinical evolution of young people without underlying illnesses succumbing to the virus. (Anti-vax […]
Read MoreGolf club development a chance to pay respects
The contrary responses from the Daily Telegraph’s letter writers on the decision-making of the Oatlands Golf Club highlights the complexities being grappled with and the sentimental value of a monument. […]
Read MoreA sporting life honoured
In the spirit of Warren’s brilliant cartoon (24/5), Bobby Fulton has truly earned the heartwarming accolades echoing through the columns of the Daily Telegraph. (A legend lost, 24/5). Like trumpeting […]
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