Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons is an Australian journalist and author, based in Sydney. He is also a former Wallabies player.
The Fitz Files
Give Fred an inch, he'll end up Sen Nile
Peter FitzSimons On the subject of last week's item about the Reverend Fred Nile wanting the NSW Legislative Council to officially be known as the State Senate, meaning he would have the title of Senator Nile, a...
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Too many nutters spoil political broth
Peter FitzSimons But who is to take the mantle now that One Nation has imploded?
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Had a whale of a time, but I'm baaack
Peter FitzSimons I've done a lot of lying on Newport beach, but I'm back! And I've missed you.
Sticky end for the 'whatever it takes' mentality
Peter FitzSimons It was the moral equivalent of Australian sport - so recently strutting and strong - being suddenly backed into the corner ropes by a perfumed posse of small men in suits and well groomed women in...
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An opportunity too easy to knock
Peter FitzSimons This week, the mighty Illawarra Mercury reported an interesting yarn concerning Woonona resident Janet Williams's offer to Wollongong City Council for it to have the ''first right of refusal'' to...
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Shoot the myth, computers could kill
Peter FitzSimons These days the laptop trumps the bazooka every time.
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A salute to our soldiers
Peter FitzSimons Look, I can hardly believe it myself, but TFF writes from the Australian military base of Tarin Kowt.
A tragedy, but who is at fault?
Peter FitzSimons It is a tragedy of unspeakable proportions that the nurse who put the prank call through to Princess Kate's ward should have taken her life.
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Bring back Eureka from the extremes
Peter FitzSimons A couple of years ago I was at a meeting of the directors of Ausflag - devoted to Australia having a flag of our own, free of the flag of another nation - sifting through many worthy submissions from...
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For bored eyes only - just not mine
Peter FitzSimons The MEGO scale, as in ''My Eyes Glaze Over'', was invented to measure the boredom of a particular issue.
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Jones reveals he has a soft spot after all
Peter FitzSimons And this, dear friends, is what you risk when you don't pre-read scripts handed to you when running a busy radio program.
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Rules are one for all and all for one
Peter FitzSimons Amid all Cardinal George Pell's bluster about the forthcoming royal commission, it is clear he does not have the first clue as to what is happening here.
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Birthright? What about our rights?
Peter FitzSimons One doesn't want to be too unkind about Charlie Windsor and his missus, but I can't resist at least one cheap shot.
Given time, great colleges learn to fix their problems
Peter FitzSimons IN THE wake of the disgrace of St John's College in recent days and months, it is not surprising horror stories have emerged from all parts and times past, about the wretched excess that can be a...
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Sky is falling? Actually, no
Peter FitzSimons Only the diehards who are happy for future generations to die hard are still protesting the carbon tax.
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The finer points of a detour de force
Peter FitzSimons Back in the day, living for a year just south of Venice, I was always impressed that the president of my rugby club, Signor Cogo, refused to take the autostrada (motorway) to whichever away game we...
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Some silver lining for Harvey's cloud
Peter FitzSimons All strength to Channel Nine icon Peter Harvey as he fights pancreatic cancer.
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HSC candidates, good luck and go hard
Peter FitzSimons To all those students about to start their HSC exams tomorrow afternoon, good luck!
Decent Australia says enough is enough
Peter FitzSimons Alan Jones. For shame, for shame! No, not the man himself. I refer, of course, to all those nasty, nasty people who have been ganging up on the broadcaster.
