Opinion
Rugby Australia
The great disconnect between grassroots rugby and Wallaby soap opera
While the future appears grim for professional rugby in Australia, the game’s heart will continue to beat strongly.
- by Malcolm Knox
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Opera House sails shine a light on our empathy, but also our politics
When iconic public buildings become political canvases, where is the border to be drawn?
- by Malcolm Knox
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NRL grand final
Why does everyone keep bleating on about GOATs?
We live in a time of presentism, where every sporting spectacle we gobble up has to be the greatest ever, but there is evidence to back our apparent arrogance.
- by Malcolm Knox
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NRL grand final
Was this the best grand final I’ve seen? It might be the best rugby league game I’ve seen
Sunday night’s decider was breathless, Origin rugby league, fully satisfying everyone except the two tapped-out teams and their suffering supporters. I’ll need the summer to come down from this high.
- by Malcolm Knox
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Corporate ethics
Everyone is saying sorry. If only they actually meant it
It used to be the hardest word, but now “sorry” is uttered with ease - especially when it’s an apology for other people’s mistakes.
- by Malcolm Knox
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NRL 2023
Wahs love got to do with it? The NRL team you can’t hate
Hate is rugby league’s default setting. But what’s not to love about this Warriors side that’s one win from the grand final? So, is hatred really necessary or is it just a drug the game has been hooked on for 115 years?
- by Malcolm Knox
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Ageing
The world is in a prolonged senior moment. The next generation will blow it up
If the world doesn’t end first, the question is where our gerontocracies are leading us.
- by Malcolm Knox
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NRL 2023
Tribalism in rugby league now means those who gamble and those who don’t
A record number of fans have attended matches this year, but seismic problems continue to fester.
- by Malcolm Knox
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Public transport
Waiting for a Sydney bus that will never come? I’m blaming Alan Joyce
Public transport is now a hot mess of passenger dissatisfaction, fuelled by crony-infested outsourcing and profit-hungry notions. How did we get here?
- by Malcolm Knox
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Sydney Swans
Buddy sent a shiver down the spine and got a generation interested in his game
Was Lance Franklin worth $10 million? If the Swans saw another Buddy coming, premiership or no premiership, they would only have two questions. How long can we have you, and where do we sign?
- by Malcolm Knox
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Science
Blind faith in anything, even science, is unscientific
Every time science enjoys one of its moments of enormous trust it sows the seeds for its own undermining by entrenching belief in one overriding authority.
- by Malcolm Knox