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Posted: 6/02/2008 | In all the com ments about the late Paddy McGuin ness, the essential point about him hasn't been made. |

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Lord Thornett for mayor

Posted: 24/01/2008 | Sir Shane Warne? The sultan of spin has been mooted for a gong should Brit ish PM Gordon Brown's push for sporting knight hoods succeed. |

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Posted: 18/01/2008 | Ferris Ashton tells the story of team-mate Mick Crocker's standing at the ship's stern, wistfully looking back at sea when the Kangaroos were returning from their 1952/53 tour of Britain and France. |

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Ponting's men beat unbeatable

Posted: 8/01/2008 | Congratulations to Australia for achieving the impossible, an achievement far surpassing their 16 straight Test cricket victories. |

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Vote 1 Jeannette

Posted: 16/11/2007 | Should Prime Minister John Howard scrape back in, there is only one person to replace him when he eventually steps aside, and it isn't that Costello character. |

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Free Willie wrong campaign

Posted: 16/11/2007 | `We will not be offering Willy Mason a contract, even though we could afford to pay him $450,000 under our salary cap. |

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PM? No ruddy way

Posted: 8/11/2007 | By his actions, Kevin Rudd has shown himself un worthy of holding the great office of prime minister. |

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He's a deadset freak

Posted: 2/11/2007 | When a champion is needed, a cham pion steps up and Ben Cousins has proved himself more than a cham pion. |

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Worm a grubby idea

Posted: 26/10/2007 | `If I'm reelected as Prime Minister, I'll offer a $50,000 bonus to any first- home buyer and a $5000 trust pay ment for any new baby.' |

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Parrot talks horse sense

Posted: 26/10/2007 | When St John the Howard was in the wilderness he dis missed the idea of his ever becoming Prime Minister as Lazarus with a tri ple bypass stuff, to mix biblical ima gery. |

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Only one man can save Australian rugby

Posted: 11/10/2007 | As a nation weeps, this is the time for Australian rugby union trump John O' Neill to give the game the kick it needs. |

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Bear facts tell real story

Posted: 11/10/2007 | True rugby league aficiniados would have left Telstra Stadium on grand-final Sunday after the big one the Premier League grand final between Parramatta and Norths. |

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Abbottual offender

Posted: 11/10/2007 | Tony Abbott and the late Sir Eric Willis wouldn't nor mally be mentioned in the same sen tence. |

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Fast game's a good game

Posted: 10/10/2007 | A fast game's a good game and it's about time 20/20 cricket was smartened up. |

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Is John Howard the Bradman of Australian politics?

Posted: 21/09/2007 | John Howard is the Don Bradman of Australian politics, according to industrial relations minister Joe Hockey. |

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Is Gulavao a good buy for Parramatta?

Posted: 17/09/2007 | Will Joe Gulavao be an asset to the Eels forward pack in 2008? |

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Hollywood Harrigan strikes again

Posted: 15/09/2007 | Think of the most influential player in rugby league over the last 25 years and Wally Lewis and Andrew Johns would get majority mentions. Yet Bill Harrigan has arguably had a greater influence than any player, and "player" is the correct term for him. |

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Johns makes the big game bigger

Posted: 8/09/2007 | When rugby league needed a champion, Andrew Johns was there again for the greatest game of all. |

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Radio tightrope artists walk the talk

Posted: 8/09/2007 | Definitive solutions only exist in mathematics and on talkback radio. That's a new truism. |

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Bend it like Benton

Posted: 8/09/2007 | Bindi 'Babe' Benton climbed a personal Everest when she won the world diving championships in Aqua Falls, Japan. |

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Fallon gong for Cooley

Posted: 8/09/2007 | Kerian Fallon has never received sufficient credit for his ride on Yeats in the 2006 Melbourne Cup. |

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Howard's way or Howard's end

Posted: 8/09/2007 | It's a pleasure to watch a champion at work and John Howard has been one of the great sports-people. |

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When all else fails, call for the doctor

Posted: 8/09/2007 | John Howard is likely to be re-elected as Prime Minister. |

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Bennett right to ask What's Up Doc?

Posted: 8/09/2007 | Wayne Bennett has been a great servant of rugby league but may never perform a greater service than through his reaction to the Jarrod Hayne scandal. |

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It's Sir Ian, if you don't mind

Posted: 8/09/2007 | Chappell himself said little on the field. His teams displayed an aggressive larrikinism which reflected their captain's pugnacious character. |

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Mundine should give himself an uppercut

Posted: 8/09/2007 | Anthony Mundine lacks the wit to realise every time he appoints himself a spokesman for 'my people' he is doing damage. |

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Seles showed the way (grunt!)

Posted: 8/09/2007 | She won't get a mention but Monica Seles is the player who this year's Wimbledon women's singles champion should pay homage to. |

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John MacDonald is a sports writer in the classic mould, with a twist of acerbic wit. A heady, and at times provocative, cocktail of in-depth analysis and hilarious sporting fiction is Maccas' main game.