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Wilfred Burchett’s career should be judged on all his achievements and not reduced to a single solitary story. George Burchett

September 3, 2015

Seventy years after Hiroshima, who was Australian war correspondent Wilfred Burchett?

Tom Heenan, Monash University

Wilfred Burchett wrote stories about war that the Australian and US governments preferred not to be told. For this, he paid the price.

Jubilation in 2011 after the Gold Coast scored the 2018 Commonwealth Games … but will they be worth it? AAP/Patrick Hamilton

August 4, 2014

Gold Coast Games will struggle to stay relevant – here’s why

Tom Heenan, Monash University

Goodbye Glasgow and hello Gold Coast. The Commonwealth Games will return Down Under in 2018 and already there are bold projections: Gold Coast Games Federation chair Nigel Chamier expects the creation…

Eddie McGuire has found himself trying to explain away his ‘brain-fade’ where he vilified Sydney player Adam Goodes. AAP Image/David Crosling

May 31, 2013

Eddie McGuire, Adam Goodes and ‘apes’: a landmark moment in Australian race relations

Tom Heenan, Monash University and David Dunstan, Monash University

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire’s week has seen him go from - to use the American sporting vernacular - hero to zero. Having been lauded for his response to a young female Collingwood supporter calling…

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