Opinion
Party on, boys: Panthers deserve to celebrate how they choose
This Penrith team’s humility, pride and attachment to the community is evident to anyone who is close to it.
This is Taylor’s world and we’re just living in it
Bigger that Beatlemania? You better believe it.
What if the Education Minister was a former teacher?
Over an Indian dinner with a mate on the main street of St Marys last week, the conversation turned to politics, as it inevitably...
Show us what you’ve got, Bill
On August 24 last year the Liberal Party all but consigned itself to opposition.
It was an embarrassing day – lessons from the past not...
Premier must and will survive scandal
Premier deserves to survive, even if she's taken a personal hit.
It’s time to change the COVID conversation
The COVID response in NSW has been confusing and confidence-shaking.
Troy Dodds delivers his fearless predictions for the 2023 NRL season
So it begins: the wild ride of an NRL season. Eight games a week, impossible to escape coverage. The odd bitten fingernail.
We can all do better, but cancel culture must not win
George Orwell once said (or didn’t say, depending on who you believe), “the most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate...
Christmas provides opportunity to reset the political agenda in 2018
All of us look forward to the Christmas period – an opportunity to relax, reset and take a much-needed break.
For the sitting NSW and...
Tale of the week: Lockdowns, Oscars and Emus
Troy Dodds looks at the recent WA lockdown, plus the Oscars and a miracle sporting win in Penrith.
The great myths of election campaigns
Nothing brings out hypocrisy, misunderstanding and total ignorance like an election campaign.
Social media companies, and their users, must look in the legal and moral mirror
Why does the public not hold social media companies and rogue users to the same standard as it does the traditional media? Troy Dodds ponders.
Thanks for another great year
Friday marks the final edition of the Weekender for 2016, bringing the curtain down on an incredibly busy year for the region.
It was a year...
Kicking Defqon.1 out of Penrith is a shame, but necessary
The State Government’s move to kick the Defqon.1 music festival out of Penrith may seem like a kneejerk reaction or even a little over...
Yes, it’s more than just a game
This Sunday’s Grand Final is another reward for those Penrith fans who’ve been at this caper for years.
Sport’s modern conundrum as money and ethics collide
Sport and money were always destined to collide. That’s just how things roll.
A broken promise, yes, but Albanese did the right thing on tax cuts
Is keeping a promise more important than delivering more money to those most in need? Troy Dodds says Anthony Albanese got it right on his tax cut adjustments.
Now’s our chance to protect Lauren
Nobody was there to protect four-year-old Lauren Hickson when she was sexually assaulted and murdered near the Nepean River at Emu Plains in 1989.
But...
