Peter Fenwick News Today

As Jim Chalmers' budget made no claims about Donald Trump and Russian puppetmasters, there was no opportunity for the ABC's Sarah Ferguson to take viewers on a globe-girdling flight of fancy. Instead, and to her considerable credit, she gave the Treasurer and his fiscal fantasies a thorough thrashing. Well done, Ms Ferguson

Good evening. The Prince of Wales pulled out of a memorial service for his godfather, King Constantine of Greece, at the eleventh hour on Tuesday, citing “personal” reasons. Elsewhere, a former minister has apologised for suggesting there were religious “no-go” areas in parts of Birmingham and London.

Peter Fenwick always thought tales of outer-body sensations and bright lights were ‘psychobabble’ – but then a patient opened his mind...

The deficiency of the UN ceasefire proposal is that it does not address the threat of a repeat of the Al-Aqsa Flood pogrom.

In an essay in The Australian, (7 Sep) Tony Abbott reviewed Pearsons speech and explained what has changed in eight years and where the voice has gone astray.

Author Brian King – who has written a book about Dundee’s boozers – delivers his verdict on what makes a classic pub.

Readers respond to reports of trees “going missing” during the night; the Matildas; and The Voice.

Readers discuss the budget pressures behind the Victorian government’s decision to axe the Commonwealth Games.

Ross-shire athlete retains crown at 50-mile duathlon between Kintail and Beauly.

The Voice provides power and money to an Aboriginal elite who are already well-educated and participating in our first world economy, but it can do no more than existing lobby groups.