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Lightbulb moment on gay conversion laws fails to match a real need February 3, 2021 — 10.00pm Save Normal text size The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. GAY CONVERSION LAWS There’s an old joke among therapists. How many therapists does it take to change a light bulb? None, because the lightbulb has to want to change itself. The truth contained within this joke is patients are often motivated by wanting to change aspects of themselves or understand themselves better. When it comes to sexual orientation or gender identity, which ...

Time for humility and a leadership change February 2, 2021 — 10.00pm Normal text size The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. COLLINGWOOD REPORT Time for humility and a leadership change It is deeply shameful that Australia has lost Heritier Lumumba. He represents the Australia we could have: a society where brave, intelligent, articulate deep thinkers with integrity are valued, regardless of their cultural identity. It is deeply shameful that Eddie McGuire just can’t seem to say “⁣sorry”⁣. But unfortunately he represents the ki...

Time to enhance, not diminish our honours January 26, 2021 — 10.00pm Save Normal text size The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. MARGARET COURT Time to enhance, not diminish our honours Like many, I was saddened by Margaret Court’s AC. Court has already received an Order of Australia award recognising her service. As with at least two of last year’s awards she is a controversial figure with loudly advocated extremist opinions, hurtful and socially damaging to many, and certain to provoke Australians who value diversity, tol...

The bad taste will linger long after the event ends January 17, 2021 — 10.00pm Normal text size The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN The bad taste will linger long after the event ends I have attended the Australian Open every year for at least the past decade. But not this year. It is clear the mighty dollar is driving the decision to proceed, despite the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak (we’re still not confident our government has learnt its lessons from the second wave), and many Victorians stranded interstate not ...

Whisper it, but could 2021 be Brian Cody's last season in charge of Kilkenny? The 11-time All-Ireland winner was ratified for his 23rd campaign in charge this week, but there are murmurs of discontent on Noreside. Kevin O'Brien By Kevin O'Brien Wednesday 13 Jan 2021, 9:30 PM Jan 13th 2021, 7:09 PM 23,054 Views 32 Comments Updated Jan 13th 2021, 9:30 PM SPORT IS FICKLE and five years without an All-Ireland title means tongues hav...