‘It wasn’t my time to die’:Bourke Street terror attack hero receives bravery award

‘It wasn’t my time to die’:Bourke Street terror attack hero receives bravery award

A Melbourne man who survived the 2018 Bourke Street terror attack has received a national bravery award.

  • byCarolyn Webb

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Hero,villain,or both? Untangling Assange’s divisive legacy

Hero,villain,or both? Untangling Assange’s divisive legacy

The Herald published two opinion pieces on Julian Assange. One was objective – the other revealed a superior tone conveying mockery,derision and oversimplification.

‘He could have drowned’:How these young surf lifesavers rescued a kayaker off the WA coast

‘He could have drowned’:How these young surf lifesavers rescued a kayaker off the WA coast

The brothers’ bravery was recognised at an Australia Day awards ceremony on Friday,where they were presented with the Young Community Citizen of the Year award.

  • byHolly Thompson
The draft-dodging ‘coward’ brave enough to collar a would-be killer

The draft-dodging ‘coward’ brave enough to collar a would-be killer

In his 20s,now-retired NSW judge Wayne Haylen was called a coward for burning his Vietnam conscription card,but a conspicuous act of bravery silenced his critics.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
No heroes any more? Yes there are,you just need to know where to look

No heroes any more? Yes there are,you just need to know where to look

Those with a moral centre are the ones we should hail as heroic,and they are all around us,hiding in plain sight.

  • byKerri Sackville
A woman’s mental health is still being used as a weapon against her

A woman’s mental health is still being used as a weapon against her

Apparently we come into the world judged insane before having to prove we’re rational. This attitude underlines what a mess the mental health system continues to be.

  • byEliza Reilly
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Hubert Wilkins:Australian flies blind into eye of an Arctic storm and into history
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Hubert Wilkins:Australian flies blind into eye of an Arctic storm and into history

The first men in history to complete the hardest,most dangerous and most improbable flight flew 22 hours and 20 minutes non-stop over the Arctic.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Australia’s forgotten hero:Anzac photographer was a visionary ahead of his time
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Australia’s forgotten hero:Anzac photographer was a visionary ahead of his time

Spy,photographer,writer,cameraman,explorer,war hero,air ace:Hubert Wilkins deserves more credit for his many achievements.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Hero teen saves ‘panicking,screaming’ girl and her dog from Perth house fire
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Hero teen saves ‘panicking,screaming’ girl and her dog from Perth house fire

A courageous 16-year-old boy who single-handedly saved the life of a young panicked girl and her pet dog from a house fire in Perth’s north-east has his sights set on making fire fighting his career.

  • byLauren Pilat
Les plans to turn his country pub into a haven for creative people

Les plans to turn his country pub into a haven for creative people

A Terang hotel is set to be a sanctuary for artists,writers,musicians and performers,all for free.

  • byTony Wright
Modest men of the sea offer a lesson in nobility
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Modest men of the sea offer a lesson in nobility

A shipwreck averted. In our search for heroes,we might look beyond millionaires who smash tennis racquets for sport,and consider quieter achievers.

  • byTony Wright