A young Tim Colebatch stood up to a legendary Age editor — and made his mark

A young Tim Colebatch stood up to a legendary Age editor — and made his mark

Many of The Age’s journalists of the 1960s and 1970s went on to become huge influences outside the newspaper – but only one member of that generation remained on staff in a direct unbroken link to the era.

  • byDamien Murphy

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Pioneering Age economic and political journalist Tim Colebatch dies,aged 75

Pioneering Age economic and political journalist Tim Colebatch dies,aged 75

The Age’s former long-standing economics editor,Tim Colebatch,who prided himself in “sorting the truth from the spin”,helped Australians understand some of the most profound economic reforms of our time.

  • byDamien Murphy
The journalist who helped Melbourne get the joke

The journalist who helped Melbourne get the joke

Journalist Peter Weiniger’s life was a testament to the hope and opportunity that Australia offered to the world after the devastation of World War II.

  • byKevin Childs andDamien Murphy
First draft of history:How the Herald has reported a changing Australia

First draft of history:How the Herald has reported a changing Australia

From the ascension of Queen Victoria in 1837 to the fires,floods and a pandemic of recent times,the Herald has been at the forefront of breaking news.

  • byDamien Murphy
Riders of the storm:Mid North Coast awash as history repeats

Riders of the storm:Mid North Coast awash as history repeats

When the rains came,residents faced the deluge with little fanfare ... and 4WDs.

  • byDamien Murphy
Herald legend whose columns were a mix of insight,venom and grace

Herald legend whose columns were a mix of insight,venom and grace

Alan Ramsey's only good word for John Howard was goodbye.

  • byDamien Murphy
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First woman in a Labor cabinet drove sex discrimination laws

First woman in a Labor cabinet drove sex discrimination laws

Susan Ryan achieved many trailblazing reforms.

  • byDamien Murphy
From the Archives,2010:Australia gets its first female PM

From the Archives,2010:Australia gets its first female PM

10 years ago,Australia was"tickled pink"to have its first female prime minister,Julia Gillard,

  • byDamien Murphy
The death of Jessica Falkholt goes to the fears hidden deep inside all Australians

The death of Jessica Falkholt goes to the fears hidden deep inside all Australians

With her celebrity status from Home and Away appearances,Jessica Falkholt immediately become the face of the holiday road toll.

  • byDamien Murphy
Ending workplace discrimination against pregnancy

Ending workplace discrimination against pregnancy

The Keating cabinet used the 10th anniversary of the Sex Discrimination Act to stop employers using pregnancy as a means of discriminating against women workers.

  • byDamien Murphy
Politicians versus people over a republic president

Politicians versus people over a republic president

Paul Keating's espousal of an Australian republic is perhaps one of the enduring big issue policies of his prime ministership.

  • byDamien Murphy