Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons is a journalist and columnist with The Sydney Morning Herald.
Opinion
Paris 2024
Fun and Games: Take a bow Paris, the opening ceremony … and Arnie
Paris has so far dished up a most-French start to an Olympic Games. And, I’ll tell a man, I’m here for it.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
Joe Hockey confirms. Donald Trump never cheats … at golf
Peter FitzSimons speaks to the former Australian ambassador to the US about American politics and what he really thinks about Donald Trump.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Paris 2024
Je ne regrette rien: How I scored an interview with French President Emmanuel Macron
The phrase “No regrets” was in the back of my mind when I cheekily squared up to the French leader.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Paris 2024
Why Paris will shake off les Olympiques bleus
When it comes to pre-Olympics grumbling, Parisians are gold medallists, but wait until the Games themselves start on one of the world’s great sporting stages.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
‘I don’t just want to be an Olympian, I want to be a successful one’
Australia’s fastest woman tells Peter FitzSimons how she has made her dreams a reality so far - and how there’s still plenty more to achieve.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
The Fitz Files
A (sort of) defence of Cameron Murray on a night that had it all
A few days have passed since that memorable State of Origin contest in Brisbane. The majesty of what we witnessed remains.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
State of Origin
The best. Anywhere. I’ll tell a man it was
Intensity is a word oft overused. But when reminiscing on the Origin decider, it almost doesn’t do the match justice.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
History
A hero’s welcome home for Flinders, two centuries too late
Explorer Matthew Flinders gave Australia its name. He had too much ambition to “rest in the unnoticed middle order of mankind”, but too many of us forget.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Disability
Bill Shorten is wrong. The case for NDIS funding of sex workers
Sex worker Rachel Wotton specialises in providing services to people with disability – and she’s furious that the NDIS minister has declared that they do not deserve her support.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
The Fitz Files
Dogs’ days are over, and it’s only eight years too late
The news this week was as sickening as it was predictable. Cats may have nine lives, but surely the greyhound racing “industry” has run out of second chances.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Paris 2024
‘She said I was marvellous’: Why world record breaker congratulated Aussie rival
Jessica Hull set an Australian record in the 1500m final of Sunday’s Diamond League meeting – but was still beaten by track legend Faith Kipyegon.
- by Peter FitzSimons