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Stephen Brook

Reporter · AU

Indexed articles, last 90 days
15
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Sep 24, 2026
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Jul 9, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Stephen Brook, John Buckley

    Craig McLachlan’s back on stage, and it’s a case of Schadenfreude (opens the original)

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    Actor Craig McLachlan is attempting to stage a comeback. Again. The former Neighbours star’s career has been spluttering since he was found not guilty of indecent assault involving allegations made about his behaviour during a production of The Rocky Horror Show. After attempting a comeback last year, and cancelling it, McLachlan will appear next month in his own cabaret, music, circus, magic and “gloriously twisted” comedy show titled Schadenfreude. His character is described “as the devilish D

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Stephen Brook

    That NFL match actually cost double previous estimates. But the jubilation made it worth it (opens the original)

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    Winter in Melbourne was awful. The weather unremitting: cost of living, deadly potholes, local shops firebombed, local gyms firebombed, teenagers stabbing each other. But unexpectedly, a burst of joy. The three-hour, 10.35am Friday NFL match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers last week had it all. Grand spectacle, folly (courtesy of the LA Rams attempts to defy jet lag) and something we have been missing for a while – jubilance. I didn’t attend t

  3. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Stephen Brook

    Nike is collapsing. Yes it went woke, but that’s not why it’s going broke (opens the original)

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    Updated September 10, 2026 — 3:50pm,first published 3:47pm You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. This week there’s been era-defining upheaval in the capitalist cultural zeitgeist: sportswear icon and behemoth Nike has suffered such a loss in market value it’s set to crash out of the top 100 companies on the US stockmarket. To which I say – good. The corporate megalodon has lost more than $US200 billion ($277 billion) in value since it

  4. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Stephen Brook, Eliza Sum

    Who founded the law firm Maurice Blackburn? Take The Age quiz (opens the original)

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    This heritage-listed picture house is built in the Streamlined Moderne style and opened in 1940 during a golden age for Melbourne’s cinemas. In 1968, it became the first cinema in Australia to be split into two separate theatres. The theatre is now operated by Village Cinemas and has since expanded to eight screens. What is the name of the cinema, and where is it? Check next week’s quiz for the answer. Last week’s WHERE AM I? St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church is on Gilbert Road, Preston. You have

  5. Article · Aug 22, 2026 · Stephen Brook

    What Jeff Kennett really thinks of Julia Gillard, Daniel Andrews – and death (opens the original)

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    You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The Hon Jeffrey Gibb Kennett, AC, is – he admits we might find this surprising – reluctant. “Jeff does not do interviews over lunch,” emails the personal assistant to Victoria’s polarising 43rd premier, instead offering coffee and a chat at his office, housed in a terrace in the inner-east suburb of Cremorne, so much trendier in temperament and attitude than his old state seat of Burwood. As I wai

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