Stephen Lacey
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 5
- Latest publication
- Sep 24, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for WAtoday
- Top 100K sites
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- Jul 30, 2026
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Cars, drums and 2am kebabs: How Jim and Adam became ‘mates at first sight’ (opens the original)
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Jim Hull, 57, is a mechanic and motorsport driver, while his mate, Adam Morris, 47, is a professional drummer, DJ and motoring enthusiast. They host a popular YouTube channel that reviews second-hand cars. Adam: I met Jim about 20 years ago at a drum shop in Newcastle, NSW, where I worked. A mutual friend brought him in and we got talking about cars. I don’t want to say it was love at first sight, but definitely mates at first sight. We’d see each other around. I was the drummer in dozens of ban
I spent a year convinced I was dying. Here is what my GP finally told me (opens the original)
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Each week, Good Weekend’s how-to column shares expert advice on how to navigate some of modern life’s big – and small – challenges. This week: how to stop worrying about your health. Last year, I had pancreatic cancer, mesothelioma, a myocardial infarction and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. I also had plantar fasciitis. In the end, my long-suffering GP assured me that I actually had none of the above (with the exception of plantar fasciitis), but that I do have the worst case of Illness Anxiety Diso
‘I’m not ready to die yet’: The heartbreaking phone call Max made to his best mate (opens the original)
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Max Benaud, 34, runs an old butcher’s shop in rural NSW that he bought with his mate, lamb farmer Wal Stranger, 30. But their paddock-to-plate dream would be interrupted by a shattering diagnosis. MAX: Wal and I met in 2019 in Sydney working in export sales for a Japanese company that owns abattoirs. I thought “Aussie farmer” straight away: he spoke in a certain way. If I said, “Mate, it’s raining outside,” he’d say, “True”. Everything was “True” this and “True” that. I’m from the NSW Southern H
‘You can’t afford to be cocky’: The unusual sport that brought Ashleigh and Blake together (opens the original)
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Timber-mill worker Blake Marsh, and his wife, Ashleigh, a housekeeping supervisor, both 33, are competitive woodchoppers. They’re also parents to Harrison, 6, and Scarlett, 4. Blake: We met at the Sydney Royal Easter Show about 14 years ago. She had a boyfriend at the time, but I thought she was hot – I liked her smile and she has very cute dimples – so I added her to Facebook. A couple of years later, we saw each other again in New Zealand, where there’s a competition every day from Boxing Day
Want to nail that first kiss? Follow the 70:30 ratio (opens the original)
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Each week, Good Weekend’s how-to column shares expert advice on how to navigate some of modern life’s big – and small – challenges. This week: How to nail a first kiss. My first kiss was with Sandra Thomas in a stormwater pipe beneath Hillview Street in Woy Woy, NSW. We were 13. Many years later, we caught up and she told me – rather uncharitably – that it had been like kissing “a Victa lawnmower”. I really don’t know what she’d been expecting, but can I help it if I have a freakishly flexible m
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