Roos Bound To Win As Essendon Bombs Out

A WIN over St Kilda in the previous round and the whispers started. "Maybe the Bombers aren't that ordinary. Maybe they're a chance for some finals action." Then along came the Kangaroos, consummate party poopers and just the side to show up a pretender such as Kevin Sheedy's Essendon.

The Problem Identified - Deafness

I KNOW, Virginia, but is it true? Labor is down and dying, run by self-serving party-machine men. Sydney's John Faulkner whispers it subtly, however eloquently. Hobart's Harry Quick shouts it brutally. Both are all but ignored. Melbourne's John Button said so three years ago, in a 20,000-word article. He was ignored, too. Adelaide's Ralph Clarke, the state Labor MP who sued his own party for rorting the internal ballot that took away his preselection, said so five years ago. Ignored. Former ...