Shane Worrell -- Writer

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Music festivals as spiritual awakenings
The Big Day Out. Ash. Fatboy Slim. Underworld. Antenna. Regurgitator. As the music coursed through me, I felt alive. Full of so much potential and…
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Richie Dyson, the myth, the legend
Richie arrived soon after – dressed as a mummy. The bandages had been applied pretty hastily, though, and were already unravelling.
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Sibling loss and complicated grief
"Our childhood memories are now mine alone. I feel guilty that I’m the only kid left to bask in those memories. Just as I feel guilty at being the only…
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Flimsy Trial by Media legislation
"Strangers don’t have to represent us anymore! We can vote for jurors we know and trust – jurors who can sing!"
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Debutante Balls
“What, really, was the point of that?” Trent said. “Weeks of dance practice and one night of performing those boring, lifeless routines."
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Grade Five: When Tony Lockett Became Everything
St Kilda thrashed Adelaide, 162-31. I’m not sure whether the Crows should be in the AFL. They surely won’t win another game. St Kilda might win the flag…
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What one parent of an autistic child wants people to know
"No one has to help. But if they want to help, I’ll tell them this ..."
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Extreme dental anxiety
"People say they’re scared of drowning at the dentist; I’m scared of suffocating, in the throes of metallic spasms."
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The Day Carlton Kicked One Goal
As described by a 10-year-old playing Little League at half-time in 1991.
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