Bevan Shields
Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald
Bevan Shields is the Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald.
Trying to make sense of a senseless week in Sydney
After a lot of thought – and yes, some tears – I keep coming back to one word to sum up this week: senseless.
- by Bevan Shields
All eyes will be on courtroom one on Monday
Once, cases like this would only play out in the courtroom, with very little capacity for the public to see how the sausage is made.
- by Bevan Shields
Well, wasn’t that all totally predictable?
I appreciate this affair is probably one that many busy readers have not engaged in. But in my view this story matters a great deal because it goes to three key points.Â
- by Bevan Shields
The word that has shocked me in the debate over housing
In the midst of a housing affordability crisis, the debate over plans to sell and redevelop the Rosehill Racecourse should be based on fact, not scaremongering rhetoric.
- by Bevan Shields
Celebrating a uniquely Sydney treat
Ocean pools are a peculiarly NSW treasure; nowhere else in the world has nearly as many.
- by Bevan Shields
Kudos to the NRL, V’landys and Abdo for having the guts to try something big
This week’s slightly delayed note comes to you from Las Vegas, where over the past week any scepticism about the NRL’s experiment has been shattered.
- by Bevan Shields
It’s time to clean up our councils
I think it’s time to start an honest conversation about the litany of council failures and how to fix the system.Â
- by Bevan Shields
The Festival of Ross Gittins isn’t over yet
My first encounter with Ross Gittins occurred on May 12, 2015 while locked up in a room at Parliament House in Canberra.
- by Bevan Shields
The Sydney suburb where I first understood the joy of great neighbours
Until I moved into my home in Camperdown, I’d spent a lot of time wondering whether I might just be a terrible neighbour.
- by Bevan Shields
What was the biggest news event of the past year?
In a year that gave us the Voice referendum and a new state government, Herald subscribers clicked most on a very human tragedy.
- by Bevan Shields and Liam Phelan