Opinion

A little less baying for blood would help our troubled world

Steve Evans
Updated July 2 2021 - 12:23am, first published March 5 2021 - 4:30am
General Campbell said the wrong thing, but the intent behind his statement was noble. Picture: Defence Department
General Campbell said the wrong thing, but the intent behind his statement was noble. Picture: Defence Department

Many years ago, I was badly assaulted (though the word seems too soft - viciously attacked gets the idea across better). Nearly a half century later, I still remember the kicks in slow-mo. Literally half a rugby team stood above me as their star player kicked me around the body and head.

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Steve Evans

Steve Evans

Reporter

Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."

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