Michelle Griffin
Brisbane Times
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Past articles by Michelle:
Wong urges China to use its influence to rein in Putin
The foreign minister encouraged Beijing to intervene to help stop Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as she met her Chinese counterpart to discuss issues including their countries’ long-running trade dispute. → Read More
The World ahead: the crucial challenges on every continent in 2022
This decade shows no sign of calming down yet. From vaccination to elections to the Olympics, our correspondents highlight the big news issues of the year. → Read More
Riots, royals and Delta rising: the biggest stories from a year of extremes
The invasion of the US Capitol on January 6 was only the first in a series of extraordinary events and huge moments that would dominate the news in 2021. → Read More
The second season of the pandemic is getting repetitive but we can’t look away
It’s not season three of The Handmaid’s Tale; we can’t just switch off the Sisyphean misery and catch up by reading recaps. → Read More
How would a second Trump impeachment work?
What would Trump be impeached for and how does the process work? And what is the likelihood of it happening? → Read More
The 2020 pandemic: our year of living dangerously
From a new strain of pneumonia in Wuhan to today’s “surge upon surge” overwhelming hospitals in Europe and the US, the coronavirus pandemic changed everything. → Read More
Milford Track, New Zealand: Have tourists ruined the 'finest walk in the world'?
I wanted to walk until I was physically exhausted and mentally calm. And I wanted to walk alone. → Read More
Why Age readers voted Daniel Andrews the Victorian Newsmaker of the Year
While the resounding yes result in the marriage equality plebiscite was celebrated with dancing in the streets, even the fiercest campaigners for assisted dying met the final vote in Victoria's upper house with solemnity and tears of weary relief. → Read More
Holiday from hell: What it's like to get extreme sunburn
Born a pallid redhead in a sunburnt country, I spent many summer holidays frying under the UV B rays like an ant under a magnifying glass. → Read More
Funnyman of the internet just a bully, say former colleagues
He's been called 'the funniest man on the internet' but to old colleagues David Thorne is a cyber bully. → Read More
Melbourne Express: Friday, December 9, 2016
* 9:08am on 9 Dec 2016 Well, that's a wrap for Melbourne Express for the week. It's been a quiet morning, with traffic moving relatively easily on major roads. Some major delays for commuters on the Upfield and Belgrave lines though. And everyone is dressed for a 10-degree winter morning even though it is, allegedly, summer. To recap the overnight news: *A house in Reservoir was gutted by fire… → Read More
Stop telling students that VCE doesn't matter
It's time we stopped telling students undertaking the first serious major project of their working lives that none of it matters. → Read More
Sprawling lake and health spa proposed for Hazelwood site
If you drown it, will they come? → Read More
Our daughters don't need to feel 'empowered'
An organisation that has been charged with improving real equality for women everywhere has stooped to the kind of vapid marketing synergies we'd expect from a skin cream commercial. → Read More
Live: 2015 Victorian VCE and ATAR results
Live coverage of the 2015 Victorian VCE and ATAR results. → Read More
Hundreds gather at Federation Square in vigil for Paris attack victims
As hundreds gathered in Federation Square to mourn the victims of the Paris attacks, many would have felt the worst kind of deja vu. → Read More
Paris attacks: Melbourne woman 'pretends to be dead' in Bataclan Concert Hall
A Melbourne father has spoken of his relief that his 30-year-old daughter survived the attack at the Bataclan Concert Hall on Friday night, in which at least 78 concert-goers were killed by multiple gunmen and suicide bombers. → Read More
Red: A History of the Redhead review
Whatever misfortunes redheads experience via their hair colour, it's not racism. We are highly visible in film, television, business and politics. We're not barred from marriage or higher office, we're not condemned by religions or politicians. → Read More
Patting lion cubs supports canned hunting
I should never have patted that lion. → Read More
Melbourne Express: Friday, July 24, 2015
Melbourne Express is a live blog bringing you what you need to hit the day running - news, weather and transport updates, and compelling content from The Age and beyond. Let us know how you're travelling: email me with your news on mgriffin@fairfaxmedia.com.au or tweet me, @michellegriff → Read More