From the desk of oland Rocchiccioli
THE recent VicPol, state-wide, Neighbourhood Policing Forums were initiated to allow senior police command to meet, and discuss concerns and challenges, with residents, stakeholders,...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli
THE controversy surrounding the casting of the lead character in the stage musical, Kinky Boots, is an indicator of how attitudes have changed —...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli
TO posit Ballarat is less safe, or more dangerous, than other locations in Australia would be an overstatement — a serious misnomer. The challenges...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli
WHENEVER will they learn learn? Voters have scant interest in political braggadocio cultivated specifically to score cheap, political points, and creating furores of dubious...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli
THE time has come for the silent majority to tell the vocal minority to back-off! Wokeism, with all its extremism, must be curbed. Published research...
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WHEN precisely, in the span of time, were journalists touched by the cosmos with the exclusive responsibility of predicting the future shape and form...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli
CONSIDER: 2.6-billion people — more than a third of the world's population, live in nations and territories gripped by repression, corruption, and human rights...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli
Time-and-tide take the edge from our childhood recollections; however, there are those elements which never fade… Of the myriad treasured remembrances from Gwalia, an Australian/European...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli
At school, football was not my sport-of-first-choice. I was too skinny; too self-conscious. Paradoxically, it has played a major part in my career. The...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli
“’Allo, ’allo, ’allo,” said Constable Plod, clasping his hands behind his back, and rising-and-falling on the balls of his large, flat feet For fans of...
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The more one sees and reads, the more one is convinced our lives are being controlled by characters who are, at best, average in...
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Being a small part of a successful television programme is most rewarding; however, it does have one serious disadvantage. The passage of time… I never...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli
How could it be? The 2024 NAPLAN results show: one-in-three Australian school students is not meeting literacy and numeracy benchmarks. One-in-ten requires additional support. It...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli
BACK in his Italian, Tuscan village, my father, Ginger, was a pastore — a shepherd. They made pecorino cheese. In Australia, he taught himself...
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Don't answer the foolish arguments of fools, or you will become as foolish as they. Conversely, be sure to answer the foolish arguments of...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli
IT is too easy to reflect; to say: “things were so much better back then.” In truth: fact and fiction become clouded — distance...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli
Unequivocally, there is no place in our society for political violence; however, we would do well to remember: to every action there is an...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli
The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, used a Labor caucus gathering to remind colleagues they sit in the House of Representatives, and the Senate, by...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli
It is impossible to fathom how we came to this precarious pass. From an ethos when the world was the oyster-of-the-young, our youth, through...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli for 10 March
When I acquired my little cottage in Ballarat I hoped for fairies at the bottom of the garden. That would have been perfection. BE...
Four stars, plus one more for Sandy the dog!
The Lyric Theatre production of the stage musical, Annie, is playing at the Civic Hall.
Annie is based on the popular, 1924 comic strip,...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 25 February
The Premier of Victoria Jacinta Allan delivered to the State Parliament, and all those Victorian children who suffered institutional abuse, a superbly measured and...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 11 February
The ABC is an important broadcasting institution. It is the voice of the people. It must be impartial, unfailingly. THE increasing inclination of journalists to...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 4 February
It was simple: you worked a second job - usually in the hospitality industry; saved a 10 per cent deposit; met with your bank...