February 28, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 28 February
When the announcers from the ABC in Perth wanted to march in the Vietnam Moratorium, they were warned, if they did so, they would...
February 14, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 14 February
We must resist the temptation to demonise our politicians. It serves only to weaken our system of government and to encourage the...
February 7, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 7 February
Freedom of speech does not, by definition, grant you the right to be a loud-mouth; to slander, to defame, and to lie;...
February 7, 2021
What is the Question – February
What is your name? Michael Poulton. What is your occupation? CEO - Committee for Ballarat. What brought you to Ballarat? When I was 18, I came from Melbourne to...
January 31, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 31 January
There is a syntactic problem with the curt cliché and the smart-alecky riposte. They leave you second-guessing as to exactly what the...
January 24, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 24 January
They will, 100 years hence, stare incredulously at the photographs of the insurgents storming Washington’s Capitol Building.
HISTORIANS will debate, and conjecture, how...
January 17, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 17 January
The boss of American South West Airlines said, “The girls must be able to wear hots pants and kinky leather boots, or...
January 13, 2021
What is the Question – January
To get What is the Question started in 2021, Roland chanted with IT executive Tevita Topui.
What is your name? Tevita Topui. What is your...
January 10, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 10 January
Once it was so simple. You dialled the number. It rang at the other end and a telephonist answered. In seconds you...
January 1, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 1 January
This year of 2020 has not been one on which most of us will look back with undiluted pleasure.
WHILE it was neither...
December 25, 2020
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 25 December
Christmas is that time of year when, around the world, Christians gather together in great towering cathedrals and small parish churches, to...
December 20, 2020
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 20 December
The late Gordon Chater joked that when it comes to gifts we all know it’s not the thought that counts, but the...
December 13, 2020
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 13 December
Moggy, my cat, and I met in the street. Having been dumped, she moved-in, uninvited. Her choice was tantamount to winning Cattslotto!
ALWAYS,...
December 6, 2020
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 6 December
I know how to behave. I do not need advice on political correctness. Recent events have revealed its purest form - a...
December 6, 2020
What is the Question – December
For the last What is the Question of 2020, Roland spoke with pharmacist Verinder ‘Bobby’ Mehta.
What is your name? My actual name is...
November 29, 2020
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 29 November
We have two things in this life which we truly own, unequivocally: our name, and our reputation. Both are fragile and should...
November 22, 2020
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 22 November
Seven of the nine former councilors have been returned to office. This result should not be construed as blanket consensus approval; rather...
November 15, 2020
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 15 November
“This above all: to thine own self be true,” says Polonius. I wonder, often, exactly what Shakespeare meant by that line from...
November 8, 2020
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 8 November
To eat, or not to eat? That is the question. One week you should, the next week, you shouldn’t! It is most...
November 8, 2020
What is the Question – November – Brett Macdonald
What is your name? Brett Macdonald (please spell my surname right Roland!) What is your occupation? Broadcaster - radio 3BA What brought you to Ballarat? Broadcasting! Garry West who...
November 1, 2020
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 1 November
If the artist’s impression is true, the proposed six-story hotel planned for Doveton Street South Street lacks architectural merit!
INCREDULOUSLY, the developer countered...
October 25, 2020
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 25 October
Being a good person is the most difficult state to achieve in our lives. It demands courage and constant commitment to dodge...
October 18, 2020
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 18 October
What would Australia do without its legion of loyal fund-raisers and volunteers in all sorts of areas?
EVERY day of the year, there...
October 18, 2020
Ride only part of doctor’s huge effort
CANCER is the single largest killer disease of children in this country. It takes a special breed of person to work with youngsters suffering from...
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