May 13, 2021
ABBA musical hits exactly the right note
Mamma Mia! is an internationally acclaimed jukebox musical, and guaranteed to make your spirits sore, which, after a year of COVID uncertainty, is exactly...
May 9, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 9 May
The astounding public confession by a New South Wales politician, conceding he signed documents which he neither read, nor understood, is cause...
May 9, 2021
What is the Question – May
For May’s What is the Question Roland chats with owner of BK Joinery, Bernie Keogh. Photo: SUPPLIED What is your name? Bernard Peter Keogh, but everyone...
May 2, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 2 May
I am creating a body of work for which, 30-years ago, I had neither the wit, nor the wisdom. Capacity comes with...
April 25, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 25 April
It is unforgiveable when the basic facts of a topic are incorrect; occasionally, the premise for the article is a total nonsense....
April 18, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 18 April
The unedifying spectacle of two women fighting in a supermarket aisle over lavatory paper, caused me to ruminate about the Australia we...
April 11, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 11 April
Always, Australia has bragged about its mateship ethos, which, it is claimed, was forged in the trenches of Gallipoli. Something has changed. When did...
April 4, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 4 April
Let us not be silly! Of course the Prime Minister was not suggesting the women of Australia are lucky not to be...
March 28, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 28 March
The content of the domestic assault story was so confronting, so deeply disturbing, I had to go outside and sit in the...
March 21, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 21 March
Unsurprisingly, the Oprah Winfrey television interview with Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, has raised the question of an...
March 14, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 14 March
I am partial to a good anecdote, apocryphal, or not! To suit an audience, I have been known to claim the best...
March 7, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 7 March
Civilisation as we know it will not cease to exist if we do not have Facebook in our lives. Be assured: the...
March 7, 2021
What is the Question – March
For March’s What is the Question, Roland chatted with Josh Arthur, along with Maddie Jarosz, he’s half of Power FM’s new breakfast team. What is...
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...
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