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February 23, 2025

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli

THE greater the distance from one’s date of birth, the more one is inclined to reflection. The photograph of an Australian soldier who died...

February 16, 2025

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli

“TO retire, or not to retire”, that is the question. For some the prospect of ending paid employment is their worst nightmare. For others,...

February 9, 2025

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli

RACISM­ — the inability or refusal to recognise the rights, needs, dignity, or value of people of particular races or geographical origins, is, by...

February 2, 2025

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli

DONALD Trump is President of the United States of America. He is, arguably, fortified with the collective Might and Power of that country, the...

January 26, 2025

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli

TO celebrate Australia Day on January 26, the date on which the British invaders came ashore and claimed possession (terra nullius February 7) at...

January 19, 2025

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli

BELATEDLY, I have made two New Year resolutions: I intend to be more intolerant, and much less perfect! Please, allow me to explain! Like many,...

January 12, 2025

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli

HOW quickly the years pass! I am jealous not of success, but I am covetous of those opportunities which now present for those starting-out...

December 8, 2024

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,...

December 1, 2024

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THE controversy surrounding the casting of the lead character in the stage musical, Kinky Boots, is an indicator of how attitudes have changed —...

November 24, 2024

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A FOOL and his money is soon parted! I should know, someone helped themselves to $1.6-million of mine! However, in pathetic defence, mine was...

November 17, 2024

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WHENEVER will they learn learn? Voters have scant interest in political braggadocio cultivated specifically to score cheap, political points, and creating furores of dubious...

November 10, 2024

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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...

November 3, 2024

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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...

October 6, 2024

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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...

September 29, 2024

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...

September 22, 2024

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“’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...

September 15, 2024

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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...

September 1, 2024

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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...

August 25, 2024

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...

August 18, 2024

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BACK in his Italian, Tuscan village, my father, Ginger, was a pastore — a shepherd. They made pecorino cheese. In Australia, he taught himself...

August 11, 2024

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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...

August 4, 2024

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...

July 21, 2024

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...

June 9, 2024

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...