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About: roland

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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....

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 fired-upon when...

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...

February 28, 2021

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 28 February

The Bendigo Times is a new weekly, free newspaper, which, in these troubled times, is cause for great celebration. It requires an...