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October 15, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 15 October

Enabling your Facebook page for comment is tantamount to opening a Pandora’s Box. It gifts every half-witted keyboard warrior, armed with a megaphone to...

October 15, 2023

What is the Question – October

For October’s What is the Question, Roland Rocchiccioli talked with visual artist and musician Di Bresciani.   What is your name? Di Bresciani OAM nee Hofmaier.   What is...

October 8, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 8 October

We, all of us, need to be wary! Access to the public psyche through the media in its various manifestations comes with an onerous...

September 24, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 24 September

National Police Remembrance Day - 29 September - is an opportunity for all Australians to take a moment to reflect, with gratitude, on those...

September 17, 2023

From the desk of ROLAND ROCCHICCIOLI

In the same way, daylight saving will not fade your kitchen curtains; a ‘YES’ vote in the Voice to Parliament referendum will not allow...

September 10, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 10 September

It was 1993 when the AFL Footy Show with Ed McGuire and Sam Newman first screened across the county on Channel 9. It was...

September 3, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 3 September

Several weeks past, I wrote formal letters to three senior management at Cancer Council Australia. My missive was greeted with stoney silence.   NOT only is...

September 1, 2023

What is the Question – September

For September’s What is the Question Adam McNicol talks with ROLAND ROCCHICCIOLI.   What is your name? Adam McNicol.   What is your occupation? A sometimes writer and publisher -...

August 27, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 27 August

I wonder if Mr Albanese has ever been an employer and responsible for the payment of staff wages and salaries, including holidays?   HIS suggestion of...

August 20, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 20 August

Exactly like Miss Prissy in the film Gone With The Wind, “I doesn’t know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies”; however, the miracle notwithstanding, I imagine...

August 13, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 13 August

Beauty, it is said, is in the eye of the beholder, but for those who are being beheld, it is a different story.   IT is...

August 6, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 6 August

The decision to re-open the Bridge Mall to traffic is to be applauded, but will the $18 million investment help to eradicate the anti-social...

August 6, 2023

What is the Question – August

This month for What Is the Questions, Roland Rocchiccioli talks with Prue Bentley.   What is your name? Prudence Bentley (but only my mum calls me that....

July 30, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 30 July

You cannot have it both ways! Had the Victorian Premier gone ahead with the regional Commonwealth Games the ensuing criticism would be equally strident.   WHILE...

July 23, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 23 July

Some people are so ridiculous, one has to wonder how they manage to clamber from their beds and stumble through the day without doing...

July 16, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 16 July

Like most, I was perplexed about the forthcoming voice to Parliament referendum until I viewed an enlightening video of explanation from Shelley Reys.   BY way...

July 9, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 9 July

There was a time when dog-eared customer service manuals decreed the shopper was right, always - even when they were wrong! Times have changed,...

July 9, 2023

What is the Question – July

FOR July’s What is The Question, former classics teacher-turned apiarist Keith McCallum talks with Roland.   What is your name? Keith McCallum.   What is your occupation? I garden and...

July 2, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 2 July

Has the time arrived for household wood heaters to be banned? Research shows they are the largest source of air pollution in many Australian...

July 2, 2023

The Sound of Music continues to charm

BALLARAT Lyric Theatre has mounted an inspired production of Rogers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music to mark the company’s sixtieth anniversary. It’s the same...

June 25, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 25 June

The anguish of losing your money to a scam is beyond compare. The obvious question is: how many times must we be told to...

June 18, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 18 June

The stage musical, The Rocky Horror Show, is a theatrical phenomenon. It has enjoyed the kind of success for which most dramatists would trade...

June 11, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 11 June

No-one should be abused for doing their job. While the temptation to ‘rattle someone’s cage’, or to lob a personal jibe in a blistering...

June 4, 2023

From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 4 June

You watch; you listen; then shake your head, incredulously, asking of yourself: “Are the lunatics in charge of the asylum, or am I hallucinating?” ALWAYS,...