November 13, 2021
Whose health is it? Chronic disease
From the patient’s perspective, the question is: “Hey! Whose health is it?” PATIENT B presents with morbid obesity; develops diabetes type 2 and dies...
November 7, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 7 November
Ballarat is not some sleepy hollow sequestered in a 20th century time warp. It is an important regional city. Only a pessimist...
November 7, 2021
What is the Question November
This month Roland caught up with photographer and environmental campaigner Peter Kervarec.
What is your name? Peter Kervarec What is your occupation? Professional photographer...
October 31, 2021
Vale Bert Newton: Roland reflects
Albert Watson Newton AM, MBE (23 July 1938 – 30 October 2021)
THE death of Bert Newton marks the end of a...
October 31, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 31 October
There are those comments which are so profoundly stupid it leaves you questioning everything – even the very existence of the universe!
THE...
October 17, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 17 October
Theocracy: literally - a government of God; a country which is governed by religious leaders. A form known to many ancient peoples...
October 10, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 10 October
Since when did the musings of the next-door neighbour, or the person who lives across the street from the scene of the...
October 3, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 3 October
The death of actress Jane Powell, who starred in the screen musical, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, set me to thinking about...
September 26, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 26 September
You need to wonder about keyboard warriors. They are so brave while they are tucked-away under their dark rock, anonymously spewing their...
September 19, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 19 September
This requires a fleeting suspension of disbelief. Imagine if a shark were to wander into the middle of a main street. There...
September 5, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 5 September
Para athlete, Ntando Mahlangu of South Africa, is starring in a CITI television commercial. He says, "It's okay, you can stare. If...
September 5, 2021
What is the Question – September
For September’s What is the Question, Roland chatted with former City of Ballarat mayor and current south ward councillor Ben Taylor. Photo:...
August 29, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 29 August
How often must some people be told before it resonates: COVID-19 may kill you! Let there be no doubt. It is imperative...
August 29, 2021
The evacuation of serving Afghanis
-OPINION
THE shameful decision taken by the Commonwealth Government, to abandon those Afghans who worked alongside the Australian forces in the Afghanistan War,...
August 22, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 22 August
We used to believe it mattered not whether you won or lost, but how you played the game. Certainly, it was the...
August 15, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 15 August
If blokes were ordered to wear skimpy bathers to play beach handball we would have blood in the streets; however, when it...
August 8, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 8 August
The anti-lockdown protestors are to be roundly condemned; however, the blatant civil disobedience might be interpreted as a manifestation of a more pernicious malaise:...
August 1, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 1 August
Two things are infinite, as far as we know: the universe, and human stupidity.
TODAY we know that this statement is not...
July 25, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 25 July
The actor, the late Robert Morley, said of banks, “They should be in backstreets with brothels!”
If that offends any member of the...
July 18, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 18 July
There are those moments in life, so profound, either you embrace them with alacrity, or you spiral into the deepest depression.
I...
July 11, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 11 July
The closure of the camera shop on the Sturt Street Boulevard is a sad sign of the times. It proves: Ballarat is...
July 11, 2021
What is the Question – July
For July’s What is the Question Roland chatted with piano virtuoso Wendy Rechenberg. What is your name? Wendy Rechenberg. What is your occupation? Accompanist/piano teacher. What brought you to...
July 4, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 4 July
It is a simplistic concept and probably fraught with danger as a consequence, but it is time. Let the punishment fit the crime! Obviously, there...
June 27, 2021
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 27 June
In a truly democratic, capitalist society, those who have prospered have a moral and ethical obligation to support those for whom the...
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