News that radio personality John Laws is again retiring seems quite surreal. The golden tonsils has been in our lives and had an enormous impact on major political and social […]
Read MoreHonouring Kidman clan matriarch
Occasionally appearing at acting awards ceremonies, sharing the limelight with her famous daughter Nicole, Janelle Kidman’s life as wife and mother might often have been out of her control as […]
Read MoreMargot’s a role model
How wonderful to see Aussie star Margo Robbie looking amazing as she progresses through her third trimester of pregnancy while holidaying in far away Sardinia with husband Tom Ackerley (“Margo […]
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Farnham lifts spirits
The challenges of the news cycle surely wear us all out as we struggle with a cacophony of bad stories and bad people appearing in the news. But every so […]
Read MoreBarnesy’s survival one of his greatest hits
Bustling on the front page of the Sunday Telegraph with the broadest of smiles and the scars of battle with cardiac surgeons proudly on show, it’s clear that Jimmy Barnes […]
Read MoreProud of Aussie way
Regaling the Australian way of life in such an optimistic and inspiring manner at the IPA, News Corp chairman Lachlan Murdoch reminded me of his exceedingly polite manner when I […]
Read MoreDon’t doubt our awe, lan
Great people with supernatural talents taking rollercoaster rides on the wheels of fortune are never to be trusted to objectively write their own stories. (lan Thorpe’s shock Olympic admission, 19/12). […]
Read MorePlus side of Korean saga
Australians, who venture into harm’s way overseas may cause our government considerable cost and “diplomatic capital” in getting them repatriated. However, Alek Sigley is not your average adventurer (Missing Aussie […]
Read MoreHow fires tragedy has a silver lining
What a difference a disaster makes! Without challenges while absorbed in life’s luxuries, our worst self- indulgent behaviour had been on display for the world. To exemplify, think bank royal […]
Read MoreWelcome home, Mary
From the land of Hans Christian Andersen – the author of the world’s best children’s fables – Aussie Mary Donaldson is truly living up to the classic fairy tale line […]
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