Francophiles in Australia might well lament the passing of former President Valery Giscard d’Estang, one of the youngest presidents since Napoleon and the longest survivor at 94. (Vale Valery, 4/12). […]
Read MoreMarvellous Marcella
News that Marcella Zemanek is stepping away from Charlie Teo’s charity after a constant affiliation since her broadcaster husband’s death is a milestone. (A beauty for brains, 3/10). Hard to […]
Read MoreSad deaths keep coming
Stories of the COVID-19 death of grandmother Jamilie Joseph and now the first Australian in his 20s leaves a trail of sadness across many families. (Treasured gran died all alone, […]
Read MoreVale Patrick Simon
The death of French Mayor Patrick Simon due to COVID-19 highlights the personal horror of this affliction, dying alone without friends. (Adieu to a true friend of Australia, 15/5). Doubtless, […]
Read MorePaying for using earphones on busy street
The tragic death of a brilliant economics tutor early on Wednesday morning is not the first mobile phone casualty on Sydney’s roads, but what can we do to make it […]
Read MoreSydney’s beauty is in the eye of beholder
James Morrow is far too harsh with his criticism of Sydney’s skyline. (“Brutal truth on city’s eyesores”, DT, 14/11). Posing the question on how such a beautiful harbour could possibly […]
Read MoreVoters may do some photoshopping
Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun must be congratulated for cutting to the chase and admitting that the latest group photo of councillors was recycled from 2021 with some excellent photoshopping. (‘The […]
Read MoreJet trips annoying
It must be with great annoyance that those hypocrites imposing hardship and sacrifice on the general public in the name of addressing global climate change keep signalling the exact opposite […]
Read MoreBig Mac blackout
As the world was starved of Big Macs (if only for 10 hours) due to computer failures, one is surely tempted to celebrate a miraculous health initiative and pray for […]
Read MoreIt doesn’t fly, Tony
The costly visit to the US by left-leaning Labor minister Tony Burke hopefully proves extremely fruitful, with deals done and much achieved to profit the Australian economy beyond measure. Somehow, […]
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