He Was Smiling !!! 21 May Why Archbishop Hart’s performance before an inquiry into paedophile priests brought back memories of LBJ and the Vietnam War. Full story …
‘Nefarious Ilk' 20 May An unexpected text exchange with one of the most notorious (make that nefarious) men in Australia. Full story …
Friday Thoughts 17 May Time for some Friday reflections. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Mick Gatto, praise for a premier and another Army sex scandal. Full story …
Thomson's Last Stand 16 May It's like somebody farted in church. The smell that is Craig Thomson is back. Full story …
Best Of 2012 21 Jan I have been remiss. Usually by this time in a new year I have gone back over all the meals and all the munchies and picked out some of the favourites from the previous 12 months. Full story …
Crown Metropol 21 Dec It was the loud voice of recognition, before the bear hug, that assured me my first meal at Crown Perth would be memorable. Full story …
Rosetta 03 Dec It completes a great row of world class eateries. And three of them are Mr. Perry’s. Rockpool, Rosetta and Spice Temple. Add those to Bistro Guillaume and the Atlantic and you’ve got a helluva choice of nosh-houses. Full story …
Staying In Britain? 04 Apr Some jottings from a working journo's notebook. Recently, I spent ten days in the U.K. on assignment in my new (wonderful) job as a reporter for the Seven Network's top-rating public affairs program Sunday Night. Full story …
Abu Dhabi Doo! 06 Mar It was in Abu Dhabi that they got me. Sounds like the start of a James Bond adventure but I’d already had my 007 moment on this trip (I tweeted about it). Full story …
Bugger The 737! 21 Dec I had to make a quick return trip to Perth recently. I was actually en route to Geraldton to perform a delightful, and meaningful, task: Unveiling a floating five-tonne granite ball in a memorial fountain dedicated to organ donors. Full story …
A Mini Vacation 11 Dec It was a great gotcha. If I immodestly say so myself. I wanted to surprise my wife with a reward for all she’d been through over a turbulent private and professional 18 months. Full story …
A Blonde Moment 13 May Legally Blonde-The Musicial opened in Melbourne. I didn't love Lucy. Full story …
What A Ride! 08 Apr There is no other way to start this: Driving Miss Daisy at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre is one of the greatest theatrical experiences you will have in a lifetime. Full story …
Funny Things Did Happen 29 Oct It is very tempting, and I have been guilty of this myself, for film and theatre reviewers to grab a clever line and run with it. Even better if you can bounce of the title. Full story …
You're The Voice 17 Sep Channel Nine may have The Voice but The Princess has The Voices. The Princess being the Princess Theatre where a re-run of South Pacific opened on Saturday night. Full story …
Shooting for the Moon 06 Jul Forty years ago this month, the dusty, rilled footprint of Neil Armstrong was historically planted on the moon as man walked on the lunar surface for the first time. About ten years before that –when I was a teenager – I used to wrestle with my Dad for first go at the daily newspaper to read about the latest exploits of seven men chosen to be the first human voyagers into space. Full story …
A Flat Argument 31 May It is more than twenty years since I went to jail, first to Pentridge then Morwell, for being in contempt of court after trying to alert parents to the predatory behaviour of an evil priest, Michael Glennon. Full story …