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Bill Shorten and aluminium jobs
It was an interesting time to talk to Federal Employment Minister Bill Shorten on 2GB and MTR while filling-in for Chris Smith, given the news that 600 aluminium jobs are at risk at ALCOA’s Geelong smelter. I was brought up in a town (Kurri Kurri) where aluminium jobs are a vital part of the economy,it’s [...]
World’s Best Peach Christmas Cake
We’ve had a lot of requests for the Christmas Cake recipe Jackie French described during her Good Tucker segment while I was filling-in for Chris Smith on radio 2GB and MTR. So here it is: (Yes, the ingredients are expensive, but trust me- this cake is better than caviar and probably better than any food [...]
Moving Pictures – 30 years on
For most who remember Moving Pictures, it will be through the song, What About Me?, and possibly the album from which it came, Days of Innocence. Well, to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of that great album which was triple-platinum in the early 80s, the group has reformed for a limited number of [...]
North Queensland and Nature
The resilience of Australians has been so well documented in the aftermath of the Queensland floods, however the floods have also brought into focus another character attribute; geographical ignorance. I am lucky enough to be spending the weekend at Palm Cove, just outside Cairns, and the tourism industry is really doing it tough here, in [...]
The Greens and Singapore
Federal Greens leader BOB BROWN has announced his party will formally oppose the merger (or takeover depending on your interpretation) of the Singapore Stock Exchange with the Australian Stock Exchange. Now, given we are talking about control of our financial markets, the Greens won’t be alone in their opposition. Already I have spoken to the [...]
Fame the Musical in Sydney
The new production of Fame the Musical at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre shows that Timomatic is truly one of the best talents to emerge in Australia over the last couple of years. He really steals the show in his role of Tyrone Jackson (Leroy as it was in the original Fame movie) and although he only [...]
Swallowing a fish in a circus is not cruelty
I’m all for stopping animal cruelty and while I loved going to the circus when I was a kid when they featured exotic animals like lions, elephants and monkeys, their absence the last time I went it didn’t really hurt my enjoyment. The push to get rid of exotic animals has came from lobby groups [...]
Australia’s first Aboriginal Lower House MP, Ken Wyatt
I’ve only spoken to Ken Wyatt for the 12 minutes we chatted in 2GB and MTR’s Wake Up Australia, but he seems an impressive man and hopefully his presence in Federal Parliament can help bridge the gap between white and Aboriginal Australia. He has just taken the Western Australian seat of Hasluck for the Liberal [...]
John Hatton, Underbelly and the independents
John Hatton’s history in politics became known to the majority of Australian’s with his role in forcing a Royal Commission in the New South Wales police force being depicted in the recent Underbelly television series. I spoke with John Hatton on 2GB and MTR’s Wake Up Australia program earlier this week to compare his experiences [...]
Election night with Kevin Rudd
Kevin Rudd stills seems to be a vulnerable man having witnessed him first hand at his post-election party in his Brisbane seat of Griffith. To be fair, his physical susceptibility is in no small part due to his recent gall bladder surgery which was no doubt exacerbated by the pressures of hitting the campaign trail [...]
