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Take Time, (former Prince) Andrew, to Read of DavidMarcella ManningNov 09 2025
The Profumo Example (Quadrant Online, Nov 04) offers an alternative future for the newly re-titled Mr. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor instead of existing as a social pariah. Ross Fitzgerald and Dick Whitaker’s outline of John Profumo’s honest repentance, public remorse, and charitable good works is a wake-up call to those who follow the Jewish-Christian tradition in regard to any abusive predator. For three thousand years the rehabilitation of David from his sexually perverted behaviour and subsequent transformation into the most famous, …
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ABC Brisbane Radio Steve Austin’s speech at the Queensland launch of Ross Fitzgerald and Ian McFadyen Chalk & Cheese: A Fabrication (Hybrid Publishers: Melbourne, $24.99).
Ladies and gentlemen,
Tonight, we celebrate two great Australian storytellers — Emeritus Professor Ross Fitzgerald and comedy legend Ian McFadyen — and their latest joint creation, Chalk & Cheese: A Fabrication, published by Hybrid Publishers.
Now, the title is fitting — because if ever two men embodied “chalk and cheese,” it’s these two. Ross is a historian, political commentator, and prolific author — over forty books, countless newspaper columns, and more opinions than most of …
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Michael Briody‘Two Peas in a Podcast.’Chalk and Cheese: A Fabricationby Ross Fitzgerald & Ian McFadyenHybrid, 2 025, 262 pages,$24.99
Ross Fitzgerald and Ian McFadyen’s powerful new novel, Chalk and Cheese: A Fabrication (Hybrid, Melbourne, $24.99), features two octogenarian former rival radio stars, Bill and Ben, who detest each other—until they find themselves in the same nursing home.The plot centres around these two men in the twilight of their lives who refuse, as Dylan Thomas wrote, to “go gentle into that good night”. The novel sets the scene for the flood of …
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The first review of Chalk and Cheese: A Fabrication
Michael Briody‘Two Peas in a Podcast.’Chalk and Cheese: A Fabricationby Ross Fitzgerald & Ian McFadyenHybrid, 2 025, 262 pages,$24.99Ross Fitzgerald and Ian McFadyen’s powerful new novel, Chalk and Cheese: A Fabrication (Hybrid, Melbourne, $24.99), features two octogenarian former rival radio stars, Bill and Ben, who detest each other—until they find themselves in the same nursing home.The plot centres around these two men in the twilight of their lives who refuse, as Dylan Thomas wrote, to “go gentle into that good night”. The …
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Clean slate for prison reform in the ACTBy Andrew FraserOct 30, 2024
The Canberra community decided on 19 October to remove from its parliament the two most recent ministers for corrections, Mick Gentleman (Labor) and Emma Davidson (Green).
In mid-2023, Minister Gentleman chose not to act on the findings of the second and final report of Neil McAllister, the then independent inspector of correctional services.
Instead, Gentleman went on the attack, suggesting not only that the report was wrong in its conclusion that ACT prison conditions were deteriorating but claiming also that there …
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Support mounts against McBride’s treatment at the AMC
PROFESSOR ROSS FITZGERALD exposes new developments about imprisoned whistleblower David McBride and ‘deeply disturbing’ revelations about the treatment of prisoners at the Alexander Maconochie Centre.
Ever since the CityNews last week published my piece “Inhumane treatment of David McBride”, I have received a flurry of support and public interest in my campaign to expose the true nature of conditions in the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC) in Canberra, and in helping remedy Mr McBride’s current situation.
In regard to the latter, Australians will understand that one …
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Despite the alarmist claims of Communications Minister Michelle Rowland (“Gambling ad ban risks boom in offshore sites”, September 19), there is no evidence that when a nation bans advertisements promoting gambling, punters and gamers switch much of their money and attention to illegal offshore wagering sites.Instead of allowing Australian gambling businesses to thrive, the Albanese government should implement proven measures to mitigate the terrible harms caused by gambling.
Rowland should take note of the fact that, in comparison to the $2.7 billion Australians annually lose to scans, we lose more than …
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Heironymous Merkin
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
It is an excellent 1969 British musical comedy film directed by Anthony Newley and starring himself, Joan Collins, Milton Berle, George Jesseland Bruce Forsyth.
This very funny movie was written by Newley and Herman Raucher.
https://en.wikipedia.org/…/Can_Heironymus_Merkin_Ever…
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A celebration of the life of Kenneth William Gooding (1941-2024)by Ross Fitzgerald
On the evening of Thursday September 5, my oldest friend, Ken Gooding, died of cancer at home in the Sydney suburb of Rozelle. At his side, were his daughter Nicole and his devoted second wife Iliana. They were married on November 6 2021, Ken’s 80th birthday.
Ken Gooding and I grew up close to each other in the Melbourne suburb of East Brighton – he in Elizabeth Street, me at 41 Charles Street.
In the 75 years we knew each other, …
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On the evening of Thursday September 5, my oldest friend, Ken Gooding, died of cancer at home in the Sydney suburb of Rozelle. At his side, were his daughter Nicole and his devoted second wife Iliana. They were married on November 6 2021, Ken’s 80th birthday.
Ken Gooding and I grew up close to each other in the Melbourne suburb of East Brighton – he in Elizabeth Street, me at 41 Charles Street.
In the 75 years we knew each other, Ken and I never had an argument. This was even the …
