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Malcolm Fraser — Ruthless PM and bleeding heart

This special photographic shoot included a touching moment with former PM Malcolm Fraser at ...  
When your best fiction writing is your daily to-do list

Mick teaches Bazza his trick to squeezing the most out of life over a 'reluctant' beer or ...  
QUIZ: IA Interrogates! #1

Take our 20-question quiz and test your general knowledge.  
Katy Perry sues and Ed Sheeran rues Band Aid involvement

It's been a big week or so for the merry-making musos of Band Aid, prominent people named Perry ...  
James Morrison — He's 'all that jazz' and more

There's cool and then there's 'jazz cool'... and then there's James Morrison.  
Trump's runaway trolley piling up with cuckoo captain's picks

Donald Trump's arbitrary antics are driving Bazza up the wall.  
Summer lovin': Balmoral Beach

The beauty of Sydney's Balmoral Beach. The joy of young hearts.  
Bob Hawke, the 'Silver Bodgie'  — even kids thought he was cool

A birds-eye of Bob's "bodgie": Australia's 23rd prime minister, Bob Hawke, being mobbed by adorin ...  
Jets and G-forces: When playing 'Roulette' is just another day at the office

It's not often your working day begins with the instruction: 'You're sitting on a live bomb, Bill. ...  
Trump triumph? It's the end of the world as we know it

Bazza and Mick find themselves on a sticky wicket regarding The Donald... and they're not talking ...  
James Reyne — All lit up

Frontman of Australian Crawl singer/songwriter James Reyne "mumbled" his way to producing ...  
John Farnham memoir reveals shocking secrets

Music legend John Farnham has alleged how he was manipulated by his manager while UK songstress ...  
POEM: Sonnet on a failure

 
Unsubscribing: It's easy! Said no one... ever

Bazza watches on as Mick taps his beer before trying to unsubscribe from a video streaming app.  
POEM: The Holy Creed of Carbonus Rex

This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry.  
Twist of fate thwarts dream to wear the Baggy Green

Memories of when time ticked a little slower — long summer nights and Aussie cricket heroes.  
POEM: Nut farm

This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry.  
Howzat! — Braithwaite bowled out 

Daryl Braithwaite, frontman for Aussie band Sherbet, is well and truly stumped during a photo ...  
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