The morning after. With the great Witiyana Marika of Yothu Yindi after attending the opening night of new documentary ``Journey Home: David Gulpilil'' directed by Maggie Miles at Sydney Film Festival. Last thing I remember was being in a bar singing him HAPPY BIRTHDAY at 3 am

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This week at The Tambourine Cabaret Club students & their music teachers strutt their stuff. Each Wednesday a free show is provided for the patrons of `The Magpies Cafe' run by the Salvation Army at 69 BOURKE St Melbourne ,which provides a free breakfast, lunch and dinner for all

angus is the exemplar of this definition of MERIT: Men Elevated Regardless of Intellect or Talent.

Thanks Channel 7 Melbourne for reproducing in their new foyer the flag my brother & four other newsmen drew on the house they were staying in at Balibo East Timor before they were killed by Indonesian forces 50 years ago this October 16. Gone but never forgotten by their families

As well as being a top singer, trumpeter & awesome showman Painters And Dockers bandmate Dave Pace, is also a recognized bird expert. He's just released a book about the Australian grassfinch, the Pictorella Mannikin which is available from ABK publications.

Daughter Aretha Brown with other indigenous artists at the Brisbane studio of Tony Albert (far right) as they prepare work for the 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial AFTER THE RAIN to be held at The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra later this year.

Did a phone interview once with the late great Ozzy Osborne who told me he LOVED touring Australia. Why I asked ``Was it the animals, the culture, the landscape, the weather? ``No'' he replied ``It's just that you meet some really great quality people at AA meetings there.''

She was trying to Pinie but got snowed under she is in CANBERRA now.

Timor-Leste, one of the poorest countries in the world, has eliminated malaria. "A defining national triumph – driven by bold leadership, tireless efforts of health workers, and the resolve of its people. Timor-Leste stayed focused – testing, treating & investigating swiftly

Oh Cathy Wilcox never misses 👏

This is an awesome doco and I'm more than happy to moderate a session with David Gulpilil's daughter Phoebe Gulpilil-Marson and co-director Maggie Hazel Miles. COME ALONG cASTLEMAINE.

THANKS Mr President. Last night The Dili Allstars were presented with ORDER OF EAST TIMOR medal by President Of Timor Leste Dr Jose Ramos Horta for 30 years of activism & music promoting independence. Established 2009, the award is highest honour currently awarded by Timor-Leste

With Dili Allstars Gil Santos & Nelito Riberio. Ecstatic Pres Ramos Horta & their country honoured them with a Order Of Timor Leste medal. I thought them crazy when I met them & they said they would liberate their country from Indonesia. Now lets liberate Australia. REPUBLIC NOW!

Elvis made an appearance this week at our weekly Wednesday lunchtime Tambourine Cabaret Club at the ``Magpies Nest'' run by the Salvation Army 69 Bourke Street Melbourne, which provides free breakfast, lunch and dinner for the homeless.

A Melbourne band of aging local rockers and refugees has just been given a touching award. The 'Dili Allstars’ have received East Timor’s highest honour for 30 years of campaigning for the country's independence with music. youtu.be/XVeGlU_D3mQ NickMcCallum7 #7NEWS

Then came the sails, pale ghosts from distant seas, Their words like fences, sharp and unyielding, Silencing our lore, veiling our wisdom in shadows. We became echoes, spoken over, not with— Our ceremonies stolen, our voices chained in foreign scripts, blakandblack.com/2025/08/17/voi…

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Love this guy! My pal Aldo who lives with the Alma Nuns in Timor Leste at their orphanage in Dili. The fact he was born without hands doesn’t stop him doing his homework. He never complains ``It’s no problem Paulie I just use my toes’’. 2 support go 2 Myriad Australia Alma Nuns.