It wasn’t that surprising the Archibald judges awarded Australian art’s most famed gong to a portrait of novelist Tim Winton. Frankly, we’re shocked this is the first time the patron saint of literary Australiana has been a finalist for the $100,000 prize.More astonishing was how, at Friday evening’s opening ceremony at the Art Gallery of NSW, a night of nights for the local creative establishment, it was a state politician who briefly stole the show.
Better still, while Ross has been talking to his fellow believers at the conference Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies in Huntsville Alabama – that’s the big league of alien believers – the veteran journalist hasn’t forgotten about his old mates at CBD.
OK, guilty as charged on the first count, but we have never referred to Ross as a nutter. Like we said, he’s a dear friend.was meant to land a dream gig in Optus Sport’s broadcast team for the European Football Championships, kicking off in Germany this week.