another fragment of a musical dispatch from the front

Dear reader,

We of the editorial department would like to make a formal apology for leaving these exciting cover images out of our previous dispatch.

We can only say that we were taken aback by the recent IBAC report into systemic corruption in the Victorian Labor party that we lost our mojo. We were hoping for more nuanced corruption in the tradition of Eddie Obeid and disappointed that it was only the old hoary chestnut of branch stacking and nepotism. Which begs the question when will the state government get into the real high- end corruption of the previous Liberal State Government on Fisherman’s bend, toll roads and insider mates land deals? One hopes that with the explosion of managerial; high salary senior bureaucrat positions in the department of justice, police and planning that they are ” On the Move” and can demonstrate as in the Tories gift 0f contracts during the Covid Crisis a more direct form of corruption than just branch stacking, knocking off native forests and the mates- rates for hotel quarantine security services. We say ‘ LIFT YOUR GAME’!

So it is with some pride we send you these advanced, hot off the press images of both Frank and Kate’s book. Frank is having his second print run, and that’s because people actually liked reading it and the word has spread. We look forward to Franks next book which promises to be a bigger seller than the forthcoming Donald Trump bio; “Why don’t I put a plug in my mouth and give my arse a go’?, or the much anticipated Scott Morrison Bio; ‘Don’t trust in Government, trust in God, dog whistles mates-rates and punishment for poor people, cos they’re lazy’!

Frank writes….

Je suis désolé,

I forgot to append the following bookends:

I also forgot to mention our unforgettable voyage on Messageries Maritimes’ Le Tahitien in 1971 from Panama to Sydney.
It was on board I learned much about Corsica (the waiters were Corcicans) and the pied-noirs, a contingent of which were en route to Nouvelle Calédonie (Bon chance au les Kanaks)