Import sings praises of a football oasis

IF ALL else fails for Central Coast Mariners signing Nicky Travis, at least he might be able to make it in an Oasis cover band somewhere.

TV mojo back

AT THE climax of the cultural tsunami known as MasterChef Australia, the victory of Everywoman, Julie Goodwin, the quintessential mother who loved "Aussie" cuisine, and who kept flirting with disaster but cooked like a master when it counted, was a victory for the ordinary becoming the exceptional. When the pressure was highest and the need greatest, she shone. Yet the close run from Poh Ling Yeow, drawing on the cuisine of her Malaysian-Chinese background, also showed the growing diversity of our tastes.