For those who remember the excesses of Mr Joh Bjelke-Petersen, an erstwhile Premier of Queensland not known for moderate or balanced responses..... he had been a grower of peanuts when he entered politics and was proud of using his pilot's licence.

The only time I can recall a Letter to the Editor appearing on the front page of any major Oz paper was one in a May 1973 (as I remember it) issue of the Courier Mail, Brisbane's daily and a tabloid. The letter complained of the lack of correct grammar (incorrect placing of a comma) in a front page article published a few days before.

The offending piece referred 'to "that well-known flying peanut farmer, Joh Bjelke-Petersen" when everyone knew that it should have read "that well-known flying peanut, farmer Joh Bjelke-Petersen".'

I've treasured the memory ever since.

Cheers, Rowan