Good to see the names of another 11 writers added to the Circular Quay Writers’ Walk in Sydney. But can anyone explain why there is still no plaque for the great Christopher Koch? Surely it is not because of his conservative politics?

Media reports that Tony Abbott may not move into Kirribilli House in Sydney will please Heather Henderson, Sir Robert Menzies’s daughter, who in her just published memoir A Smile for My Parents complains that it was never intended to be a prime ministerial residence.