I asked around and people in Merimbula and Pambula haven’t seen him either.

I’d hazard a guess and say he’s still in Queanbeyan, but who can really know for sure?

In his first speech to Parliament late last year, he said he’s keen to further build the intellectual case using the facts about disadvantage to revive the country-city compact.

Not sure what that really means but, for certain, it sounds dreadfully tricky and must be what’s keeping him inside these days.

Shayne Smith,

Mirador.