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The article offers the author's perspectives regarding the developments in the Sydney Opera House. The author talks about the appointment of internationally renowned engineering firm of Ove Arup & Partners Ltd. To protect the interest of the opera house. He laso tackles the move of the New South Wales government to give architect Jorn Utzon the contract to build his competition-winning imaginative sketch.

The article reveals the talent of Robert Hughes. The "New Yorker" magazine described him as the most famous art critic of the world. After becoming "Time" magazine's influential art critic in 1971, Hughes grew even more pronounced in his remarkable writing and critical skills. He became a leading critic, moving from magazines to daily newspapers. It notes that he had no formal training, yet he became world renowned critic.

Presents an assessment of the cultural image of Australia in the north-east coast. Problems with methods of promoting Australia; Conflict between own agenda and United States market demand; Perception over Australian films being shown in the United States.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to the articles in the January-February 2014 issue including "How Paul Keating Betrayed the Anzacs, and Why" by Mervyn Bendle, "America's Gun Control Dilemma" by Andrew Smith, and "The Enduring Problem of Monkey Business" by B. J. Coman.