Not safe for work is the French finance minister Bruno Le Maire’s latest novel Fugue Americaine, which can be found in the loosely termed ‘romance’ section. Note: he isn’t the first French pollie to enjoy writing racy material…

An AFL star has either soft-launched his new health food, or simply ate grass. Gold Coast Suns player Matt Rowell’s nibble of the turf caught the attention of Fox Footy’s Andrew Gaze, who turned philosophical: “You connect with your environment, and then it all comes back; it’s like this big circle.”

Birds need breaks too, and Bali sounds nice… At least it must have to Millie, the black kite from Broome, who stowed away on a ship bound for Indonesia. However, due to Australia’s strict biosecurity laws, Millie can’t return home and is being rehomed in Bali. Sounds like someone needs a holiday from their holiday…