Mike, widely known as “Secco”, will be remembered by many readers for his coverage of national affairs and politics for The Sydney Morning Herald. He authored the once-infamous Kookaburra column, so named after then-PM Paul Keating referred to Secco as “that [expletive] Kookaburra”. From 2006-2011, he lived on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts writing for the venerable Vineyard Gazette.