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My first attempt at citizen journalism was my June profile of the Griffith electorate. Reprinted with permission from No Fibs. Since then I have spoken with staff in both Kevin Rudd’s and Bill Glasson’s local electorate offices and sent emails with my details seeking interviews or response to questions. Electorate staff have been polite and helpful Continue Reading →
Marco Renai snaps a shot while running a 60 second triathlon at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre Business needs to embrace mobile media, a panel of experts at the COSBOA conference in Southbank told local businesses today. Owner of Gold Coast fitness clinic, Marco Renai, stole the show with a 60 second triathlon involving the Continue Reading →
John Swain has been a West End resident for only 12-months and says he loves the location, restaurants and shops. “Saturday and Sunday is very busy around here. I lived near by a while ago. It’s changed quite a bit, there used to be trams, double-decker buses and steam trains. But we shouldn’t be lo Continue Reading →
Astute Westender readers will remember our June article about Food Connect travelling to Jakarta for the 6th international La Vía Campesina conference which is all about giving control of agriculture back to the farmer. While the La Via Campesina movement was formed in support of peasants in poor countries whose governments have sided with global agribusiness giants, many Australian farmers Continue Reading →
For the last 10 years or so George Orwell’s dictum “those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future” [1] has been expressed through a small number of people, arguing against long-established basic laws of physics, the principles of climate science and current measurements. According to the Continue Reading →
Head of Alcohol Policy Research, Prof Robin Room, has called for the legalisation of marijuana to reduce binge drinking and violence. He says that it would significantly reduce government costs to “have a highly controlled legal (cannabis) market and tighten up the legal market of alcohol in the same way we tightened up the market Continue Reading →