by phoenix | May 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
It’s not often I just repost things verbatim, but this one has more credibility if I do. Rudd’s government was expected to do better for refugees, although the mandatory detention débâcle was not just a Liberal party policy. The Minister...
by phoenix | May 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
Via p_cat: In the corridors of power, the best woman knows her place.This opinion piece, by Fairfax’s Catherine Deveny, is a bitter swipe at Australia’s fairly pervasive misogynist culture. It’s a funny thing: we’re moving into a new era...
by phoenix | May 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
It’s been a while, but I have been invited to perform my poetry at The Spinning Room this Tuesday. I’ll be reading for around 20 minutes starting from around 9.30 and there’s an open section starting from around 8.30pm.I was hoping to have more...
by phoenix | May 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Final session. Gerard Noonan has started with a description of how filing in the old days involved finding a pay phone, dropping a coin in the slot, dialing, unscrewing the cover of the handset and attaching alligator clips to it to send what...
by phoenix | May 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
I sub-edited Journalism in Troubled Times for the IFJ a few years ago. It’s a sad fact that journalism is not a safe career choice in many countries and that people who cover war zones and other areas also put themselves at risk (I believe that...
by phoenix | May 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Yes, that’s the terribly tacky name for the next session where Michael Elliot, International Editor and Deputy Managing Editor of TIME magazine is talking to us about all the TIME branded products. Finally, someone’s talking about magazines.Bite-sized, just for...
