Adventures of a Girl Reporter
Nostalgia and its trimmings
I was born, as they say, under a wandering star. And the moving around has made it hard to hold on to any artefacts – my mementos, such as they exist, are small, easily carried […]
Adventures of a Girl Reporter
Adventures of a Girl Reporter
Compassion in a time of uncertainty
Australia’s ‘asylum seeker issue’ has been pushed off our front pages lately. The Abbott government’s early Christmas presents to school children, car workers, aged care workers, child care workers and low-paid workers of all stripes […]
Adventures of a Girl Reporter
Collard greens and Vegemite, it’s a cultural thing
I don’t know much about golf, but when Adam Scott won the US Masters in 2013 I did know that he would have the honour of choosing the menu for the following year’s Champions Dinner. A cultural […]
Adventures of a Girl Reporter
Seeing is believing – The power of art
Of all the things I saw during my visit to Rome, nothing moved me more than Bernini’s magnificent sculpture of the Rape of Persephone. Like all my favourite works of art, it drags the viewer […]
Adventures of a Girl Reporter
Shared rite of reporting passage – dealing with the nutjobs
Once upon a time the general public was largely shielded from the wilder shores of the nuttiness which affects each of us in its own degree. Those who frolic in the deeper end have always […]
Adventures of a Girl Reporter
Ballad of the #HuntforHajnal
Introducing @ebonycavallero as Clancy of the Overflow and @PaulTully as the Man from Snowy River. Featuring @alisonsandy @brookebaskin @MScanlan7 @SydWalker @sophie_walsh9 @funkii @fearlesslyfrank @SalPiracha @glengyron as a Posse. And starring @Can_do_Campbell as a Dark Stranger.