Respected football journalist Carolin Wilson has written in detail for the first time about Sam Newman’s mannequin stunt on The Footy Show.
Wilson’s heartfelt, considered response makes a compelling argument against the mindless sexism of Newman and his mates.
I abhor political correctness and my first impression (without seeing the program) was that reactions to the stunt [...]
The Federal Budget is dominating the Australian media and web space tonight. I’ve scanned the headlines and I’ll study the detail tomorrow.
Frankly though, I felt in need of some light relief. It’s been a stressful few weeks.
They say the toughest events an average person will endure are changing jobs, moving house and losing a loved [...]
I feel quite drained at the end of this working day. A lot of my time was spent dealing with the investigation into a suspicious death.
A tradesman on a remote job was taking a leak in the bush when he discovered human remains concealed beneath a pile of wood near Menzies in the northern Goldfields.
He [...]
This story has surprisingly received no coverage in the national or international media, so I’m posting it here in the hope someone picks it up.
An Australian mine worker, Matthew Norman, was among the nine people killed in an accident at the South Deep gold mine operated by Gold Fields near Carletonville outside Johannesburg last Thursday. [...]
I started in journalism 21 years ago but never had a sex romp until Friday. The front page of the Kalgoorlie Miner read:
“A Kalgoorlie man who assaulted his girlfriend with a sex toy during a sex romp foursome was fined $1000 in Kalgoorlie Magistrate’s Court and urged to seek counselling.”
The bloke whacked his partner with [...]
A Kalgoorlie couple, Eric Piazza and Louise Dutton, are among five finalists in The Morning Show’s wedding competition.
They were flown to Sydney and appeared on Channel Seven’s popular program this morning.
Viewers now get to vote for their favorite couple by sending a text message.
The Kalgoorlie Miner ran a story about Eric and Louise on [...]
The World Association of Newspapers is asking newspapers worldwide to show their support for press freedom in China by publishing editorials, advertisements, political cartoons and other materials on 3 May, World Press Freedom Day.
More than 30 journalists and 50 cyber-dissidents are in Chinese prisons, making China the world’s biggest jailer of journalists.
I’d like to see [...]
This is my first effort at video journalism. I took some footage of the football fiasco in Kalgoorlie when one club forfeited because of concerns with the condition of the oval.
We posted it to the Kalgoorlie Miner web site after I uploaded it to YouTube. The video was made using a digital camera.
I’m about to begin my first four-day weekend in nearly three years. The joy of working on a daily newspaper is such that we work most public holidays.
I work every third Sunday, in lieu of which I have Monday off eight days later, ie a three-day weekend. But four days in a row has been [...]
It sounds like the remains of missing Myrtleford toddler Daniel Thomas may have been found today after human bones were discovered under a house in the North East Victorian town.
Daniel went missing in October 2003.
The house is the one Daniel’s mother Donna Thomas and babysitter Mandy Martin rented together when Daniel was reported missing. Ms [...]
