If you engage in extreme sports, by definition you accept there is a high degree of risk. Climb Mount Everest and there is a possibility you won’t make it down again. Abseil in a remote gorge and there’s a chance you may experience difficulty. The onus has to be on the participant to ensure their [...]
Corker of a vice-regal problem
Good headline, but dud story. I was surprised to see it make the front page of The Age this morning that Governor General Quentin Bryce doesn’t know what to do with her overflowing wine cellar. The Governor General’s official residences house more than 3000 bottles of fine wine. So what! I don’t get what the [...]
Being honest, rather than positive
A local businessman told me today the paper is too negative. “You have a responsibility to be positive about the town,” he said. I respect the man and he expressed a commonly held view, so I don’t deride it. As an editor, it has always been my philosophy to choose a good positive story over [...]
Walkers wed in Walkerville
This is a cute story from The Australian: Where else would a pair of walkers get married but in Walkerville? Australia’s walking hero Jared Tallent desperately wanted the silver medal in yesterday’s 50km walk to go with his bronze from the 20km to make it a full set. He gets his “gold” when he marries [...]
Royal jammies go missing
There’s a nice teaser on the front page of the Herald-Sun today. Beside a picture of the Queen is text: “Victoria’s royal request: Hand back our PJs, Ma’am.” Intrigued, I turned to page seven and found it was somewhat misleading, but in a non-offensive way. The story was a beat-up but funny. The City of [...]
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