A collection of some of my favourite articles that I have written. In no particular order.
The award winner:
A MOTHER dying of cancer, whose daughter has a life threatening disease, could soon be homeless. http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/55757
15 minutes with Australia's first female PM:
How do you feel about the term ‘ranga' and the fuss that's been made about your hair colour?
http://www.dailymercury.com.au/story/2010/07/05/qa-with-nations-new-pm-julia-gillard/
Later picked up by the Herald Sun:
A TRIBUNAL has suspended a Garfield Football Club volunteer from goal umpiring until 2011 after he was reported – by a field umpire - for abusive language in a reserves clash http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/79438
First front page and a talking point on SEN:
AN UMPIRE was hit with a can and others were sprayed with alcohol and spat on in an ugly conclusion to a senior Ellinbank and District Football League (EDFL) game on Saturday.
http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/41369
The expose:
YOU named the thief who was caught on CCTV with a set of spanners down his pants – but police were too busy to nab him before he left the country.
http://www.dailymercury.com.au/story/2010/03/18/police-too-busy-to-arrest-thief-police-too-busy-to/
One of the most difficult interviews ever:
ALAN Hutchinson was fast asleep when he came within metres of death on Sunday morning as a tree came crashing down on his caravan.
http://www.dailymercury.com.au/story/2010/03/23/ului-frightens-finch-hatton/
Funny stuff:
A SCHOOL holiday prank has seen Beaconhills College labelled a “racist” co-educational school with a campus in a secret jihad facility in northern Pakistan.
http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/69479
Fandom:
KRISTY Cook has a different Twilight shirt for each day of the week – so it was fitting she got her hands on the first ticket to Mackay's premiere of Eclipse.
http://www.dailymercury.com.au/story/2010/07/01/twilight-eclipsethe-third-film-in-the-twilight-sa/
Dumber and dumber:
CRIME doesn’t always pay – and it certainly didn’t for thieves who must have been short of a few cents when they stole an ATM with a ‘no money’ sign on it.
http://www.dailymercury.com.au/story/2010/02/06/dimwits-take-the-atm-with-no-cash/
Fun puns:
CAROLS by Candlelight celebrations in Emerald and Pakenham recently were far from peaceful with reports of violence at both events.
http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/53022
