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Marian Wilkinson
Marian Wilkinson is an Australian journalist and author. She has won two Walkley Awards, and was the first female executive producer of Four Corners. She has been a deputy editor of the ''Sydney Morning Herald'', a Washington correspondent for ''The National Times'', ''The Age'' and ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', as well as a senior reporter for ''The Australian''., she is a senior reporter at Four Corners. Early life She was born in 1954 and grew up in Brisbane, Queensland where she attended the University of Queensland. In 1975, she was a cofounder of community radio station 4ZZZ-FM. "I grew up quite some time ago in Queensland when it was run by what was later found to be an incredibly corrupt government -- the government of Joh Bjelke-Petersen," she told journalism students in 2015. "I think my interest in journalism stemmed from there because I had set up a student radio station, and set up a newsroom. We were actually trying to as young students go and look at things li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Wilkinson Speaks At Adelaide Writers' Week 2021
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Monica Attard
Monica Ann Attard OAM (born 12 December 1958) is an Australian journalist and academic. Early life Attard was born to Maltese parents in Sydney, where she was educated at Bethlehem College, Ashfield and Santa Sabina College.''Who's Who in Australia'', entry on Monica Attard She attended the University of Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts. She also holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales, which she attained in 2002. Career Attard's career in journalism began at Channel Seven, where she was a reporter from 1977 to 1981. From 1981 to 1982, she worked for 2WS Radio and at 2GB Radio from 1982 to 1983. In 1983, Attard moved to the ABC, where she has remained since. Attard worked on ABC Radio News from 1983 to 1985 and reporter on ABC Radio programs ''The World Today'' and ''PM'' from 1985 to 1988. She was a researcher for TV programs ''Four Corners'' from 1988 to 1999 and a reporter for ''Lateline'' from 1989 to 1990. Attard was Russian Correspon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Women Writers
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Australian Journalists
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Dark Victory (book)
''Dark Victory'' is a 2003 Australian book by David Marr and Marian Wilkinson. The book was released eighteen months into the Howard government's third term, and discusses the border control policy of the John Howard Liberal–National government. Dark Victory consists of 21 chapters, covering the key political events involving the Howard government from 23 August to 10 November 2001. The Tampa affair, the Pacific solution, the Children Overboard affair are discussed. The book investigates other countries' views of Australia and the role of the Australian Labor Party and One Nation party Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON or ONP), also known as One Nation or One Nation Party, is a right-wing populist political party in Australia. It is led by Pauline Hanson. One Nation had electoral success in the late 1990s, before suffering .... Marr and Wilkinson have worked together on previous journalistic investigations at the National Times in the 1980s. Reception Dark Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Richardson
Graham Frederick Richardson (born 27 September 1949) is an Australian former Australian Labor Party, Labor Party politician who was a Australian Senate, Senator for New South Wales from 1983 to 1994 and served as a Cabinet Minister in both the Hawke Government, Hawke and Keating Governments. He is currently a media commentator, public speaker, and political lobbyist. During his time in the Senate, Richardson was often referred to as a "power broker" within the Labor Right faction. Prior to entering parliament, Richardson was a Labor Party branch organiser and held the position of General Secretary of the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) from 1976 to 1983. Since retiring from politics, Richardson has become a political commentator for Sky News Live, and hosts weekly commentary program ''Richo (TV program), Richo''. Early life Richardson, born in Sydney, was the only surviving child of Fred and Peggy Richardson, who were respectively New South Wales State Secretar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassandra Wilkinson
Cassandra Wilkinson is an Australian author and the president and co-founder of FBi Radio. She is married to former Australian politician Paul McLeay. Writing career Wilkinson is a columnist for the newspaper ''The Australian'' and the author of ''Don't Panic - Nearly Everything is Better Than You Think'', published by Pluto Press in 2007. Her second book is ''The Kids Are Alright - 10 Good Reasons to Relax and Let Kids Be Kids''. She has made presentations at the Sydney Writers' Festival and the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. She has written individual chapters on happiness economics in ''Happiness'' (Spinney Press, 2008) and on effective programs for the poor in ''Right Social Justice'' (Connor Court, 2012). Her most recent essay, "Why Australia Should Become a Superpower", was published in ''Really Dangerous Ideas'' (ed. Gary Johns, Connor Court 2013). She is a regular commentator for '' Sky News Agenda'', ''The Bolt Report'' and ABC's '' The Drum''. She was featured in ''Best A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama Papers
The Panama Papers ( es, Papeles de Panamá) are 11.5 million leaked documents (or 2.6 terabytes of data) that were published beginning on April 3, 2016. The papers detail financial and attorney–client information for more than 214,488 offshore entities. The documents, some dating back to the 1970s, were created by, and taken from, former Panamanian offshore law firm and corporate service provider Mossack Fonseca. The documents contain personal financial information about wealthy individuals and public officials that had previously been kept private. The publication of these documents made it possible to establish the prosecution of Jan Marsalek, who is still a person of interest to a number of European governments due to his revealed links with Russian intelligence, and international financial fraudsters David and Josh Baazov. While offshore business entities are legal (see Offshore Magic Circle), reporters found that some of the Mossack Fonseca shell corporations we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eureka Prizes
The Eureka Prizes are awarded annually by the Australian Museum, Sydney, to recognise individuals and organizations who have contributed to science and the understanding of science in Australia. They were founded in 1990 following a suggestion by science journalist Robyn Williams. Winners 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 * Branka Vucetic, Electrical engineer at the University of Sydney 2013 List of winners: * CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science - Winner: Professor Frank Caruso, University of Melbourne * Macquarie University Eureka Prize for Outstanding Young Researcher - Winner: Dr Kerrie Wilson, University of Queensland * University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Scientific Research - Winner: Dr Lars Kjer-Nielsen and Professor James McCluskey, University of Melbourne, and Professor Jamie Rossjohn, Monash University * University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research - Winner: Quant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media was a media company in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties. The company was founded by John Fairfax as John Fairfax and Sons, who purchased ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' in 1841. The Fairfax family retained control of the business until late in the 20th century. The company also owned several regional and national Australian newspapers, including ''The Age'', ''Australian Financial Review'' and '' Canberra Times'', majority stakes in property business Domain Group and the Macquarie Radio Network, and joint ventures in streaming service Stan and online publisher HuffPost Australia. The group's last chairman was Nick Falloon and the chief executive officer was Greg Hywood. On 26 July 2018, Fairfax Media and Nine Entertainment Co. announced it had agreed on terms for a merger between the two companies. Shareholders in Nine Entertainment Co. took a 51% of the combined entity and Fairfax shareholders ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and "the most widely-read masthead in the country." The newspaper is published in compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, '' The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an online site and app, seven days a week. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including the magazines ''Good Weekend'' (included in the Saturday edition of ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logie Awards
The Logie Awards (officially the TV Week Logie Awards; colloquially known as The Logies) is an annual gathering to celebrate Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The first ceremony was held in 1959 as the TV Week Awards. Awards are presented in twenty categories, representing both public and industry voted prizes. The Gold Logie is the most prestigious award and the industry's highest honour; it's awarded to the ''Most Popular Personality on Australian Television'' for the previous year. The award receives much publicity and media attention. The event has been strongly associated with the Nine Network, who have hosted the ceremony on the most occasions, and TV and former radio personality Bert Newton, particularly in the early days, who served as a solo host of the ceremony on 17 occasions, with a constant run from 1966 until 1980 and as co-host on three other occasions. Over the years, the Logies have been hosted in Melbourne and Sydney. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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