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Journalism 2006

Archive pages on this domain filed under “Journalism 2006”, newest first. These are older materials, kept online for readers and researchers.

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Now I have seen it all

Now I have seen it all

I thought I was a fairly seasoned traveller, but a day spent recovering after the Australia versus Brazil match in…

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No butts

The Materazzi-Zidane incident may turn out to be a storm in a tea cup, but for the moment it is occupying hectares of space in the media around the…

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Just a suggestion

I am not sure SESA should be encouraging others to risk their money, but if you have the entrepreneurial spirit and you want to have a flutter in…

Joey ties the knot

Joey ties the knot

Geelong’s star football (soccer) goalkeeper, Joey Didulica, tied the knot with his bride Kate Dzidzic at St Monica’s…

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Australia and the World Cup

Getting to the World Cup was hard enough, but now Australia faces the current and five times world champion, Brazil, European powerhouse Croatia and…

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A-League on a knife edge

Much as everyone connected with association football in Australia wants the new A-League to succeed the signs at present are not as rosy as the…

Space 3 launched

Space 3 launched

The third annual volume of Geelong’s own literary magazine Space was launched in the Limelight Lounge by novelist and…

Sexing birds as holiday hosts

Sexing birds as holiday hosts

Geelong Advertiser, Saturday 22 July 2006, p. 39. Sex and galahs. Have I got your attention with that opening? Well…

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Outsourcing can hurt within

Geelong Advertiser, Saturday 23 September 2006, p, 33. Public bodies and private corporations throughout Australia have been engaged in a massive…

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Olympic Memories

An edited version appeared as 'The day a nation pooled its anger', Geelong Advertiser, Monday 27 November 2006, p. 15. Yet more journalism archives…

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Historic hope*

Geelong Advertiser, Saturday 26 August 2006, p. 35. We have a curious situation in Australia in 2006. Australian history is a tiny part of the school…

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Global waffle

Geelong Advertiser, Saturday 11 November 2006, p. 35. Do you ever wonder about the contradictory notions which surround the current debates and…

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Financial foul play

Geelong Advertiser, Wednesday, 9 August 2006, p. 39. It’s been a bad few weeks for the image of top-class sport in Australia and around the world. We…

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Capital venues must be shared

Geelong Advertiser, Saturday 9 September 2006, p. 35. Well, well, who would have thought it? No footy finals in Melbourne after this week-end for two…

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A weekend in Adelaide

Sav Blanc, SA nudists (Advertiser headline), Geelong Advertiser, Saturday 9 December 2006, p. 56. Some of the best holidays are just on our doorstep…

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A turning point or a dead end for Labor?

Geelong Advertiser, Saturday 9 December 2006, p. 39. The Australian Labor Party has cast the dice with the appointment of the ‘dream team’ of Kevin…

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A government for the new world

Geelong Advertiser, Saturday 21 October 2006, p. 39. Do you ever get the feeling that we are at a pivotal point in the history of the world? Just to…