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Meeting of minds at Port Macquarie #MarchInMarch attracts a drone @deanhepburn reports
March 17, 2014
By Dean Hepburn @deanhepburn March 17th 2014 The drone flying over the March in March protest at Port Macquarie was an ominous portent of the direction the Abbott Government is fast taking Australia. Everyone marching was observed to look at it and smile, as though they felt Big Brother was watching over their shoulder. Despite it, […]
Audio: The inside story of the fight to save SPC by its boss @MD_SPC
March 14, 2014
[clear] By Margo Kingston, 14 March, 2014 I spoke to SPC Ardmona managing director Peter Kelly for the first time this morning. He was on speaker phone with his marketing and communication director Bronwyn Powell. I had all your Twitter questions written down to ask, but Peter had read them all last night in preparation for […]
Understanding Twitter addiction: A day of withdrawal by Margo Kingston
March 11, 2014
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Will Libs bite bullet, withdraw Howard’s over-the-top entitlements to self-funded retirees?
March 9, 2014
By Margo Kingston @margokingston1 9th March, 2014 When Samantha Maiden reported today that the Audit Commission wanted super-generous seniors health card benefits to self-funded retirees reversed, I dug up my 2002 SMH budget comment on the matter. The Libs are to blame for this totally unsustainable entitlement culture they knew would help cripple the budget […]
Press Council upholds @margokingston1 complaint against @dailytelegraph on #Ashby
February 27, 2014
By Margo Kingston @margokingston1 27 February 2014 Soon after I took to Twitter in late 2012 I was horrified by the decision of the Daily Telegraph to bury its report of the December 12 Rares judgement dismissing James Ashby’s sexual harassment action against Peter Slipper as an abuse of Court process. The paper screamed headlines when […]
Margo’s Twitter report on death and injury at Manus Island, Australia’s Heart of Darkness
February 23, 2014
[clear] Videos by David Marler @Qldaah By Margo Kingston @margokingston1 23 February 2014 [View the story “Margo’s Twitter report on death and injury at Manus Island, Australia’s Heart of Darkness” on Storify]
Gomeroi elders plead for cultural respect from Whitehaven at #leardblockade
February 6, 2014
[clear] The Battle for Maules Creek on Dipity. Gomeroi people call for urgent action from Environment Minister Greg Hunt on mining near burial sites #leardblockade http://t.co/qo4LvWn3us — The Wire (@thewireradio) February 5, 2014 UPDATE: 17 February 2014 Gomeroi Communities, Locals and Environmentalists succeed where Whitehaven Maules Creek fail Last week, the sixth anniversary of the […]
Margo interviews @macavitykat, monopole sitter at #leardblockade
January 31, 2014
By Margo Kingston @margokingston1 31st January 2014 I met Kat Moore briefly the evening before she was arrested on Tuesday at #Leardblockade up a monopole on the Whitehaven construction site after stopping 13 Trucks from working all day. I interviewed her yesterday by phone shortly after her return to Melbourne. Margo How does it feel […]
Margo’s live twitter report from #leardblockade Day 14
January 30, 2014
Storify by The Geek Wed, Jan 29 2014 04:01:07 Margo’s live twitter report from #leardblockade Day 14 Add to story or collection Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin Share by email War veteran fights for the future http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/2052094/war-veteran-fights-for-the-future/ … via @The_NDL #leardblockade pic with @kodivine 21 pic.twitter.com/rk1wZguO4e […]
