Australian-owned ride-share app launches in Northern Tasmania

START-UP: Hi Oscar co-founders Jeremy Webb and Dan Broughton. Picture: Supplied An Australian-owned ride-share app has launched in Launceston. Hi … More

Artist to play ‘Wicked Game’ to near-extinct orchid species

In a graveyard in a Northern Midlands town, there lives a species of native orchid that exists nowhere else in … More

Meet the man behind the memes: Russell Redmond is the creator of the Launceston Memes Facebook page

BOAG’S WARRIOR: Redmond with a suit of armour he made out of Boag’s Red tins. Devotion to the beer is … More

Dark Mofo ideas curator on religion, angry white men and what’s wrong with the left

DARK AND DANGEROUS: Ideas festival curator Laura Kroetsch. Picture: Supplied Dark Mofo launches on Thursday with its gathering of the … More

Guide to Dark Mofo 2019

Ogoh-Ogoh at Dark Mofo 2018. Picture: Dark Mofo Australia’s coolest and coldest festival kicks off on Thursday and runs until … More

Sleep pod solution to combat homelessness

A Launceston woman thinks she has found an innovative solution to the housing crisis: sleeping pods. Kirsten Ritchie, founder of Strike … More

North-East Rail Trail: The issue, the anger, and what comes next

Read the full story with interactive elements on The Examiner website A Legislative Council Inquiry into the future of the … More

Caring public thanked after Mt Pleasant homeless family receives donations, car

A couple raising three children in tents at Mt Pleasant said they were overwhelmed with gratitude for the caring community. … More

Hobart ‘worst three days of my life’: Comedian Aaron Chen

Aaron Chen is one of five comedians in the Melbourne International Comedy Roadshow, along with Georgie Carroll, Blake Freeman, Ben Knight, … More

Farmers fight for potato pay as Simplot records $62m profit

Tasmanian potato growers say Simplot is not paying them enough for their vegetables, as they negotiate a new contract with … More

Branxholm property prices up 60pc

Derby house prices have shot up since the development of its trails, and its quick acceleration from sleepy small town … More

PM non-committal on housing debt during Tassie visit

Prime Minister Scott Morrison was tight-lipped on whether the government would wipe Tasmania’s housing debt in a visit to the North and … More

Call for independent investigation into Laughs of Launnie grant

Deputy Labor leader Michelle O’Byrne has called for an independent investigation into an $120,000 grant given to the Laughs of … More

Woman allergic to sun walks from Launceston to Hobart

PART ONE Photosensitivity is a rare condition that, if you haven’t heard of it, sounds like something out of science … More

Get rid of fixed leases for renters: Union

Get rid of fixed-term leases, freeze rent costs, and let renters have pets. That’s how the Tenants’ Union of Tasmania … More

How to solve Tasmania’s housing crisis

Tasmania is the most unaffordable state, relative to income, to rent or buy a house. With the Select Committee on … More

Anger over landslide risk

A man who bought a property without knowing there was a risk of landslide at the site is calling for … More

Nurse fighting cancer and Centrelink

When Trish Goss uses the phrase “you’re not going to beat me”, she isn’t referring to her battle with cancer, … More

Welfare-to-parliament: Tassie’s battler politicians

In the lobby of the Charles Mantra Hotel, senator Helen Polley’s media advisor returns from the front counter with two … More

Forced adoption: stolen babies, family secrets, unsolved mysteries

On March 30, 1975, Carol Maney woke up on a hospital gurney. She was hazy and confused, utterly disconnected from … More

How To Get An Awesome Grad Job With Average Marks

With all the late night study sessions, last-minute assignment writing, and just general stress that comes with uni, we put … More

Video Presenting Example: Bathurst Winter Festival

Please watch the below video for an example of my television presenting style.

Adelong hens save the Men’s Shed

At the Men’s Shed building on Lockhart Street, Adelong, change is in the air. Instead of the usual bunch of … More

Updated wild dog strategy released

A NEW five-year NSW Wild Dog Management Strategy that identifies specific actions to minimise wild dog impacts in the state … More

Union: NPWS budget cuts affecting wild dogs

The National Parks and Wildlife Service has been under a storm of criticism from local farmers for not funding a … More

Domestic violence rates remain high

Tumut has the twelfth highest rate of domestic violence related assaults per head of population in NSW, the latest statistics … More

“Wom’s” 100th birthday celebration

Longtime Tumut resident Harold ‘Wom’ Oddy has, as of Saturday, lived 100 years on this Earth. For much of that … More

Results are in for wild dog collar project

Local landholders and agency representatives filled the Golf Club on Wednesday night to hear from Dr Guy Ballard, DPI wild … More

Councillors confirmed

The votes have been finalised and the preferences allocated, and you officially have your first ever Snowy Valleys Council: Bruce … More

Thefts from vehicles skyrocket

It won’t come as a surprise to regular readers of Page 2 in this paper that the offence of ‘steal … More

Compassionate journalism and Kosciuszko the life for Frances

This interview was done as part of a series on Monash alumni, published through the School of Media, Film, and … More

Recycling industry’s view on Four Corners

This week’s episode of investigate ABC program ‘Four Corners’ focused on dodgy practices in the waste and recycling industry. The … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Audrey McKenzie

Audrey McKenzie has served on local government in Tumut for 24 years. She said the stakes have never been higher … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: John Larter

John Larter’s primary occupation as Tumut’s leading paramedic comes through in his priorities for the new Snowy Valleys Council. The … More

Tumut’s health crisis

Tumut is in the midst of a health crisis. There is no issue with the health professionals that currently work … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Andrianna Benjamin

Andrianna Benjamin started her first business when she was 13. Owning and running her own shoe store, while completing her … More

Mohawk Man brings smiles

Robert and Shirley Giddings have brought a bit of cheer in this gloomy winter to Broughton Street, and all it … More

Health frustrations aired to Opposition Health Minister

It was packed house at Club Tumut on Monday afternoon as local residents seized the opportunity to air their complaints … More

Tumbarumba ‘Meet the Candidates’ meeting

Rail trails and fees debated at Tumbarumba meeting Residents also wanted to know where the candidates stood on the … More

Anaesthetist for booked cases

Tumut Family Medical Centre Practice Manager Janette Wilson said she hopes the recent focus on health has helped the community … More

Community reacts to health meeting

Those who attended the public meeting with Federal Shadow Health Minister Catherine King on Monday have mixed feelings about how … More

Cabramurra school will stay open

Cabramurra Public School will not close even though plans to remove the town’s permanent workforce remain in place, the NSW … More

Council to save Khancoban General Store

For over a year now, Khancoban has been without a General Store. It closed its doors in February 2016, and … More

Snowy Valleys Council Election Results

Top two take clear lead Saturday was a historic day in Tumut, Tumbarumba and surrounds. It was the first time … More

Tournament of Minds State Champions

Tumut Public School Tournament of Minds Coach Roslyn Castle said there were “a few tears” last weekend, after the girls … More

Industry’s role in health services

Local health services have been pursuing government avenues to get a full-time anaesthetist in Tumut for months now, and so … More

Thefts from vehicles skyrocket

It won’t come as a surprise to regular readers of Page 2 in this paper that the offence of … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Julia Ham

Julia Ham is a suitable candidate for the Snowy Valleys based on location alone: she lives smack-bang in the middle, … More

Snowy Valleys Council Candidate: Bruce Wright

Bruce Wright is a familiar face for just about everybody in Tumbarumba. He’s been a member of the Rotary Club … More

Candlelight march in Tumbarumba

An anti-merger protest in Tumbarumba on Thursday saw hundreds of people gather in the Memorial Hall for a public meeting, … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Cate Cross

Cate Cross’s working and community history reads like an ‘100 ways to care for others’ guide. Before moving to Tumut … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Margaret Isselmann

Former Tumut Shire Councillor Margaret Isselmann has decided her work on council isn’t quite done yet – she’s nominated again … More

Michael’s hopeful search for great-grandfather

No one knows the importance of a good family – or the corrosive effect of the lack of one – … More

Premier agrees to meet Save Our Shire

Tumbarumba’s Save Our Shire group will speak in person with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian today (Tuesday), in a meeting secured … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Cor Smit

For Batlow resident and businessman Cor Smit, the Tumut-Tumbarumba council merger is an opportunity. He believes this whole region has … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Geoff Pritchard

You can never have too much of a good thing. Just ask Geoff Pritchard: after 17 years total on the … More

The Snowy Valleys has a big heart

Notably more people participate in voluntary work in the Snowy Valleys than the NSW and Australian averages, data from the … More

Timber town

Half of all workers reliant on forest industry A new, in-depth study of the region’s forest industry has concluded … More

Church releases review

The independent review into the decision to place former Tumut parish priest Father Brian Hassett next to a Canberra primary … More

Help save the Adelong Men’s Shed

The Adelong Men’s Shed is in crisis, according to the man synonymous with its name, Ian Elliott. He started the … More

Elders recall life on the mission: An oral history of segregated life

Local legends on Facebook

A post in the Facebook group ‘Tumutians’ asking for local legends has drawn over 100 comments, as current and former … More

NPWS responds to wild dog concerns

The National Parks and Wildlife Service arranged for a trapper to work at Beryl Ryan’s Talbingo property last weekend and … More

Shadow Attorney-General stands up for Tumut court services

NSW Shadow Attorney-General Paul Lynch has taken up the issue of steadily eroding court services in the Tumut area with … More

‘We’re being driven off our farms’

Another Tumut-area farmer has spoken up against the inaction of authorities to do something about the wild dogs wreaking havoc … More

Break and enters up 200 per cent

Break and enter dwellings are up 200 per cent in Tumut, according to the latest statistics from the NSW Bureau … More

Tumut Takes 2 raises $87K

The Tumut Takes 2 performers have pulled off a phenomenal feat. Months of rehearsing and a packed calendar of fundraising … More

Hospital planning tick

The planning stages for a new Tumut Hospital will begin this year, with the NSW government responding to decades of … More

A Journey Through Islamic China

Originally published through Global Hobo. I’ve been on this train for 28 hours and have spent countless more jolting across … More

Wild dog spree at Talbingo

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE IN THIS STORY Beryl Ryan of Boraig Station, Talbingo, has lost all of the lambs she had … More

Paul Broad: Funding drama a “storm in a teacup”

The Snowy Hydro team has been left a little bewildered by the media attention surrounding a senate estimates session last … More

Opinion: Apples in a globalised world

There was cause for celebration in Batlow last week: the growers that make up the Batlow Fruit Cooperative unanimously voted … More

Opinion: Visy invests in automation

Visy’s automation department is capable of producing and selling an impressive array of machines. Their robots can package goods; form, … More

Visy awaits approval for increase in production

The $50 million expansion of Tumut’s Visy Pulp and Paper Mill has been completed, and all they are waiting for … More

War on Waste a battle for Batlow growers

Batlow apple grower Greg Mouat said he was as shocked as the rest of the country to see the wastage … More

Snowy study in full swing

Excavation works are due to begin near Tantangara Dam in “four to five weeks,” Snowy Hydro CEO Paul Broad told … More

Unanimous ‘yes’ to Batlow buy-out

One hundred per cent of the growers that make up the Batlow Fruit Cooperative, known as Batlow Apples, have voted … More

The Mongolian Wolf Hunt

We were staying in a nomad camp in the middle of the steppe. There were about 10 bottles of vodka … More

Gift from a benevolent stranger

A Canberra woman, at the end of her life and suffering from dementia, has donated her overlocker sewing machine to … More

Dogs running wild

Goobarragandra farmer Lindsay Buckley has lost 12 sheep in two weeks to wild dogs. His is one of the worst-hit … More

Growers grapple with changing apple industry

Batlow Apples has been a cooperative for 96 years, remaining grower owned and operated in all that time. However, the … More

Core change flagged for co-op: Batlow Apples considers selling controlling stake

The board of the Batlow Fruit Cooperative – known as Batlow Apples – is recommending to its members that the … More

PM announces $2bn expansion of iconic scheme

Five hundred jobs are expected to come to the region starting from next year, with the construction of an expansion … More

Snowy Hydro 2.0

Turnbull drops in to Talbingo Residents of Talbingo were surprised with an uncommon site up in the mountains on Thursday: … More

Community confronts church leaders

Fractured parish critical of church process: Archbishop here for meeting to discuss Father Brian Hassett About 100 members of the Tumut … More

The investigation into Father Brian Hasset

Father Brian Hassett (right), former Tumut parish priest, pictured here with former Tumut mayor John Larter. TIMELINE OF EVENTS 1990 … More

Fond memories of Tumut

The autumn leaves are starting to turn in Canberra, and for Secretary of the Department of Education and Training, Dr … More

Celebrating another successful show

Over 1000 people came through the gates for the Tumut Show on Saturday, with 682 adults, 202 pensioners, 110 children … More

OPINION: Tumut doctors should prescribe RU486

If a Tumut woman falls pregnant and doesn’t want to keep the child, she has two options. One, travel to … More

Stabbing in Quandong Ave

Donna Paton and Gary Pani were in their home on Quandong Avenue in the early hours of Saturday morning, when … More

Tragic loss of a promising young woman

Staff at Reconnect are reeling after the tragic loss of manager Angela McDuff, who was the victim of a fatal … More

Australia Day

Batlow Honours for community-minded duo Ray Billings has been awarded Batlow’s Citizen of the Year this Australia Day, while Helmut … More

Adelong skate day

Kids of all ages turned out at the Adelong Skate Park on Sunday afternoon, to have some fun and learn … More

Trapped in a blackspot

Goobarragandra resident John McNeill was trapped in his overturned vehicle for more than an hour last week, after he was … More

Huge win for THS at F1 championships

Tumut High School students have taken out first, second, and third place at the F1 for Schools state competition at … More

Shock resignation: General Manager departs

Snowy Valleys Interim General Manager Bob Stewart has resigned, in a surprising move that will leave a vital position unfilled … More

Tumut gives a Gonski

Tumut public schools are set to receive a significant injection in funding next year, as part of the highly publicised … More

The fight to save region’s animals from extinction

A World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report has shown that 58 per cent of animals worldwide have gone extinct since 1970. … More

Council hands out $1.4 million

Fifty-nine community groups in the Snowy Valleys Council region will receive a combined $1.4 million in grants over the next … More

An open letter to Tumut High’s female graduates

The Tumut High formal graduation dinner took place yesterday, and I’m reflecting on what I wish I could tell myself … More

A Chat With Lushsux, That RIP Taylor Swift Artist

It’s been a big week for graffiti artist Lushsux.

I Was Stalked At A Monastery

Originally published through Thought Catalog

Hijacked writer profile: Frances Vinall

Hijacked (now Uni Junkee) wrote the following profile of me after I wrote one of their five most viewed stories of … More

Why are women uploading selfies with Photoshopped male nipples?

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The bluffer’s guide to sounding like a wine connoisseur

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What We Learnt In Discussion With Pitchfork Editor Jessica Hopper

Originally published through Tone Deaf.

Megan Gale heads Melbourne casting call for David Jones Autumn/Winter 2015 fashion launch

Originally published through the Age

Former Neighbours actress Caitlin Stasey launches feminist website Herself.com

Originally published through the Age

Travelling con men dupe Victorians out of $300, 000 – don’t be afraid to say ‘no’

Originally published through the Age

Cirque du Soleil’s Totem has roller-skating couple in a spin

Originally published through the Age

Esperanto Magazine: the Melbourne Edition

Originally published through Esperanto Magazine I was the editor of Esperanto Magazine for the Exploration Edition, which involved commissioning and … More