Monthly Archives: August 2009

Day one at The Herald

By Brett | Published: Thursday, 27th August, 2009

The torrential rains over night have stopped, main street Naracoorte is slowly filling with the sound of steel tray utes and beef road trains. I am 10 minutes late for my first day at the Herald….shit!! This is the production team my boss tells me, work station carrels, lay out sheets and the smooth grey [...]

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Best laid plans of mice and men

By Brett | Published: Tuesday, 18th August, 2009

I had taken the back way, a long and descending trek down Jubilee Tce and around Mt Coot-tha towards Ipswich on the journey home. For as long as I remember country radio had never been my taste, but today it would all seem too fitting. After a short trip around Ipswich heading north when I [...]

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Cliché

By Adrian DemacK | Published: Monday, 10th August, 2009

I just got the joke in the Style book about clichés. It’s not subtlle either, I just wasn’t looking for it. It’s pretty good. Excerpt from News Ltd Style Book Third Edition CLICHES These should be avoided (like the plague). End Except. Get it? Get it!? ‘Cause it’s a cliché! I think it was the [...]

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Rules for returning expats in Brisbane

By Jim Aspinall | Published: Monday, 10th August, 2009

Pretty much any old fool would think he could survive back in his own country after a spell in the Orient.  However, there are a few details to being a returning expat in Brisbane. 1. Remember traffic lights are there for a reason in this country.  Crossing the road and weaving through traffic doesn’t work [...]

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Manners

By Adrian DemacK | Published: Monday, 10th August, 2009

The saying ‘a smile costs nothing’ has become so clichéd it brings a frown to my face. I don’t wish to be controlled at the best of times, let alone be forced by social conformity to show kindness to complete strangers. If I don’t know you, do not expect to be greeted by me. If I [...]

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