It had been a lovely evening spent at my Mum’s house. She’d fed me, looked after me and we had watched ‘The Hangover’ which was enjoyable even for the eight time. I got home and realised I hadn’t put the sheet over my new cockatiel Jake. I thought he looked oh so cute huddled in(…)

    It was 6:31am. I don’t normally wake this early on a Sunday but for some reason I felt compelled to check my Twitter feed. The first Twit I saw read “REPORT: Amy Winehouse, found dead in London apartment – aged 27” A strange feeling swept over me as I lay in my bed,(…)

I arrived at Quest HQ today with a hot coffee and a curiosity of what would happen today. Yesterday, I didn’t blog as it was chaos in the office as deadline was looming. I finished a few stories and submitted them. Recieved one back today and was happy that it wasn’t subbed to the point(…)

Everything was in order. I had my large coffee from a rather friendly European lady and I was feeling jolly. As I approached the building, I thought to myself what a great day it was going to be, the people I was going to meet, the stories I would help write and of course seeing(…)

  I’ll admit when I first started seeing the hashtag #rapture on Twitter, I instantly got excited and thought the band The Rapture were releasing a new album. I was wrong. Very wrong. According to American man Harold Camping May 21st, 2011 would be ‘Judgement Day’ and that as many people as possible should prepare(…)

  As I sat down with my third cuppa and Sunday’s paper after missing out on reading it yesterday, I did something I do regularly through the day and that was check the headlines on my handy, dandy iPhone. “Osama’s dead: REPORT” it read. It couldn’t be could it? I thought to myself. Did the(…)

    After watching a fascinating documentary recommended by David Douglas Stewart (a regular on Newsbytes and former student of Jschool) I got to thinking about the way the notoriously private world of North Korea is run. In the doco titled ‘Red Tape and Comedy in North Korea’ it follows three men on their journey(…)

  I’ll admit it. I’m a reality TV addict. You name it. Following the hectic (and staged) lives of the Kardashians, the many cooking shows and of course the recently departed brainchild of them all – Big Brother. Before we continue with the rapid decline of the once booming empire of reality television, I have(…)

With the story getting bigger and bigger by the day, the Defence force and its latest Skype sex scandal has many people wondering  just how long this behavior has been going on for? The woman at the centre of it all, named ‘Kate’ to protect her identity was brave to share her story to the(…)

  The moment you walk into Max Brenner’s restaurant in Brisbane’s Southbank area, you instantly smell the warm, soothing smells of our dearest friend; chocolate. This was my first time checking out what I had been told was a “chocoholics dream” and this was certainly the case. My eyes lit up as I looked up(…)