Future journalists need to be multiskilled in an industry that has “changed beyond recognition”, according to a Sydney freelancer who has worked in the media for 25 years. Mick Toal, who has held various high-profile journalism positions, including online content editor at News Limited, believes aspiring journalists can no longer restrict themselves to reporting in just…
DetailsIn the news this week: Rockets reached into the Israeli city of Tel Aviv from the Palestinian territory of Gaza in retaliation for Israeli strikes against the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Air raid sirens sounded throughout the city for the first time since the Gulf War according to the Daily Telegraph. Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile defence…
DetailsUS Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, arrived in Australia yesterday for annual defence talks at the US-Australia meeting of ministers (AUSMIN). She will meet Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Foreign Minister Bob Carr at the summit to be held in Perth. In her first speech she reaffirmed America’s commitment to the region saying the United States considers itself a “Pacific power” that is here…
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In the news this week Barack Obama defeated republican Mitt Romney in the US presidential election. Being America’s first African-American President, Obama has made history with his re-election “by transcending a dragging economy and the stifling unemployment which haunted his first term” according to news.com.au. The President won over 300 of the required 270 electoral votes he needed…
DetailsNSW Police have charged two men after they found $70 000 cash and 150kg of white powder, believed to be methamphetamine, in their car. Police stopped the men, aged 62 and 28, on Monday night in Pyrmont. Both men were taken to Surry Hills Police station and charged with dealing an indictable number of illegal drugs…
DetailsIn the news this week… The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) will investigate former ministers Eddie Obeid, Ian MacDonald and the former treasurer Eric Roozendaal. The ICAC’s operation named Indus is investigating why the then Minister for Roads, Eric Roozendaal, received a Honda CRV motor vehicle from Moses Obeid in June 2007. The hearing, which will see past premiers Keneally, Iemma…
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