WIN News Reflection

In my experience at WIN, I found that there was a lot of skills that I could develop, but with the short time I was there and how busy of a newsroom it can get, there wasn’t enough chances to develop them all equally and to their fullest extent. I did find that there were…

Macgregor man “free to go”, after drink driving charge

Summary: 75 year old Macregor man was stopped by police on August 13 and underwent a breath test. Results returned at a reading of 0.063 grams of alcohol per 210 Liters of blood. Man, Peter Kringas, plead guilty in court on October 22. Magistrate Bernadette Boss finalized case with a non-conviction order allowing Kringas free…

A life changing walk for wilderness

Most people would drive or fly between Melbourne and Canberra, Nicholas Mayo walked. The walk, raising awareness for the Wilderness Society against the cutting down of old growth forests, was a massive thing to do, and also to prepare for. Nicholas recalls the challenging weeks of organising hundreds of food packets, water, batteries and walking…

News Platform Analysis: Woolworths Spying on Pokies

MP Andrew Wilke revealed in Parliament that Australia’s largest poker machine operator, Woolworths, has been spying on users of their machines to maximise profits. Whistle-blowers explained they had gone from just talking to customers in order to keep them at the machines, to writing down the elements of theirs lives for use of encouraging increased…

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton