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I’m the Manager of Local Planning for ABC Regional & Local, which is a role mostly focussed on the ABC’s Capital City Radio Network. Though I work mostly as a Manager, I still keep my hands “dirty” in radio presentation, with the weekly radio program, Editor’s Choice

#ozpod2019

"Because a lot of producers come from a journalism background, they mostly think about the words. I love that he spent so much time speaking about the sound", I said to someone over drinks at the end of #ozpod2019 today. We were talking about Dan Blank, creator of the fiction podcast, "Carrier". Dan, incidentally, has … Continue reading #ozpod2019

October 3, 2019October 4, 2019abc, audio, ozpod, ozpod2019, podcast, podcasts, RadioLeave a comment

The Boy from Boree Creek

Having worked as a journalist and broadcaster for over thirty years, I've got to know a LOT of politicians. In my view, some of them have been very good people, and some of them have been arseholes. On one side of politics, I've had the son a politician threaten me with physical violence over a … Continue reading The Boy from Boree Creek

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019Radio, tim fischer2 Comments

Live Radio

Quite by accident this week, I found myself attending two "live radio events". The first was a recording of "A Rational Fear"; the second was a live performance of "The Unauthorised History Of The Sausage Sizzle", a documentary which goes to air this weekend as part of "The History Lesson" on RN. The first, "A … Continue reading Live Radio

May 9, 2019May 10, 2019a rational fear, Radio, sausage sizzle4 Comments

Face for Radio

Twenty years ago, or so, the ABC used to feature a state-based TV show called "Snapshot". It went to air just before the 7.00pm news. Hosted by people from ABC Radio, it was a brief "what's on" program, focussing on arts and cultural events happening in each state. Put simply, the radio presenter would come … Continue reading Face for Radio

March 31, 2019March 31, 2019RadioLeave a comment

Back To Tamworth

For a brief moment today I was transported back to Tamworth (NSW), and in particular the Country Music Festival. The launch of the Golden Guitars for 2019 was held today at my workplace in Sydney. Attending, I was reminded of being one of the judges, and making my way through a crate-load of compact discs. … Continue reading Back To Tamworth

November 20, 2018August 25, 2019Arts, country music, Radio, tamworthLeave a comment

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  • Albert Bernard O’Brien and Bertha Ann Dunn
  • Allan McLean and Janet McFarlane
  • Charles Dunn and Bertha Rixon
  • Donald Laing and Sarah Higgins
  • James Laing and Isabella McLean
  • James O’Brien and Lena Noonan
  • James O’Brien and Mary Smith
  • James Rixon and Amelia Goodwin
  • James Wright Goward and Mary Ann Denny
  • John Dunn and Catherine Elliott
  • John Dunn and Elizabeth Davis
  • John Hoare and Elizabeth Love
  • John Love and Martha
  • John Noonan and Hannah Lynch
  • Maurice Lynch and Mary Moynihan
  • Peter O’Brien and Mary Ann Goward
  • Robert Higgins and Ann Owen
  • Robert Higgins and Ellen Triggell
  • Thomas Rixon and Jane Laing
  • Thomas Triggell and Henrietta Spencer
  • William Elliott and Mary Fitzgerald
  • William Rixon and Ann Hoare
  • William Rixon and Ellen Laing

Born : Lismore / Widgibal – Bundjalung

Live : Sydney / Gadigal – Eora

Also : Brisbane, Bourke, Renmark, Wagga, Perth

Work : ABC Radio (Regional and Local)

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