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Sorry England Netball, you dropped the ball here with your Rose buds ☹
· 1 September, 2023

Sorry England Netball, you dropped the ball here with your Rose buds ☹

“IF” England Netball wanted to trial their untested Roses under tournament conditions then sure, not a problem, however that should have been communicated to Netball New Zealand right from the very beginning and this drama need not have unfolded at all.
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Diamonds walking the talk gives me hope
Sport · 26 October, 2022

Diamonds walking the talk gives me hope

As many will know with my regular Sunday morning sessions running an eye over the Australian media sports splashes to record #WomenInSport representation – or lack of it – that I am a massive supporter of women’s sport. Unlike a lot of staunch netball fans, I love a variety of sports, though [...]
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Stuff the Pub test, let’s put Politics to the Sports test?
Politics · 11 April, 2022

Stuff the Pub test, let’s put Politics to the Sports test?

We often hear someone refer to a political issue and say “well, that doesn’t pass the pub test”, but as I have discovered, many don’t really know what that means and can’t relate to it. Not to mention, with all the two horse race type commentary that seems to focus primarily on the “game of [...]
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A Federal election is imminent and media matters
Politics · 31 March, 2022

A Federal election is imminent and media matters

Australians will vote soon and contrary to popular opinion on twitter, a swing against the sitting government as being shown by recent polls WON’T decide who runs the country.
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You only care because they are winning 🙄
Stuff · 7 August, 2021

You only care because they are winning 🙄

As many of you know, I am a massive advocate for Women In Sport, I sink hours of my life tweeting about it, trying to promote it, every Sunday do a #BallsOnly session trying to shame Australia’s sports editors into taking Women’s sport seriously and give it the prominence it deserves in media. I [...]
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Good Men, you have a problem but YOU can fix it
Stuff · 7 March, 2021

Good Men, you have a problem but YOU can fix it

In recent weeks many women have said 'Enough is Enough!'. Many good men have put their hand up and said, enough is enough. But how many 'good men' are actually making trauma worse?
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Serious potential collateral damage from Australian government doing News Corp and NineFax a solid ☹
· 3 February, 2021

Serious potential collateral damage from Australian government doing News Corp and NineFax a solid ☹

Public Interest Journalism is really important and I wish there was more of it, sadly, I highly doubt the Australian governments attempts to slay the Google and Facebook dragons are going to improve Australians access to it, more likely a lot of small business collateral damage with very little to show [...]
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What is more dangerous, the gun or the ammunition?
Politics · 8 January, 2021

What is more dangerous, the gun or the ammunition?

It is only recently that some media organisations finally decided enough was enough and started calling out Trump’s lies, realising just how dangerous they were. Something that might have been a hell of a lot more useful prior to him even being elected, but anyhow, guess better late than never.
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It is not Marina, it is you!
Sport · 31 October, 2020

It is not Marina, it is you!

Prior to the Marina Go interview I ‘thought’ the powers that be in Super Netball really didn’t give a rats about fans but bloody hell, after this interview I ‘knew’ they didn’t! In fact, rather wished I had never listened and had that 'thought' confirmed :(
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