Lisa Allan

Regional journalists work bloody hard and there are few opportunities to celebrate their work. This is why I’m grateful to ACM for its annual excellence awards celebrating regional journalism. And I’m not just saying it because we won 🎉
www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/8837978

04.12.2024 22:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

AEMO has cancelled its (latest) lack of reserve level 3 for New South Wales. This one was for tomorrow. Still, power supplies look likely to be strained a bit today and tomorrow as the mercury in parts of Sydney approach 40C.

25.11.2024 20:30 — 👍 16    🔁 7    💬 4    📌 0

‘In both of their filings, prosecutors cited a Justice Department policy that sitting presidents may not be prosecuted.’

25.11.2024 20:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

'Unacceptable level of failure' in children's lifejackets, report reveals Best lifejacket achieving only 65 per cent pass rate.

An "unacceptable level of failure" of a key feature in children's lifejackets has been exposed in a new report. Maritime NSW's report reveals even the best children's lifejacket achieved a pass rate of just 65 per cent on the vital self-righting feature.
Important story by @sageswinton.bsky.social

21.11.2024 02:08 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Imagine if it was though. That would be cool.

20.11.2024 01:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

'Absolutely stuns me': Australia's gender pay gap exposes stark divisions One in four Australian company boards have no women at all.

Well this is a depressing start to the work day.

One in four company boards has no women and on average women earn 78 cents for every dollar men earn. or about $28,425 less each year.

19.11.2024 21:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations to Newcastle Herald reporter Matthew Kelly on his Walkley win for an incredible story that solved a 30-year mystery and reunited a family. 👏👏👏 you can read it here www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/851477...

19.11.2024 15:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0