ABC or Nine would be my preference. Sky is diabolical.
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Has anyone else noticed that a sneezy Shannon Noll is in ABC News’ stock footage of sick people? This cap is from last night’s NSW episode, which was a short report on the high numbers of flu recorded across the state.
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I honestly don’t see any resembelence, other than the flavour saver of course.
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Plus the shirt, plus the necklace. If he’s not Noll, he’s a dead ringer for him.
Paul Higgins presenting in Victoria tonight.
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Guy Stayner presenting Friday -Sunday in Victoria this week.
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It’s a tradition in Brisbane for Jenny Woodward to present ABC News weather from the animal nursery at the Ekka.
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JOHN LYONS JOINS ABC NEWS
John Lyons, one of Australia’s leading journalists, is to join ABC News as Head Investigative and In-depth Journalism.
He will lead Australia’s premier current affairs teams and programs across broadcast and digital, including 7.30, Australian Story, Four Corners, Q&A, Insiders, Offsiders, Lateline, Foreign Correspondent, Behind the News, AM, PM, The World Today and Correspondents Report, as well as finding the best ways to deliver the ABC’s finest investigative and long-form content to new audiences.
A three-time Walkley Award winner, Lyons’ previous roles include being the Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, Executive Producer of the Nine Network’s Sunday program, a foreign correspondent in Washington, New York and Jerusalem and, currently, Associate Editor (Digital Content) at News Corp’s The Australian.
ABC Director, News Gaven Morris said Lyons was an outstanding editorial leader.
“As platforms and channels change, information outlets multiply and fake news proliferates, the demand for trusted sources of information, well-told stories and quality, news-breaking journalism is greater than ever,” he said.
“The centrepiece at ABC News is always the journalism, and John will play a key role in delivering our best in-depth and investigative reporting to all Australian audiences when, where and how they want to consume it.”
Lyons said: "After ten great years at The Australian, I’m delighted to be joining the ABC in this important role at a time when independent public interest journalism is more vital than ever.
“With people increasingly getting their news and information through different means, it is crucial we are able to present strong investigative journalism on digital platforms. The ABC is committed both to investigative journalism and to telling stories in ways relevant to a changing society.”
Lyons takes over from Bruce Belsham, who held the role (previously called Head of Current Affairs) with distinction for five years.
John Lyons
A three-time Walkley Award winner and one of Australia’s leading journalists, John Lyons is currently Associate Editor (Digital Content) at The Australian. He has previously been the Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and Executive Producer of the Nine Network’s Sunday program. John has been a foreign correspondent in Washington, New York and most recently Jerusalem. From the Middle East he won the Walkley for best investigative journalism for a report he presented on the ABC’s Four Corners. While based in Jerusalem, he also won three United Nations human rights awards and wrote his recently-published memoir, “Balcony Over Jerusalem”. John has also won the Graham Perkin Award for Australian Journalist of the Year.
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Not sure where they pulled this one from…
This is the house for sale
Wheras this is the house featured in the seventh film
For clarify, here also is the house used briefly in the first film:
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Update: A bit of manipulative wording… This article from 2012 clears it up:
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/lavenham-harry-potter-house-could-be-yours-for-950-000-1-1497291
“It’s part of Godric’s Hollow. The house can be seen opposite the graveyard, with a Christmas tree in the window, the lights on and music coming out of it,” she added.
So not his parent’s house, rather a house seen in the background of the film:
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Paul Higgins presenting the Victorian bulletin tonight.
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Gloria Kalache presenting Friday -Sunday in Victoria this week.
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There was a whole story which aired about poppys just then, which was a poem. Hard to explain but pretty cool.
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Ian Henderson is back presenting in Victoria tonight.
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Loved the story about the focus zappers by my dudes at HUMM Tech, last night - shows the type of innovation and brilliant minds that come from Australia, shows if we had some support, Aus could become a super power (getting into tech talk topic tho).
ABC did a real good job at showing us what it could be. Takes me back to days of the new inventors.
big boi Iain mac’s byline shoulda been ‘that guy who jumped into that Osaka river’
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Gloria Kalache is presenting in Victoria tonight.
Tamara Oudyn is working on ABC Radio Melbourne for two weeks.
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Report tonight on the baseball bat assault on students at ANU noted that the offender was “Caucasian” (the students affected were Chinese), as if to imply racial motivation behind the assault - yet police were quoted saying “it is too early to know what the motivation behind the attack was”.
What’s particularly baffling is that the race of the offender (who is known and in custody!) was stated, yet there is reluctance at other times to describe offenders actually NOT in custody and on the run, as Aboriginal.
- Why the double standard?
- Why even pre-empt the police in alleging racial motivation when they addressed this point?
Sloppy reporting.
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Report tonight on the payout of Ahmed Fahour (former Australia Post CEO) noted that the remuneration of the new CEO (who happens to be a woman) had been lowered in line with community expectations.
The reporter closed the piece by stating “as with many at the executive level, females are paid less” (or words to that effect).
How is that comment appropriate? There was national outrage at the time about Fahour’s remuneration - it was lowered because of that outrage - not because the new CEO is a woman. If a new male CEO was selected - guess what - the remuneration would have been lower too. That’s literally what the whole story with Fahour is about.
It should not be up to ABC reporters to cram in forcefully comments like this which don’t even align with what their report is about.
Sloppy reporting.
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