Experience

SUSTAINABLE FLORISTRY NETWORK

• Australia
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writer, editor, researcher

  • Sep 2021 - Present



Self-Employed

• Freelance writer/editor

  • Jan 2020 - Present



Monash University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Content Manager

  • Apr 2011 - Jan 2017

  I'm a content strategist and manager for the Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing. I also write much of the University's marketing copy, and write and edit the Monash Editorial Style Guide, which sets editorial style for professional staff at the university. I'm a content strategist and manager for the Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing. I also write much of the University's marketing copy, and write and edit the Monash Editorial Style Guide, which sets editorial style for professional staff at the university.



Affirm Press

• Contributor to She's Having a Laugh: 25 of Australia’s Funniest Women on Life, Love and Comedy

  • 2015 - 2015

  In She’s Having a Laugh, 25 of the funniest women in Australia write about life, love and laughter. Their stories are irreverent, intimate and – most of all – often hilarious. They reflect on why they became comedians, celebrate the funny women in their own lives, explore what’s different about the female funny bone, and take a look at the power of laughter for us all. In She’s Having a Laugh, 25 of the funniest women in Australia write about life, love and laughter. Their stories are irreverent, intimate and – most of all – often hilarious. They reflect on why they became comedians, celebrate the funny women in their own lives, explore what’s different about the female funny bone, and take a look at the power of laughter for us all.



Triple R Radio

• Breakfasters book reviewer

  • 2011 - Dec 2014

  For three years, I reviewed books on the Triple R Breakfasters every second Tuesday morning. What a sweet gig. I miss it. For three years, I reviewed books on the Triple R Breakfasters every second Tuesday morning. What a sweet gig. I miss it.



The Big Issue

• Contributor

  • 2005 - Jan 2014

  I am an occasional contributor to The Big Issue. For six years I was a regular, writing the Hearsay spread for every issue. Aside from Hearsay, I've contributed cover stories and other articles over the last eight years. I am an occasional contributor to The Big Issue. For six years I was a regular, writing the Hearsay spread for every issue. Aside from Hearsay, I've contributed cover stories and other articles over the last eight years.



National Judicial College of Australia

• Editor, and occasional faculty member at Judgment Writing Workshops

  • 2007 - 2014

  I have edited two books for the NJCA – "Judicial decisions: crafting clear reasons" and "Oral decisions: delivering clear reasons". I have also taken part in several of the College's workshops dedicated to the art of judicial judgment writing. I have edited two books for the NJCA – "Judicial decisions: crafting clear reasons" and "Oral decisions: delivering clear reasons". I have also taken part in several of the College's workshops dedicated to the art of judicial judgment writing.



Judicial College of Victoria

• Faculty member, annual Judgment Writing Workshop

  • 2005 - 2013

  Along with other writers, I work with judicial officers in all jurisdictions to improve their written judgments. This is an annual event – an intense, three-day workshop. Along with other writers, I work with judicial officers in all jurisdictions to improve their written judgments. This is an annual event – an intense, three-day workshop.



Affirm Press

• Author of Staunch

  • 2012 - 2012

  My first book, Staunch, was published by Affirm Press in 2012. "One of the most difficult things I've had the pleasure of reading. An extraordinary book, the writing is brilliant ... it is very hard to put down." Waleed Aly, Radio National Drive"Staunch is real-life grunge, and it leaves the literary stuff for dead. There's no glamour, no cool, just the piercing sadness of social truth."Pick of the Week, The Age"Entirely heart-wrenching."Weekend Australianhttp://www.affirmpress.com.au/staunchI'm currently writing a novel about a group of actors working on a film in the mid-70s.



The Coroners Court of Victoria

• Freelance writer and writing trainer

  • 2009 - 2012

  I have freelanced for the Coroners Court both as a writer and editor of some of its fact sheets and correspondence. I also periodically give a one-day training seminar on writing coronial findings. I have freelanced for the Coroners Court both as a writer and editor of some of its fact sheets and correspondence. I also periodically give a one-day training seminar on writing coronial findings.



Circe Films

• Netherlands
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writer and researcher

  • 2010 - 2010

  I was the researcher on the documentary series Australians Exposed. We made four films for Lifestyle You: Plastic Fantastic, Sami's Baby, Girl Fight, and Sex, Lies and Double Lives. A pivotal role in a small team, the job included everything from tracking down the talent and writing pitches to sifting through mountains of research. I was the researcher on the documentary series Australians Exposed. We made four films for Lifestyle You: Plastic Fantastic, Sami's Baby, Girl Fight, and Sex, Lies and Double Lives. A pivotal role in a small team, the job included everything from tracking down the talent and writing pitches to sifting through mountains of research.



Crikey

• Writer/editor

  • 2005 - 2007

  I worked as a writer and editor on the (now defunct) Crikey Reader. I worked as a writer and editor on the (now defunct) Crikey Reader.