Fairfax features
Mosaics -a meditative way to spend time
The Age, 1 November 2015
Broken plates, cups, saucers, tiles, cracked precious vases. These pieces are passed on by friends.
"Can you make a mosaic with this?" they ask. They know that in this place their beloved teapot, tile remnants or cracked plate could be reincarnated.
It doesn't matter if the piece is curved or has broken in a strange way. The urge to form patterns is alive in this makeshift studio.
The other John Howard presents Lincoln
The Age, March 28, 2003
Actor John Howard knows about the power of combining the arts with politics.
Since his defiant "apology"' to indigenous Australians on the ABC series The Games, Howard has been unafraid to put his name to political causes that are likely to irk his namesake.
When the body takes note
The Age, 30 June, 2003
New research has hailed singing as a tonic for mind and body.
It's Sunday evening in the small, central Victorian town of Newstead, where most people are gearing up for the working week. But not 50 locals from all backgrounds, sizes and ages who have come together to stand in a large circle in the 130-year-old community hall.
What our sons should know
The Age 28 July, 2003
Testicular cancer - the mystery young-man's disease - has more than doubled in incidence in the past 30 years and is rising by 7.5 per cent each year.
When Gerard Butera was 29 he was diagnosed with cancer during a lucky encounter. "It was kind of weird, I was moving house and I had the flu. I went to the doctor to get some antibiotics and there was this new doctor. He said 'while you're here, we may as well do a physical examination'. He found a lump on my testicle and sent me for an ultrasound. That night, I heard a knock at the door and I knew something was wrong. It was the doctor."
Skipping the spin cycle - February 2011
Opinion piece in the Walkley magazine on how media relations practitioners are not all cut from the same cloth.
The Lancet
Profile of Ruth Bishop in The Lancet (May 1999)
Rotaviruses and vaccines
Profile of Suzanne Cory in The Lancet (April 2000)
Combining individuality with teamwork
Profile of David Hill in The Lancet ( October 1999)
Behavioural insights into cancer control
University of Melbourne
Place does matter for your health
University of Melbourne (report)
The Victorian Lifestyle and Neighbourhood Environment Study VicLANES) is internationally significant research involving 4,913 participants in 50 small areas in Melbourne. VicLANES examines the importance of area socio-economic status (SES), neighbourhood environments, individual perceptions, attitudes and knowledge in relation to three important health behaviours:
food purchasing for household consumption
physical activity
alcohol consumption.
Sustainable Macleod articles
Good news about waste - yes really.
December 2022
Next year we will see major changes to how we handle waste and single-use plastics in Victoria.
First, a Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) will be launched – allowing people to get 10c for returning drink cans, bottles and cartons to local deposit locations points. The Scheme will be funded by beverage suppliers, and when an item is donated, you can choose whether to keep the funds or donate money to a nominated group. read more
Managing paint and coatings waste
October 2022
Home renovations and all sorts of makeovers are a ubiquitous feature of our lives: a lick of paint, a bit of replastering, varnishing a wood table.
There are a huge variety of products used for home improvements, but this article will focus on paint and coatings.
Kerbside green revolution
June 2022
A new waste management system is coming our way soon, with the start of the Food Organic and Garden Organic (FOGO) waste collection in the City of Banyule, read more
Recycling your footwear
May 2022
It’s the start of the sports season and you realise that your budding footballer or netball star has outgrown their shoes.
How will you dispose of them?
A few enterprises are now focusing on upcycling or recycling sports footwear and equipment or making recyclable shoes. Read more