News producer, video journalist, occasional writer - helping cover Australia, NZ & Pacific for the BBC. Dad jokes and proud.
Sydney, New South Wales
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Almost exactly 10 years ago Sunderland was very keen to get out of Europe... #safc #europaleage
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ALT A chicken crossing the road in Singapore
ALT A chicken crossing the road in Singapore.
Flights to Vanuatu cancelled after today's earthquake. @JetstarAirways cites "reports of possible damage to Port Vila airport infrastrcture".
New Zealand govt says embassy in Bangkok is providing assistance to one citizen it believes to have been poisoned with methanol in Laos. "No further details will be provided for privacy reasons". Says has updated travel advisory.
Kooma man Wayne Wharton - who protested outside the King Charles visit to a Sydney church on Sunday – has just been put into a police van outside the Sydney Opera House after shouting anti-monarchy slogans..
It’s a fancy service station this. Poster in toilet offers seven ways to order your fried egg. #dadyolk
Meet Mary. A 71-year-old former nurse. Now homeless and living in her car. Just one of the appallingly sad cases @katywatson and I found researching homelessness and the housing crisis in Australia - one of the richest countries on earth. bbc.com/news/articles/cn09g9…
There is a “complete ground stop”, @VirginAustralia tells passengers in Sydney Airport. “There are no flights going in or out” owing to the Microsoft outage.
“The ground stop has now ceased”, @VirginAustralia tell passengers in Sydney. Flights being called again.
Microsoft #outage delays my flight. Regretting asking for a Windows seat.
The major global tech outage also hitting Sydney Airport. Information screens are down. Announcement by @JetstarAirways says it can’t check in or board passengers.
All 14 members of an Australian religious group charged over the 2022 death of Elizabeth Struhs have opted to enter no plea as their trial begins in Brisbane. The court directed a not guilty plea should be entered for all defendants.
I've been writing today about the the death of Aussie astronomer Greg Quicke - 'Space Gandalf' who helped so many understand more about the universe through his "astro tours" and TV appearances including alongside @ProfBrianCox who has just paid tribute. bbc.com/news/articles/cl7744…
Very sad to learn that Greg Quicke ‘Space Gandalf’ has died. If you’re in the U.K. you’ll remember him from Stargazing Live. I love what he wrote on seeing the solar eclipse in 2023. "My body spent, my heart full, I crash into a deep eclipse fuelled communion with the other worlds," I hope that’s where he is now. abc.net.au/news/2024-06-07/b…
I'm told it's "Blueymania" at Royal Australia Mint today. All phone lines redirected to the call centre as fans clamour to buy limited edition @OfficialBlueyTV Dollar Bucks. Which explains why I couldn't get through to press office to find out if it was Blueymania at the Mint...
Papua New Guinea now says that 2,000 people were "buried alive" in Friday's landslide in Engas province. It has made the estimate in a letter to the @UN seen by the BBC. Earlier estimates put the death toll at around 670.
The letter adds: "The situation remainsunstable as the landslip continue to shift slowly, posing ongoing danger to both the rescue teams and survivors alike."