Eleri Harris, Author at Crikey

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Wangaratta has experienced a somewhat unique form of censorship with the banning of a campaign against child sex abuse, Braveheart’s annual White Balloon Day.

No white balloons for the city of Wangaratta

Sep 21, 2009

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Victorian conservation groups have hit back at claims greenies and National Parks are culpable for the severity of the Black Saturday bushfires, blaming logging companies.

The bushfire blame game: greenies, loggers or arsonists?

Jul 17, 2009

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The blogosphere was abuzz yesterday with the news that Twitter was regarded by one 15-year-old from London as being for old people. That's <em>news</em>?

Media frenzy appoints teenage digital guru

Jul 15, 2009

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Papua is a media black hole with foreign journalists rarely permitted to report from the province. The true story behind the latest shootings of 29-year-old Australian Drew Grant and security guard Markus Ratealo will probably never be revealed.

Papuan shootings: we will probably never know the truth

Jul 14, 2009

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Two women are claiming they have developed serious health issues from exposure to the run-off from an open cut mine in their town, and are demanding the Tasmanian government relocate them.

Is Rosebery a health hazard?

Jul 10, 2009

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Following last week's announcement that they will be lowering the alcohol content of Victoria Bitter, Fosters have taken another stab at their iconic beer with a new campaign that replaces the "hard earned thirst" slogan with a new one: "the drinking beer".

The new face of VB

Jul 08, 2009

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Earth Hour may receive the token support they seek online -- but how does this translate into real terms at the UN climate change meeting in Copenhagen?

Earth Hour's (somewhat empty) new campaign for Copenhagen

Jul 08, 2009

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They do things differently over there, but seriously, feeding cocaine to an animated eyeball is supposed to keep the kids off drugs? Well, at least that's the aim of the "Xperiment" site.

Canada eyeballs cocaine

Jul 07, 2009

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This morning <b>Eleri Harris</b> asked Tony Abbott -- Shadow Minister for FAHCSIA and part-time spokesman on all things Catholic -- about the politics of lobbying a Pope.

Abbott to Rudd: Don't try to spin the Pope

Jul 07, 2009

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Are the hundreds of people kidnapped by the Taliban each year any less deserving of media black out protection than western journalists like David Rohde?

Double standards: the media on Taliban kidnappings

Jun 23, 2009

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Skinny Blonde beer have come up with a brilliant, if not completely inappropriate, gimmick for their product: vanishing bikini tops for their beer labels.

Beer porn

Jun 12, 2009

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Of the 200 staff members at Melbourne's Mowbray College, 22 are thought to have left or be about to leave the school this year.

Mass staff exodus at Mowbray College: 22 in one year

Jun 05, 2009

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