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Something about me...

With over a decade of experience, I have worked as a journalist in print, digital, TV and radio for various international, national and regional media outlets, including CNN, the Guardian, SBS and Australian Geographic.

I have won two Queensland Clarion Journalism Awards and nominated as a finalist for another four.

I work freelance as a journalist, editor, photographer, videographer and content creator for various media outlets, private and public organisations, universities, and various local, state and commonwealth government agencies. I am also the Media & Communications Officer for the Wet Tropics Management Authority in Cairns.

From 2013-2019 I was the last editor of Australia's most northerly newspaper, Torres News.

My work covers politics, science, adventure sports, culture, Indigenous issues and travel in Australia and overseas.

MA Journalism & Communications - UTAS

Bsc Environmental Science - Monash University

Dip Photography - UTAS

Cert IV Business Management - RMIT

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QLD MR, Motorcycle, Maritime licenses, 4WD trained

PADI Divemaster

First Aid CPR AED certified

IAP2 Essentials

For examples of my work go to my portfolio page.

15th February 2021

The Torres Strait Treaty, a journey of Islander autonomy - Griffith Asia Insights

“We are happy to share what we have in the Torres Strait, but we will not give – not a teaspoon of water, not a grain of sand.” This was the war cry of Torres Strait Islander Getano Lui Snr in 1976. Lui Snr was one of the leading political agitators that pressured the Australian government to form the Torres Strait Treaty. A world first, the Treaty recognised the rights of traditional Inhabitants from both the southern coast of Papua New Guinea and the most northerly point of Australian soverei