The Standard

When the heart hardens, the community hurts

Posted on March 19, 2017March 19, 2017 By Guest Writer

By Jim Clarke, former editor and general manager of The Standard. [dropcap style=”font-size: 35px; color: #8cc7d0;”] A [/dropcap]s Australia’s two major publishers continue along…

When scrutiny is sub-standard, democracy suffers

Posted on October 12, 2013June 25, 2019 By Carol Altmann

Something very troubling is happening in our community when it comes to the local media’s scrutiny of those in power. Since returning to Warrnambool in…

I am an independent journalist (ex The Australian; Adelaide Advertiser; Messenger Newspaper Group) and author living in Warrnambool. I dig around and investigate local issues of public interest, then tell you what I find.