Melissa Fyfe

I chat here with Anna Marsden, managing director of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, about the controversial 2018 funding from the Turnbull government and where it’s all gone, as the reef recovers from its fifth bleaching event since 2016. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/goo…

‘Are we playing God?’ Researchers fast-track evolution in fight to save the reef In this story I look at all the science behind trying to help the reef - or parts of it - through a warming world. theage.com.au/national/are-w…

As a kid we often drove past Dame Nellie’s house behind the huge hedge at Coldstream. It was a thrill to go beyond the hedge for this story about the amazing house Melba left behind and efforts to finally catalogue everything in it. @GoodWeekendMag smh.com.au/national/one-o…

My amazing colleagues explaining the kinds of things they do when not on strike trying to save journalism. To add mine: yesterday I would have been in court to see the sentencing of Sakina Muhammad Jan for a Good Weekend feature on forced marriage.

Tomorrow’s @theage @smh cartoon, in solidarity with my Nine Publishing colleagues on strike. #MEAAmedia #DontTorchJournalism

Tony Armstrong, Paul Kelly, Dave Hughes and Jane Harper are among the dozens of high-profile Australians standing with journalists from the newsrooms of The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Financial Review, Brisbane Times and WAToday, demanding quality jobs for quality journalism. We need your support, please share our message and sign the petition. meaa.org/dont-torch-jou… #donttorchjournalism #MEAAmedia

Fighting for a better deal for journalism #meaa @theage @smh

@najsambul @theage Well done Najma 👏

abc.net.au/news/2024-06-1… ANALYSIS: My new column for @abcnews "The Australian media industry tells a long and continuing story ... of mediocre men whose shamelessness extends their professional life expectancies well beyond a real meritocracy would permit."

A little story about the things that blindside a marriage in midlife. With thanks to @RelAustNSW’s Elisabeth Shaw and @katetimestylers theage.com.au/national/how-a…

New report by me and @jacqui_tassone presents findings from my review of AFP/ACT Policing response to sexual offences. The review found that not only are sexual offences rarely charged, sexual offences are rarely investigated. More here: researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/file/3faae18e-…

Justice Lee mentioned several issues we wrote about in this GW piece: a) alcohol's role in consent and memory b) trauma's role in how victims present, and c) "appropriate" responses to an assault given things like the freeze response. smh.com.au/national/he-te…

Well done @mbachelard !

@DrLisaWheildon @SteveRoberts_ @zacseidler @themancave_aus Thanks Lisa! I actually can’t wait to do it again

@melfyfe @SteveRoberts_ @zacseidler @themancave_aus Really lovely story Mel. I do think we need far more investment in this area and integrated, ongoing programs. I’m particularly impressed that you did the sauna/cold plunge!

As part of this profile of @hunterjohnson91 I went to witness @themancave_aus day-long workshop with teenage boys. It was so moving and one of the few times in the last year that I felt some hope for the future theage.com.au/lifestyle/life…

@KenMcAlpine @JacintaAllanMP Hi Ken, I don’t think you need to listen to the Opposition or ‘accepted wisdom’ you just need to look at our financial situation and draw conclusions from that. We have done big projects but now we just need to pause before committing huge amounts of money that we don’t have.

@melfyfe @JacintaAllanMP Hi Mel, yes that is what the Opposition is saying and perhaps they should be satisfied that such a line seems to have become accepted wisdom. Big projects often have bigger risks but in a growing city we need to cater for its infrastructure needs. Not everything is either/or.

Agree with this. Victoria simply can’t afford the Suburban Rail Loop. Other, more worthy, priorities will suffer. @JacintaAllanMP this is one of your projects, yes, but don’t let it be your legacy. Your legacy lies somewhere else, not in this folly.

@MessengerAndrew Melbourne has poor public transport in the outer suburban areas and this needs to be addressed. But this is not where the SRL is.

@MessengerAndrew I think we have rightly done an enormous amount in last 10 years and just need to pause to pay down debt so it doesn’t overwhelm other parts of govt service delivery.