Margo Kingston - Citizendia

Margo Kingston (born 1959) is an Australian journalist, author and commentator. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. She is best known for her work at The Sydney Morning Herald and her weblog, Webdiary. The Sydney Morning Herald ( SMH) is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of

Kingston was born in Maryborough, Queensland and was raised in Mackay. Maryborough is a city located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately 300 kilometres north of the state capital Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. After graduating from the University of Queensland with a degree in arts and law, she qualified as a solicitor and practised in Brisbane and later lectured in commercial law in Rockhampton, before becoming a journalist for The Courier-Mail. The University of Queensland (UQ is one of Australia's premier learning and research institutions The arts is a broad subdivision of Culture, composed of many expressive disciplines. Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Rockhampton is a regional city and Local Government Area located in Queensland, Australia. The Courier-Mail is a daily Newspaper published in Brisbane, Australia. Within a year she moved to The Times on Sunday. She also worked for The Age, The Canberra Times and A Current Affair before moving to The Sydney Morning Herald, where she worked until August 2005. The Age is a Broadsheet daily Newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854 The Canberra Times Newspaper was founded in 1926 in Canberra, Australia by Arthur Shakespeare. A Current Affair (or " ACA " is a nightly tabloid current affairs programme broadcast on the Nine Network every week night hosted

Kingston gained prominence in 1998 when she led a sit-in of journalists at the federal election campaign launch of the One Nation Party in the Queensland town of Gatton. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more persons nonviolently occupying an area for a Protest, often to promote political social Not to be confused with the One Nation program of infrastructure works carried out from 1991 to 1996 by the Keating Labor Government Gatton is a town and the administrative centre of the Lockyer Valley Local Government Area situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East The group was protesting the party's treatment of the media during the campaign. Her experiences during this time are recorded in her book, Off The Rails: The Pauline Hanson Trip, which won the 2000 Dobbie award for best first book by a female writer. The Nita Kibble Literary Award is an annual Literary prize for the best Australian book of fiction or nonfiction classifiable as 'life writing' for Australian women

In 2004, Margo wrote Not happy John, launched in Sydney by Tony Fitzgerald QC. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

Kingston may be seen as part of the "larrikin/ratbag" Australian journalistic tradition which also encompasses Alan Ramsey and Stephen Mayne. Alan Ramsey (born 3 January 1938 is an Australian Columnist and Writer for The Sydney Morning Herald. Stephen Mayne (born July 23, 1969) is an Australian Journalist and self-described Shareholder Activist, who also ran unsuccessfully This tradition is characterised by a willingness to break with convention, espouse controversial opinions and intervene in the events which the journalist is reporting. A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted Standards norms social norms or criteria, often taking the form of Kingston has been perceived by many, including her supporters, as openly left wing in her political views, however she describes her own position this way: "the irony [is] that I'm not left wing, I'm a small-l liberal. The term small-l liberal, or wet, or moderate is used particularly in reference to Australian and Canadian politics to distinguish between A dying breed. "

1 Webdiary
2 Quotes
3 Further reading
4 External links

Webdiary

Margo Kingston also wrote Webdiary, which until August 22, 2005 was on the Sydney Morning Herald website. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On this site Kingston recorded opinions on current events alongside contributors from the general public. Kingston terminated her contract with John Fairfax Holdings, publishers of The Sydney Morning Herald in August 2005. Fairfax Media Limited, is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies A new site was set up at http://www.webdiary.com.au bearing the motto, "Independent, Ethical, Accountable and Transparent".

Webdiary content is collected to form part of the Pandora Archive, Australia's Web Archive established initially by the National Library of Australia and now built in collaboration with nine other Australian libraries and cultural collecting organisations. PANDORA - Australia's Web Archive is the national web archive for the preservation of Australia 's online publications The National Library of Australia is the country's largest reference library responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national The Pandora Archive collects and provides long-term access to selected online publications and web sites that are about Australia, are by an Australian author on a subject of social, political, cultural, religious, scientific or economic significance and relevance to Australia, or are by an Australian author of recognised authority and make a contribution to international knowledge. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

Webdiary's Charter states, in part, that its mission is "to help meet the unmet demand of some Australians for conversations on our present and our future, and to spark original thought and genuine engagement with important issues which effect us all, to link thinking Australians whoever they are and wherever they live and to insist that thinking Australians outside the political and economic establishment have the capacity to contribute to the national debate". [1]

Margo Kingston set an ethical standard for Webdiary based on the Code of Ethics of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance [2], and also an Editorial Policy. The Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (The Alliance is the Australian Trade union and professional organisation which covers the media, entertainment The Editorial Policy states inter alia: "If you think you've been unfairly edited, or that we've wrongly refused to publish your comments, please feel free to query our decision by posting a comment. This sometimes happens, and leads to an online discussion of the meaning and interpretation of the guidelines. "[3]

Margo Kingston announced on 7 December 2005 that she would be leaving the site (and journalism) due to financial constraints. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [4] The site continued in existence without her input and is managed by Webdiary Pty Ltd, a private company established by volunteers who had helped Margo Kingston to establish and maintain the independent new site. Directors of Webdiary Pty Ltd and a group of volunteers kept the site alive after Margo Kingston had walked away from it. Margo Kingston related her view of the Webdiary story in a lecture to the South Australian Governor's Leadership Forum in February 2006. [5] In June 2007, one of the four directors of Webdiary Pty Ltd resigned and the one volunteer still actively involved in comment moderation also quit for a time. Margo Kingston returned to Webdiary at that point in order to keep it alive. [6]

Many opinions featured in Webdiary made their way into Margo Kingston's 2004 book Not Happy, John, which inspired the 'Not happy John!' campaign, of which she was a founding member. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Not Happy John is a book written by Margo Kingston, an Australian journalist and political commentator The ' Not happy John!' campaign was an Australian Political campaign to oppose the re-election of Prime Minister John Howard as member for Bennelong Kingston was also a regular guest on Late Night Live, a nightly radio programme on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National network. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. ABC Radio National is an Australia-wide Radio network broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with many various programs involving News and

On August 3, 2007, the publishing director of Penguin Australia, Bob Sessions, asked Margo Kingston to update Not Happy, John. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Not Happy John is a book written by Margo Kingston, an Australian journalist and political commentator The update, titled Still Not Happy, John! was published by Penguin on October 1, 2007, and it was launched at an event held at Manning Clark House on October 8, 2007. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Charles Manning Hope Clark AC Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [7]

Quotes

"The fundamentalist Zionist lobby controls politics and the media in the US and Australia. History of Zionism|Timeline of Zionism|World Zionist Organization|Zionist political violence Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the " - 22 July 2004 [8]

"Obviously, I did not mean what many people believed I meant. I am not anti-semitic, and I thought what I wrote was a statement of fact. Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility Is there a language problem here?" - 26 July 2004 [9]

"If Australia as a whole says yes to returning a Liberal government, I think our democracy is dead. " - 24 August 2004 [10]

"Heil Howard. If he gets away with this he really can get away with anything. " - 22 February 2005 [11]

"The starting point is establishing trust, and to do that, you have to live the now empty rhetoric of transparency, accountability and independence of spirit. You have to put up your ethical constraints and ideals and be prepared to be held accountable to achieve them. You have to be prepared to state clearly where you're coming from and what your underlying values are, and why. You have to prove and keep proving your commitment to open discourse. And you have to take responsibility for the content of the space and be prepared to defend or change your decisions upon complaint or query. " - February 2006 [12]

"Whether Webdiary lasts or not, it's been an amazing journey. I was shocked that it continued when I pulled the plug in despair, and I fervently hope that it lasts. I've met lots of amazing people from all over Australia who've contributed over the years. " - June 2007[13]

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Webdiary

Quotes

Further reading

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