http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/ainslie-macgibbon/ Ainslie MacGibbon is a freelance journalist and writer, who is published in the Sydney Morning Herald, New Matilda and various magazines.  In a previous life she worked for the Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service (paedophile reference), the police and ASIO - yet has no immediate interest in writing about any of it.  Instead, writing about the environment, education, health and children - preferably a combination of the four - float her boat.  Oh, and she is mum to three awesome kids.  en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-to-murder-a-chicken-and-other-poultry-facts/ “I held her underwater until I knew she was dead”  said a woman.  The rest of us nod, squirreling away this method as a future possibility. I am among mothers congregating at the school gate, waiting for the bell.  We look like the type of congregating mothers who give congregating mothers a bad name.  The gutter stretching behind us is littered with abandoned 4WDs - doors resting open - some pregnant with healthy prams.  A toddler, resigned to boring talk at this time of day, is spinning inconveniently on the footpath.  Another woman presses for more detail - keen to know if there was a struggle before drowning.  No, she was weak from disease.  Our voices jockey to make the next disclosure of killing. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Ainslie MacGibbon) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-to-murder-a-chicken-and-other-poultry-facts/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-to-murder-a-chicken-and-other-poultry-facts/#item3728 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:45:42 +0000 Ainslie MacGibbon | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-volunteer-gene-is-facing-extinction/ “What about the children starving in Africa?” I’d get that a lot when growing up if I didn’t finish the food on offer.  I suppose I am not alone in that memory.  But, like the food itself, it was a throwaway line. For my generation, who have since become parents themselves, was it an effective call to act?  While over-ordering takeaway, because we are consumed by watching Masterchef - a show that taunts and rejects food - the same day that 25,000 children die from poverty-related causes - I think not. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Ainslie MacGibbon) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-volunteer-gene-is-facing-extinction/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-volunteer-gene-is-facing-extinction/#item1149 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:40:50 +0000 Ainslie MacGibbon | Author bios | The Punch