http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/cameron-england/ Cameron England took over the resources reporting round at The Advertiser in 2003, just as SA was about to wake up and realise that there was plenty to be found, dug up and flogged overseas in its backyard. Along with swanning around in eight seater aircraft en route to remote Australian mining sites, and the occasional side trip to check out the Algerian mining scene, he also dabbles in delving into the more dubious side of business dealings. His claim to fame so far is being sued for $5.6 billion by bankrupt winemaker Andrew Garrett, along with 139 other defendants, including his employer The Advertiser, many of Adelaide’s law firms, the Commissioner of Police, the state of South Australia and Britain. He is also well-connected in the world of the jet setting gourmand, having interviewed the founder of Japanese television show Iron Chef and the founder of Subway. 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/rudd-politics-is-a-childish-farce-and-its-getting-worse/ Rudd thinks Federal politics is “childish” and has become worse over the past decade. Sorry - not that Rudd, who frankly we’re all sick of hearing about - but his brother Greg, who is now a business consultant. Don’t expect him to provide any behind-the-scenes revelations from Camp Rudd over the past few weeks - he hasn’t actually spoken to Kevin since May last year, saying they “agree to disagree” in many areas. But he does have a background which qualifies him to speak with some authority on political machinations at the federal level. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Cameron England) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/rudd-politics-is-a-childish-farce-and-its-getting-worse/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/rudd-politics-is-a-childish-farce-and-its-getting-worse/#item7884 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:30:37 +0000 Cameron England | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/I-cant-believe-I-almost-voted-for-the-greens/ I never thought I would fail to cast a vote in a Federal election, and I never thought I’d be relieved that I didn’t. But I did, and I am. In my defence, I was somewhere in the boondocks of Turkey when the election was under way, and had pretty much dropped the ball on sorting out my postal vote. It may or may not say something about the administration of our electoral system that I’ve never been queried on this failure to exercise my franchise, but I’ve got to say, not having to make a decision has relieved me of the burden of responsibility for doing so. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Cameron England) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/I-cant-believe-I-almost-voted-for-the-greens/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/I-cant-believe-I-almost-voted-for-the-greens/#item5988 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:45:16 +0000 Cameron England | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/cough-up-cos-were-all-going-on-a-fundraising-holiday/ I am about to go on holiday… scrub that. Start again. Myself and a group of my well-remunerated stockbroker buddies are about to undertake a gruelling 800km ride from Adelaide to Melbourne. 20 years ago we would have gone on a golf trip, sucked piss for five days and told off-colour jokes. The times they are a-changing hey? What’s also new… well not so new now, is that my holiday is now an opportunity for you to lighten your wallet. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Cameron England) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/cough-up-cos-were-all-going-on-a-fundraising-holiday/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/cough-up-cos-were-all-going-on-a-fundraising-holiday/#item5783 Thu, 12 May 2011 19:40:12 +0000 Cameron England | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/kate-and-will-officially-not-complete-muppets/ The outpouring of saccharine dross about the upcoming Royal Marriage has thrown into sharp relief the spectacularly low expectations we have of Royals. William and Kate are being feted as the saviours of the monarchy largely because they are not foolish, badly behaved muppets and are not an embarrassment to the institution and the country. Indeed they seem like reasonably likeable, down-to-earth people considering their situation - keeping in mind that I am making a totally uninformed judgment here. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Cameron England) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/kate-and-will-officially-not-complete-muppets/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/kate-and-will-officially-not-complete-muppets/#item5676 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:45:28 +0000 Cameron England | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/frequent-fatties-should-fork-out-for-their-flying/ Soaring fuel costs are driving airlines to come up with increasingly novel, and amusing, ways of lightening their loads. There have been reports of the carriers washing their planes more often to reduce drag, cleaning cabins of dropped coins and cutlery, and even pondering the use of thinner paper in their in-flight magazines to drop weight. But it’s pretty clear they’re ignoring the elephant in the aircraft here: Fat customers. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Cameron England) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/frequent-fatties-should-fork-out-for-their-flying/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/frequent-fatties-should-fork-out-for-their-flying/#item5564 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:55:05 +0000 Cameron England | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/australia-the-not-so-clever-country/ Have a guess how many of Australia’s top 50 companies have at their very heart a good idea. Not mineral resources, selling other people’s goods or repackaging money in increasingly intricate ways, but an actual good idea which spawned the genesis of a new business. It’s a pretty easy answer - none. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Cameron England) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/australia-the-not-so-clever-country/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/australia-the-not-so-clever-country/#item5507 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:40:52 +0000 Cameron England | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/nuclear-still-part-of-a-viable-energy-mix/ Some parts of the environmental movement will be quietly high-fiving each other this week, as the nuclear industry’s progress over the past decade looks certain to take a massive step backwards. They have been quick to proclaim ``I told you so’’ and make the fallacious analogy that the incidents in Japan mean that Australia and indeed all other countries should not consider nuclear as part of the energy mix. Incidents which, it should be kept in mind, involved an unprecedently large earthquake and decades-old technology. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Cameron England) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/nuclear-still-part-of-a-viable-energy-mix/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/nuclear-still-part-of-a-viable-energy-mix/#item5385 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:00:50 +0000 Cameron England | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-huge-fruit-and-veg-section-that-is-online-dating/ Ever hooked up at the supermarket? Not me. I did see Poh Ling Yeow there once - but as I live in Adelaide I see each of our four celebrities at least on a weekly basis. And beyond ``I like your paintings’’ (this was pre-Masterchef) there was nothing I could think of to blurt out in a supermarket aisle which wouldn’t have come across as lame (note to self, buy a copy of The Game:  Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-up Artists). feedback@thepunch.com.au (Cameron England) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-huge-fruit-and-veg-section-that-is-online-dating/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-huge-fruit-and-veg-section-that-is-online-dating/#item5090 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:45:48 +0000 Cameron England | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/should-kids-give-a-toss-about-their-sperm-donor-dads/ Recently in South Australia, the local reproductive medicine outfit had, for want of a better term, a “sperm drive’‘. The campaign, conceived on the cheap, pleaded with Aussie blokes not to “waste’’ their sperm. It was wildly successful. The number of sperm donors in SA jumped 100 per cent. From two to four. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Cameron England) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/should-kids-give-a-toss-about-their-sperm-donor-dads/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/should-kids-give-a-toss-about-their-sperm-donor-dads/#item5003 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:50:35 +0000 Cameron England | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/governments-stupid-to-stay-silent-on-sports-stars/ Taxpayers deserve to know what they’re forking out to sporting stars. In South Australia, Premier Mike Rann - despite his reputation as a master of spin - has made a poor judgment when it comes to not disclosing how much Lance Armstrong is paid to appear at the Tour Down Under. The State Government has continually refused to say how much it has paid the seven-time Tour de France winner to appear at the TDU, even claiming the information was commercial in confidence, thus putting the details out of the reach of freedom of information requests. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Cameron England) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/governments-stupid-to-stay-silent-on-sports-stars/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/governments-stupid-to-stay-silent-on-sports-stars/#item4892 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:45:24 +0000 Cameron England | Author bios | The Punch