http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/emily-portelli/ Emily Portelli is a recovering study-addict and travel-holic. Unfortunately, these habits ensure she remains economically-challenged. She spent more time travelling than studying during her undergraduate degree, but managed to get to around 30 countries. After a brief stint as a lawyer at a large corporate firm, Emily fell off the wagon and ended up back at uni, studying journalism at RMIT. She now works for the Herald Sun in Melbourne. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +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/my-name-is-emily-from-melbourne-and-i-hate-football/ I hate football. There, I said it. Curse me. Stone me. lock me in a tiny room with At Home with Julia on loop. I deserve it all. It makes me a bit of an outcast, but no matter how hard I try, I just can’t bring myself to care about a group of guys in short shorts lumbering after a piece of cow hide.  This is despite being born and bred in Melbourne, where AFL is the prevailing religion and all the players are Gods. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Emily Portelli) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-name-is-emily-from-melbourne-and-i-hate-football/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-name-is-emily-from-melbourne-and-i-hate-football/#item6805 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:35:17 +0000 Emily Portelli | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/druggies-suspend-human-rights-and-consider-them-guilty/ I appreciate the high standard of human rights we enjoy in Australia just as much as the next person. But when it comes to the possession of illegal substances, I think it’s better to be presumed guilty rather than innocent, even if it intrudes on our basic right to a fair trial. In 2008, solicitor Vera Momcilovic was convicted of trafficking ice found in her apartment, despite her claims that the drugs were her boyfriend’s and she knew nothing about it. Now she’s challenging the legitimacy of the state’s drug laws in the High Court, claiming the Victorian Charter of Human Rights effectively invalidates them because they remove the presumption of innocence. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Emily Portelli) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/druggies-suspend-human-rights-and-consider-them-guilty/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/druggies-suspend-human-rights-and-consider-them-guilty/#item5135 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:00:38 +0000 Emily Portelli | Author bios | The Punch