http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/kristy-sheridan/ Kristy Sheridan is a journalist for a regional non-daily independent in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges. She also enjoys the occasional opinionated freelance rant, when no-one’s looking. Interests include live music and getting caught in the rain. 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/hold-kristy-sheridan-on-speed-cameras/ Speed cameras alone cannot account for dangerous conditions and drivers on our roads. Victorian Police Minister Peter Ryan’s announcement of an inquiry into the accuracy and effectiveness of the state’s speed cameras comes in the wake of a culture of public skepticism about speed cameras in Victoria, and recent furore in NSW. Victoria pays some of the highest speeding fines in the country. The Brumby government budgeted them to raise $476 million this financial year alone, so it is little wonder they have been pigeonholed by many as ‘revenue raisers’. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Kristy Sheridan) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hold-kristy-sheridan-on-speed-cameras/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hold-kristy-sheridan-on-speed-cameras/#item5048 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:55:17 +0000 Kristy Sheridan | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/for-all-our-eyes-only/ The “St. Kilda schoolgirl” and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange have, surprisingly, a lot in common. Bear with me. Just as Assange’s careful trickle of classified cables gave the broadsheets something to write about daily (The Wikileaks Saga: Day 255 -Assange grows beard), the St Kilda school girl’s systematic release of nude and suggestive photos gave her an upper hand over the mainstream news media. While Assange comes from a journalistic and computer hacker background, and the closest Miss St Kilda has probably come is reading Dolly magazine and getting her MySpace spammed, their strategic release of classified information into the public sphere is, surprisingly, similar. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Kristy Sheridan) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/for-all-our-eyes-only/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/for-all-our-eyes-only/#item4786 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:00:04 +0000 Kristy Sheridan | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lost-words-the-death-of-meaning-in-language/ Recently, much has been said about the death of the book. Perhaps more accurate though, is the death of words themselves. Not that this is anything new. Oscar Wilde lamented Victorian England’s loss of meaning through an obsession with politeness, appearances and crustless sandwiches. However, the difference now is that the meaning of words is decomposing because people use inappropriate synonyms to feel better about their insufficient vocabulary. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Kristy Sheridan) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lost-words-the-death-of-meaning-in-language/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lost-words-the-death-of-meaning-in-language/#item4761 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:00:28 +0000 Kristy Sheridan | Author bios | The Punch