http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/lucy-kippist/ Lucy has nursed her ambition to be a journalist since 1987 when at the age of seven she announced her intention to the family video camera with steely determination. Born in Victoria but raised in NSW, she worked in the subscription department of Murdoch Magazines before completing an undergraduate degree in history at UNSW. She then followed a whole bunch of other people her age to work and play in the UK – a period most notable for snow, warm beer, slippery sidewalks and a stint on the news desk of The Sun in Dublin. She returned to Australia in 2004 and started a postgraduate degree in journalism at UTS. An internship at the Village Voice (Sydney not New York), writing for free press and a stint producing news stories on local radio followed until Lucy joined CareerOne.com.au as a careers writer. In mid 2009 she joined team at The Punch. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +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/hipsters-with-hip-replacements/ Someone once told me that when people reach a certain age they begin dressing in the manner they did at the happiest time in their life. The same often goes for elderly people with severe dementia, who can keenly recall the minute details of life when they were happiest. My 80 year old grandmother did not recognise me at all in the last six months of her life, but she would talk about her sons as if they were still young teenagers. She was a homemaker and it was the most joyful time in her life That’s what I think about when I watch the brilliant video above about hipsters, the future and social media. kippistl@news.com.au (Lucy Kippist) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hipsters-with-hip-replacements/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hipsters-with-hip-replacements/#item7729 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:46 +0000 Lucy Kippist | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/happy-birthday-to-the-northern-territory-news/ Life is far from dull in the Northern Territory. Or if it is, we’ll never know. And that’s all thanks to the awesome team at the NT News, the Darwin newspaper celebrating sixty years of printing the zaniest, craziest and downright weird stories most of us will ever read. The Northern Territory has just one per cent of Australia’s population. That means celebrity, sports and major political stories are few and far between. So the NT News quite sensibly turns its attention to its huge backyard. And that backyard is filled to the brim with scary, bitey creatures. These are the kind of stories that everyone wants to read, but most newspapers bury on about page 13. On the NT News, they’re fodder for the front page, and that’s the way their readers like it. The Punch loves it too. On the 60th birthday of Australia’s most fun paper, here’s our tribute to your fine journalistic skills. Keep up the top work. kippistl@news.com.au (Lucy Kippist) Article, Behind the picture http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/happy-birthday-to-the-northern-territory-news/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/happy-birthday-to-the-northern-territory-news/#item7707 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:30:48 +0000 Lucy Kippist | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-it-sexist-weve-got-nothing-to-compare-it-to/ It all started with the empty fruit bowl on a stark kitchen bench in Altona. The Fairfax profile of Julia Gillard in her first early days of prime ministership was a sign of times to come. Being Australia’s first female PM was going to be far from easy. From grooming, decorum and the sound of her voice, to the appropriateness of her relationship with de facto partner, Tim Mathieson. To the lack of emotion displayed on cue from the devastation of the Queensland floods.  When it comes to scrutiny of the personal nature, as a politician Julia Gillard has copped more than most.  As a prime minster it’s been unprecedented. The only real question is why. kippistl@news.com.au (Lucy Kippist) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-it-sexist-weve-got-nothing-to-compare-it-to/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-it-sexist-weve-got-nothing-to-compare-it-to/#item7694 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:00:29 +0000 Lucy Kippist | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/city-vs-country-what-would-you-change-your-life-for/ Old-fashioned community values. A big house, with an even bigger backyard. Fresh air, no traffic and keeping your own cows and chooks. How idyllic, says the reluctant city dweller. Imagine the serenity. But are these simple pleasures enough to drag you away from your convenient and fast paced life in the city for good?  A group of South Australian farmers from Wirrulla near Lake Eyre are hoping that it will. As long as you’re a woman. Between the ages of 20 and 60, single, and ready to settle down for a life on the farm. kippistl@news.com.au (Lucy Kippist) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/city-vs-country-what-would-you-change-your-life-for/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/city-vs-country-what-would-you-change-your-life-for/#item7686 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:40:35 +0000 Lucy Kippist | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/muddled-medal-our-volunteers-deserve-more/ In Grantham and beyond, they searched for bodies in battered houses and hot, swampy fields. Clearing debris from footpaths, roads and yards. Eighteen months before, they’d fought the inferno in southern and central Victoria, fighting fires, saving lives, and making endless cups of tea. They’re Australian volunteers - thousands of them - who left jobs and families to lend a hand to the natural disaster recovery efforts that swept across our eastern states in the past three years. Their work saved lives and homes. Comforted hearts, and made towns livable again. Actions fit for a reward of huge proportions. But here’s what they got instead. A muddled up medal with serious eligibility issues and a confusing criteria that ignored the efforts of thousands of others. And a bungled up awards ceremony. Seem unfair to you? Well, here’s how it happened. kippistl@news.com.au (Lucy Kippist) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/muddled-medal-our-volunteers-deserve-more/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/muddled-medal-our-volunteers-deserve-more/#item7648 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:00:54 +0000 Lucy Kippist | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lay-off-the-tatts-and-have-a-debate-the-real-issues/ At Melbas nightclub on the Gold Coast they won’t serve people with hand, neck and facial tattoos. You can, however, front up to the bar wearing a stocking on your head. Helpfully you don’t even have to bring your own. For just five dollars you can buy a stocking at the club door. “It’s a policy that really works for our venue,” a worker at the bar told The Punch. Imagine if cops were subject to the same measures. They could be, if the draft proposals being considered by NSW Police Association come into force. kippistl@news.com.au (Lucy Kippist) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lay-off-the-tatts-and-have-a-debate-the-real-issues/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lay-off-the-tatts-and-have-a-debate-the-real-issues/#item7638 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:44:59 +0000 Lucy Kippist | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/if-you-want-a-promotion-dont-dress-like-a-hobo/ Big organisations are giving causal Friday the boot. Or should that be the zipper? Turns out sitting around feeling relaxed and comfortable in our second best pair of jeans has done nothing for the bottom line. It’s making us sloppy, unproductive and unfit for promotion. Makes sense though. Since ancient times humans have had to dress up to get what they want. The grander your outfit, the more feathers in your hat or the more jewels in your crown – the more powerful and important you were considered to be. There was a reason Cleopatra had all those rings of gold around her neck, and it wasn’t for comfort. kippistl@news.com.au (Lucy Kippist) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/if-you-want-a-promotion-dont-dress-like-a-hobo/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/if-you-want-a-promotion-dont-dress-like-a-hobo/#item7600 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:55:34 +0000 Lucy Kippist | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/i-tripped-and-fell-into-the-lifeboat-costa-coward/ You can well imagine that in better times, Francesco Schettino is the kind of guy you’d like to have around. A little bit debonair, as he chats at the bar with the ladies. And a little bit dangerous; careening around the waters off the coast of Tuscany, “as if the boat was a Ferrari”. But as we know, the good times reveal very little about a person’s true character. It’s what they do when a situation goes horribly wrong that says the most. In times of danger, the best people protect themselves from immediate harm, so as not to further inflame the situation. But their first instinct is to help others, or help defuse the situation. The worst people think only of themselves. They take risks for their own safety and threaten the lives of others. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out which category, Francesco Schettino, the 52-year-old captain of doomed cruise ship Costa Concordia, who literally jumped ship in the time of crisis falls into. kippistl@news.com.au (Lucy Kippist) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/i-tripped-and-fell-into-the-lifeboat-costa-coward/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/i-tripped-and-fell-into-the-lifeboat-costa-coward/#item7560 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:00:41 +0000 Lucy Kippist | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-lie-we-cheat-then-we-lie-some-more/ From the second you’re married, people say your love life takes a tumble. Well, the polite ones. Others are a bit more direct: “It’s all downhill from here”.  “Enjoy your honeymoon!”  “Things will change now”.  Wink, wink, wink. Imagine if they also told you that before too long at least one of you, if not both, will have an affair? kippistl@news.com.au (Lucy Kippist) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-lie-we-cheat-then-we-lie-some-more/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-lie-we-cheat-then-we-lie-some-more/#item7546 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:55:08 +0000 Lucy Kippist | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/can-gervais-save-hollywood-from-itself/ Gah. The Golden Globes. If you don’t like frocks, and can’t bear self-indulgent speeches thanking God, long-dead parents, a dog etc, you’d be forgiven for not giving the telly even the slightest glance this lunchtime. Except that is, for Ricky Gervais. Yep, the Brit funny man who made working in a drab back office in a west-London suburb hilarious, could save the Golden Globes. And all earnest, glamour-loving Americans. From themselves. Tonight will be Ricky’s third time hosting the champagne and taffeta-fuelled, red-carpet fiesta. But after managing to offend nearly everyone in Hollywood last year, this year’s invitation surprised many. kippistl@news.com.au (Lucy Kippist) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/can-gervais-save-hollywood-from-itself/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/can-gervais-save-hollywood-from-itself/#item7536 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:45:00 +0000 Lucy Kippist | Author bios | The Punch