http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/margherita-tracanelli/ Margherita has worked as a journalist, publicist and producer in film on TV Commercials. She has made short films, and radio documentaries for ABC Radio National. She has worked as a speech a writer, a legislation and policy adviser in the NSW state government and internationally for Jose Ramos Horta as the Media Communications Director for the East Timorese Resistance Movement throughout the nineties. She has instructed counsel in criminal trials in the Supreme and District Courts of NSW. In 2007, she ran against John Howard as the Climate Change Coalition Candidate for Bennelong. 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/the-gay-and-lesbian-schism-behind-the-mardi-gras/ The new Mardi Gras Parade Entry Kit carries a great number of warnings, the most important of which is “never to go backwards.” But back-pedalling at a great rate was the order of the day when the Mardi Gras management committee heard that The Punch was chasing a story on discriminatory behaviour towards Mardi Gras stalwarts Gretal Pininger, aka Madam Lash, and Scott Ashton. The parade veterans were advised that their entry to take part in the parade – entitled ‘Art Attack’ - was unsuccessful because the pair were not gay enough. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Margherita Tracanelli) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-gay-and-lesbian-schism-behind-the-mardi-gras/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-gay-and-lesbian-schism-behind-the-mardi-gras/#item2462 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:55:56 +0000 Margherita Tracanelli | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-many-root-points-will-you-score-on-valentines-day/ As someone who has never been proposed to, but been married twice, I have never received or been given a St Valentine’s Day gift. Clearly blokes have found other ways of communicating with me. Does it bother me? No. I dispensed with the pretence of caring a long time ago. Valentine’s Day is for women who like pink, have a teddy collection on their bed, fluffy slippers, and speak, [read ‘whine’] with little girl voices well past puberty. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Margherita Tracanelli) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-many-root-points-will-you-score-on-valentines-day/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-many-root-points-will-you-score-on-valentines-day/#item2378 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:00:11 +0000 Margherita Tracanelli | Author bios | The Punch