http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/maryann-wright/ Maryann spends most of her day singing, thinking and writing - in random order depending on her mood. She’s studying media and communications at Sydney University, majoring in government and international relations and performance studies. When she’s not studying she works at news.com.au and performs in musical theatre. Someday she hopes to combine her love of musicals with writing, or she may just wind up in politics due to her frequent outbursts at government mismanagement. It’s still early days. 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/bin-your-damn-rubbish/ Those too selfish and lazy to properly stash their trash better listen up. It’s time to take a leaf out of Singapore’s book and treat litterers like the criminals they are. I was a race virgin until recently. Sydney’s Rosehill Gardens is, as expected, an eclectic mix of beautiful and hideous dresses, faceless men with mobiles plastered to their ears on the balcony, hardcore punters in trackie dacks casting a hex on their rivals by invoking Tony Abbott’s name. It was like Parliament, really, with a touch of sunshine and horses. But somewhere between struggling to walk back and forth from the racing track to the bookies on uneven ground in stilettos, something did surprise me. Betting tickets, plastic drinking cups, hotdog buckets, and loose change everywhere. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Maryann Wright) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/bin-your-damn-rubbish/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/bin-your-damn-rubbish/#item6911 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:50:21 +0000 Maryann Wright | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Who-gives-a-flying-buck-about-Kevin-747s-expenses/ Kevin Rudd jet setting around the world partying with some of the world’s most powerful people might look like fun. It might even look like a waste of our tax dollars. Then again, it’s his job as foreign minister. Suck it up, people. You might not like the guy but he’s got a job to do and he’s doing it. So what’s the problem? Today The Daily Telegraph delivered a damning report of Kevin Rudd clocking up over $1 million on travel in his first nine months as foreign minister. Some will say it’s his revenge against Gillard knifing him in the back, making a big note of himself around the world. That’s rubbish. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Maryann Wright) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Who-gives-a-flying-buck-about-Kevin-747s-expenses/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Who-gives-a-flying-buck-about-Kevin-747s-expenses/#item6719 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:40:30 +0000 Maryann Wright | Author bios | The Punch