http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/pauline-clayton/ Born in Tasmania, Pauline Clayton has worked as a television news editor and TV drama script editor (Grundy’s), suburban, regional and metropolitan newspaper reporter, columnist and a magazine feature writer. She has worked as a media advisor and speech writer for both federal and state MP’s from both sides of politics. She had a four-year term as a local government elected representative, and built her own house in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. A former private pilot, Pauline is a dedicated scuba diver, Lady Elliot Island and the Solomon Islands her favoured dive destinations. 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/life-is-not-a-rehearsal/ What do you do with your life when what is left can be counted in years, rather than decades? When the realisation hits that you are sliding into oblivion? This new fear is aided and abetted by the overwhelming attitude of the community towards the elderly. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Pauline Clayton) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/life-is-not-a-rehearsal/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/life-is-not-a-rehearsal/#item5362 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:45:41 +0000 Pauline Clayton | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/confession-movie-rage-made-me-assault-a-stranger/ It’s not hard to become a serial offender. It’s much harder to avoid becoming one. It’s hardest of all when your offence – serial, nearly serial, or otherwise – is Movie Rage. This is a seriously under-studied syndrome suffered by usually polite and self-effacing people who go to the movies to see a film. Not to have lunch, morning or afternoon tea. To see a film. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Pauline Clayton) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/confession-movie-rage-made-me-assault-a-stranger/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/confession-movie-rage-made-me-assault-a-stranger/#item4842 Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:00:57 +0000 Pauline Clayton | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/facebook-putting-readers-ahead-of-the-words/ Am I missing something here? I don’t Twitter, tried Facebook for about a week and found intelligent and literate friends were writing banal crud. I know, I know, I’m a dinosaur. What do you expect? I started out communicating mechanically using a cordless, battery-less typewriter. I now have a bracelet made of old Remington or Royale typewriter keys. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Pauline Clayton) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/facebook-putting-readers-ahead-of-the-words/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/facebook-putting-readers-ahead-of-the-words/#item4853 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:35:36 +0000 Pauline Clayton | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/another-year-on-another-year-older/ One of the great myths is that we grow old gracefully. Absolute rubbish. We lurch from being young, active and viable, too old, useless and invisible in the snap of an eye. There’s nothing graceful about it. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Pauline Clayton) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/another-year-on-another-year-older/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/another-year-on-another-year-older/#item4798 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 01:00:29 +0000 Pauline Clayton | Author bios | The Punch