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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/city-life-is-far-from-lonely/ The problem with studies like Social Cities from Melbourne’s Grattan Institute is that they cling to old-fashioned notions of social norms. Like the difference between suburban and city life and what it means to be part of a community. According to their research, the fact that 25 per cent of Australian city dwellers live in single occupancy households, shows a heightened increase in the national experience of loneliness and isolation. But just because a person lives alone, does not mean that they are lonely. Ask anyone who might be sharing with their extended family right now, or living in a share house. To people like this, the idea of living alone and having your own space is a luxury. You get to come home to a house just the way you left it, have full ownership of the contents of your fridge and never have to fight over the remote. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/city-life-is-far-from-lonely/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/city-life-is-far-from-lonely/#item8105 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 On Tuesday night, four shots were fired into the front of a Wetherill Park home. Inside a woman and her two children were sleeping. This incident was the ninth shooting to take place in Sydney in eight days. NSW Police have not laid any charges and have voiced their frustration, blaming the “wall of silence” in the community. On Saturday, 25 May 2002, a man shot and wounded seven people including a child attending a wedding at a restaurant in Cabramatta. There were 140 witnesses in the New World Restaurant but no one was able, or willing, to give a clear description of the gun man. It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/The-great-wall-of-cabramatta/ On Tuesday night, four shots were fired into the front of a Wetherill Park home. Inside a woman and her two children were sleeping. This incident was the ninth shooting to take place in Sydney in eight days. NSW Police have not laid any charges and have voiced their frustration, blaming the “wall of silence” in the community. On Saturday, 25 May 2002, a man shot and wounded seven people including a child attending a wedding at a restaurant in Cabramatta. There were 140 witnesses in the New World Restaurant but no one was able, or willing, to give a clear description of the gun man. It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/The-great-wall-of-cabramatta/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/The-great-wall-of-cabramatta/#item7570 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 On Tuesday night, four shots were fired into the front of a Wetherill Park home. Inside a woman and her two children were sleeping. This incident was the ninth shooting to take place in Sydney in eight days. NSW Police have not laid any charges and have voiced their frustration, blaming the “wall of silence” in the community. On Saturday, 25 May 2002, a man shot and wounded seven people including a child attending a wedding at a restaurant in Cabramatta. There were 140 witnesses in the New World Restaurant but no one was able, or willing, to give a clear description of the gun man. It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Win-for-community-workers-is-a-win-for-communities/ One hundred and fifty social and community services (SACS) workers yelled and cheered. Some seemed close to tears as they sat in an auditorium at Technology Park in the Sydney suburb of Redfern last Thursday morning. Prime Minister Julia Gillard was standing before them to announce that the federal government would support pay increases demanded in the ASU’s Pay Up campaign. The emotion of the crowd was not surprising. They have been waiting for this result for a very long time. They have campaigned hard, and with the knowledge that the case will benefit not just them but their families and the communities they work for. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Win-for-community-workers-is-a-win-for-communities/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Win-for-community-workers-is-a-win-for-communities/#item7144 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 On Tuesday night, four shots were fired into the front of a Wetherill Park home. Inside a woman and her two children were sleeping. This incident was the ninth shooting to take place in Sydney in eight days. NSW Police have not laid any charges and have voiced their frustration, blaming the “wall of silence” in the community. On Saturday, 25 May 2002, a man shot and wounded seven people including a child attending a wedding at a restaurant in Cabramatta. There were 140 witnesses in the New World Restaurant but no one was able, or willing, to give a clear description of the gun man. It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/in-this-breakfast-club-weet-bix-save-the-day/ It was all over in 30 minutes. Bowls were washed, toasters put away and the lids of the honey jars screwed back on. But the feeling was hard to beat. Just like every other weekday morning between 8-8:30am, at least 25 kids from the Alexandria Park School in Sydney’s Inner West eat breakfast around a communal table and head off to class with full bellies; a peaceful and warm start to the day. Lucky kids would do all of this in the comfort of their own homes. But for an increasing number of others, mum and dad are just not earning enough to feed them the most important meal of the day. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/in-this-breakfast-club-weet-bix-save-the-day/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/in-this-breakfast-club-weet-bix-save-the-day/#item6698 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 On Tuesday night, four shots were fired into the front of a Wetherill Park home. Inside a woman and her two children were sleeping. This incident was the ninth shooting to take place in Sydney in eight days. NSW Police have not laid any charges and have voiced their frustration, blaming the “wall of silence” in the community. On Saturday, 25 May 2002, a man shot and wounded seven people including a child attending a wedding at a restaurant in Cabramatta. There were 140 witnesses in the New World Restaurant but no one was able, or willing, to give a clear description of the gun man. It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/wage-justice-for-the-people-holding-up-the-community/ The federal Labor government announced on Wednesday of last week that it would “meet it’s responsibilities” to fund equal pay for community workers. This announcement represents one more step toward wage justice for people working in the sector, whose equal remuneration case has been running for over a year. It came after intensive lobbying efforts by those same workers and union members, who were emailing, calling and dancing for equal pay in the weeks leading up to this most recent commitment. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/wage-justice-for-the-people-holding-up-the-community/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/wage-justice-for-the-people-holding-up-the-community/#item6260 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 On Tuesday night, four shots were fired into the front of a Wetherill Park home. Inside a woman and her two children were sleeping. This incident was the ninth shooting to take place in Sydney in eight days. NSW Police have not laid any charges and have voiced their frustration, blaming the “wall of silence” in the community. On Saturday, 25 May 2002, a man shot and wounded seven people including a child attending a wedding at a restaurant in Cabramatta. There were 140 witnesses in the New World Restaurant but no one was able, or willing, to give a clear description of the gun man. It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/chewing-the-fat-is-a-dangerous-occupation/ Politics has been bad for my waistline. My weight gain would have been less severe had I landed a job as a taster for Cadbury. The public’s need to feed a politician is insatiable. Don’t get me wrong: I really appreciate it. But if politicians are in the vicinity then cakes, sandwiches and bickies are all on offer. Morning teas, openings, receptions and dinners combine to achieve death by hospitality. This phenomenon has never been more pronounced than in my current role as the Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/chewing-the-fat-is-a-dangerous-occupation/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/chewing-the-fat-is-a-dangerous-occupation/#item5172 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 On Tuesday night, four shots were fired into the front of a Wetherill Park home. Inside a woman and her two children were sleeping. This incident was the ninth shooting to take place in Sydney in eight days. NSW Police have not laid any charges and have voiced their frustration, blaming the “wall of silence” in the community. On Saturday, 25 May 2002, a man shot and wounded seven people including a child attending a wedding at a restaurant in Cabramatta. There were 140 witnesses in the New World Restaurant but no one was able, or willing, to give a clear description of the gun man. It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/you-just-dont-mess-with-another-mans-vehicle/ Hey you! Yes, you. Arsehole. Thanks a whole heap for walking down our entire street in Erskineville, at 2am on New Year’s Day and keying every single car including my brand-new VW Polo. You liked my Polo, didn’t you? You must have liked it a lot because you singled it out and instead of just going sideways along the car you took the time to dig your key all the way through the paint into the metal up and down, up and down, up and down. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/you-just-dont-mess-with-another-mans-vehicle/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/you-just-dont-mess-with-another-mans-vehicle/#item4807 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 On Tuesday night, four shots were fired into the front of a Wetherill Park home. Inside a woman and her two children were sleeping. This incident was the ninth shooting to take place in Sydney in eight days. NSW Police have not laid any charges and have voiced their frustration, blaming the “wall of silence” in the community. On Saturday, 25 May 2002, a man shot and wounded seven people including a child attending a wedding at a restaurant in Cabramatta. There were 140 witnesses in the New World Restaurant but no one was able, or willing, to give a clear description of the gun man. It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/review-is-needed-in-the-economics-of-mental-health-systems/ Andrew lived with mental illness and died in 2005. Andrew had schizophrenia, but he did not die from this – he was stabbed to death by his flatmate, who was subject to severe paranoid schizophrenia. The Victorian coronial report found various processes had failed Andrew, putting his life in danger. A community worker had placed Andrew in this situation, despite the risks. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/review-is-needed-in-the-economics-of-mental-health-systems/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/review-is-needed-in-the-economics-of-mental-health-systems/#item4392 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 On Tuesday night, four shots were fired into the front of a Wetherill Park home. Inside a woman and her two children were sleeping. This incident was the ninth shooting to take place in Sydney in eight days. NSW Police have not laid any charges and have voiced their frustration, blaming the “wall of silence” in the community. On Saturday, 25 May 2002, a man shot and wounded seven people including a child attending a wedding at a restaurant in Cabramatta. There were 140 witnesses in the New World Restaurant but no one was able, or willing, to give a clear description of the gun man. It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/bored-youth-breed-violence-in-north-melbourne/ When people ask me where I am from I know I’m likely to receive one of two responses when I say Craigieburn. “Sorry, I don’t know where that is” seems to be the predominant one, in which case I begin naming the surrounding areas. As I relay my list – Roxburgh Park, Greenvale, and Broadmeadows – I am usually confronted with increasingly bewildered expressions, and I realise that these people are unfamiliar with the northern suburbs. The second response, which on occasion is prompted by my answer to the first, usually encompasses the words “gangs” or “violence”. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/bored-youth-breed-violence-in-north-melbourne/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/bored-youth-breed-violence-in-north-melbourne/#item4268 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 On Tuesday night, four shots were fired into the front of a Wetherill Park home. Inside a woman and her two children were sleeping. This incident was the ninth shooting to take place in Sydney in eight days. NSW Police have not laid any charges and have voiced their frustration, blaming the “wall of silence” in the community. On Saturday, 25 May 2002, a man shot and wounded seven people including a child attending a wedding at a restaurant in Cabramatta. There were 140 witnesses in the New World Restaurant but no one was able, or willing, to give a clear description of the gun man. It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/melbournes-soul-is-in-danger-of-disappearing/ After twelve months of racial intolerance and a clamp-down on live music, is Melbourne about to lose what’s left of its cultural and community flavour? As Melburnians, we tend to differentiate ourselves as more community and culturally-minded and less greedy than other Australians.  So how is it that one of our leading community venues is looking to bring an end to one of Melbourne’s most successful experiments in community dining? That’s right, the Abbotsford Convent has refused to renew the lease on Lentil As Anything , the innovative not-for-profit restaurant that has been the heart and soul of the convent for the last five years. Is Melbourne letting go of its once famous community culture for profits? penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/melbournes-soul-is-in-danger-of-disappearing/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/melbournes-soul-is-in-danger-of-disappearing/#item2754 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 On Tuesday night, four shots were fired into the front of a Wetherill Park home. Inside a woman and her two children were sleeping. This incident was the ninth shooting to take place in Sydney in eight days. NSW Police have not laid any charges and have voiced their frustration, blaming the “wall of silence” in the community. On Saturday, 25 May 2002, a man shot and wounded seven people including a child attending a wedding at a restaurant in Cabramatta. There were 140 witnesses in the New World Restaurant but no one was able, or willing, to give a clear description of the gun man. It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same.