When I corrected an (incorrect) belief my more than 70 year-old Dad had about easing restrictions and what we could do, my irritation was obvious to him. Why was he not taking responsibility for himself and his own knowledge and reading the q and a on the DHHS website? ‘Now wait on,’ he cautioned me, […]
I didn’t mean to be living back with my parents 24 years after moving out. I guess no one really plans that. When I packed enough clothes for a one week stay in June, I didn’t contemplate that I would be re-packing five months later. But I’ve seen the seasons change outside the glass doubledoors […]
Teamwork makes the dream work. Such a cliche. But I’ll take it any day. Next week I finish up with Brimbank City Council after almost 18 months as the Communications Manager of a bloody awesome team. It’s a team that together we’ve reshaped and expanded, nurtured and grown. I’m so crazily proud to have lead […]
My oh my, is regional Victoria excited to be open. Pubs are throwing up marquees; beauticians are inundated with furry faced clients; family or friend bubbles are gathering outdoors. Police are pictured in the local paper promising to enforce anyone who slips through the ring of steel. I’m a half and half; a country living, […]
What do you identify as a “good day?” Victorians may have slightly differing views at the moment because many of us are even more aware of and grateful for the small things, if we can see a little light at the end of the tunnel. But in the past few weeks I provided referees for […]
Last week I flippantly said to someone “honestly, if you have to do a pandemic, this is the team you want to do it with”. And I laughed. Then I stopped. Because hells yeah, I’ve been through a pandemic with the best bunch of people around. I’ve worked with Brimbank City Council for more than 12 […]
Peak 2020; a lockdown birthday with the Premier hovering in the background ? Two months ago today I packed one week’s worth of clothes and left Melbourne to visit my family in the country. Days later as first Melbourne partially shut down, then fully shut down for the second time, followed by mask and Stage […]
It seems like many of us plan our days around the time of Victoria’s daily presser, at which we learn the numbers of infections and deaths; and if we want to know, the issues and epidemiology. I’ve used a light hearted pic, because….COVID19 humour and what else do we have…. but the press conferences are […]
Thinking tonight of all those small businesses back in lockdown and many restricted again to providing takeaway services. I can’t imagine the challenge they are facing the second time around, having only just started to emerge from the first. Arguably the rest of us are on a knife’s edge of being in a similar position; […]
There are few communication colleagues I can think of who would not have been impacted in some way in their roles, and in what they have been called upon to communicate, during what is a public health emergency with a global impact and a massively local reach. The most challenging for me has been communicating […]
Behaviour change is an interesting beast. Like many I’ve watched the increase in coronavirus-positive numbers climb the past few days, alongside the increase in relaxed community behaviour towards physical distancing and hygiene practices. Many people are desperate for real connections and a bit of normality to real life. Pulling back on some of the planned […]
What’s been your biggest challenge as a communicator through COVID19? There are few communication colleagues I can think of who would not have been impacted in some way in their roles, and in what they have been called upon to communicate, during what is a public health emergency with a global impact and a massively […]