Contributors

Jo Thornely

Jo Thornely writes for The Daily Telegraph and The Punch, but leaves time for her day job in television, which facilitates her love of criticising people and gin. Follow her on Twitter @jothornely

Recent items
- Putting the FUN! back in Arts Funding
- Jo Fixes the Constitution
- Predictions for 2013
Mat Larkin

Mat Larkin is tall, indoorsy and very much of the opinion.

Follow him on Twitter at @matchtrick

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- We need to talk about the hippopotamus
- Shut up and take the damn pain
- The parable of the naked smorgasbord doppelganger
Sam Encel

Sam Encel is a risk management consultant, carbon dioxide producer and self-loathing Liberal. He moralises in 140 characters or less at @samencel

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- Click "buy", wave goodbye
- A distorted democracy
- The Conservatism You Don’t Know
Editors

Find us on twitter: @KingsTribune and Facebook: King's Tribune Facebook Page

Email us: Editors@kingstribune.com

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- PDF for Subscribers 22 May 2013
- PDF for subscribers - 13 May 2013
- PDF for Subscribers - 6 May 2013
Jane Gilmore

Jane Gilmore is the editor of The King's Tribune. Jane also occasionally writes for The Drum and got a thing on Crikey once, but probably just by accident.

Follow Jane on Twitter: @JaneTribune

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- Paid Parental Leave and the Gender Pay Gap
- Retail Politics
- What would I pay for?
Ben Pobjie

Ben has not one but TWO hilarious books out now. Surveying the Wreckage and Superchef.

Follow him on twitter @benpobjie

Recent items
- Canberra’s Night of Nights
- Ben for PM!
- Diary of a Backbencher: The Spill
Amy Gray

Amy Gray is a writer and occasional broadcaster from Melbourne, Australia.

Follow her on Twitter @Amoir

Recent items
- Commander Hadfield comes back to Earth
- Miranda Devine and the cloven hooves of feminism
- The Culture of Offence
Drag0nista

Drag0nista is a former denizen of the political underworld. She escaped once she realised her own opinions were more important than those of politicians.

Follow her on twitter @drag0nista

Recent items
- The Myth of Objectivity
- What class war?
- Bad vibes may determine who becomes our next PM
Tim Dunlop

Tim Dunlop writes regularly for The Drum and other publications.

Follow him on Twitter @timdunlop

Recent items
- Only 137 more sleeps till Prime Minister Abbott!
- The Politics of Consensus
- Kevin Wept
Dave Gaukroger

Dave Gaukroger provides a cautionary example for others. He continues to believe in quaint ideas like social equality, personal accountability and the power of indy pop music. You can listen to Dave talk politics, news and the media each week on Something Wonky. Follow Dave on twitter: @dfg77

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- The parent switch
- Afraid of the dark
- The Arcade
Sunday Relish

Elizabeth Peddey (aka Sunday Relish) has been The Tribune’s food expert since 2009. She also consults in Meal and Pantry Planning, Food Shopping and Entertaining and offers Cooking Classes. Email: epeddey@bigpond.net.au Ph: 0419 505 438.

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- Duck Ragu with Pappardelle
- Stone Soup
- If you ever happen upon an octopus
Rebecca Shaw

REbecca is primary caregiver and confidant to Tippi, the best cat in the world. She also likes writing bad jokes on twitter @brocklesnitch

Recent items
- Who’s the man?
- The end is nigh, buy thingz nao
- Women in Sport
Ultra Hedonist

Ultrahedonist is an everyday office worker. She loves pleasure and even-handedness and wishes we could all just get along.

Follow her on twitter @Ultrahedonist

Recent items
- Labiaplasty - an undercover journey
- Sex, Lies and Self-Esteem
- From Hair Shirt to Hedonist
Tom Cummings

Tom Cummings is a former problem gambler and advocate for gambling reform. He blogs about gambling and is running a gambling reform campaign (with a petition you should sign at www.clubpubfail.com)

Follow Tom on twitter @cyenne40

Recent items
- The Online Gambling Review
- Common Nonsense
- Beam Me Up Slotty
Jenna Price

Jenna Price is the Coordinator Undergraduate Journalism UTS and an administrator of Destroy the Joint

Follow her on twitter @JennaPrice

Recent items
- Why I will not be lectured on feminism by that woman
Victoria Rollison

Victoria Rollison is a writer and cat lover from Adelaide.

Follow her on Twitter: @Vic_Rollison

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- Parliament Big Brother House
Peter Hinton

Peter Hinton is a Senior Project Manager at the University of Sydney and lives with his family in Parramatta, NSW.

Follow his ramblings on Twitter: @peterjhinton

Recent items
- Blocked
David Bonnici

David Bonnici is a journalist, editor and blogger at www.dbonnici.wordpress.com

Follow David on Twitter: @clubwah

Recent items
- Taking a leaf out of history
- The Idle Unemployment System
- The Idle Unemployment System
John Birmingham

John Birmingham writes for food. And your entertainment.

You can buy his books read his blog or follow him on twitter. Or all three - that's probably the best thing.

Recent items
- Future of Digital Media
- The Future of Digital Media
Sue Ann Post

Sue-Ann Post is a Melbourne based comedian and writer. She has also recently started her own blog under the name, The Grumpy Optimist.

Follow her on Facebook and on Twitter @sueannpost

Recent items
- Gay Marriage: What the Fuck!?
- Why I Don’t Believe A Single Word Economists Say
- Gay Marriage: What the FUCK!?
Fiona Katauskas

Fiona Katauskas is a freelance cartoonist based in Sydney. Her work has appeared in a range of publications, including Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian and New Matilda as well as on cards for the Ink Group and t-shirts for Mambo. Follow her on Twitter @fionakatauskas

Recent items
- What to avoid in 2013
- The Lessons of 2012
- The First Fashion Critic
Chrys Stevenson

Chrys Stevenson is a writer, blogger and social activist from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. She was a contributor to the Australian Book of Atheism (2010) and her work is widely published online. Chrys blogs at Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear

Follow her on twitter @Chrys_Stevenson.

Chrys has a first class honours degree in cultural studies.

Recent items
- The Blokeyness Index: blokes win the gender war in Australia’s 4th Estate
Ben Jenkins

Ben Jenkins is a Sydney-based writer. He just came off a stint working for The Chaser where he watched 12 hours of breakfast television a day at double speed. He no longer does this and it’s the best.

He writes politics for The Vine and his blog: A Baffling Ordeal

Follow him on twitter @bencjenkins

Recent items
- 5 Things We Have Learned From Alan Jones This month
Jane Caro

Jane Caro is a feminist, an atheist, public education advocate, author, novelist and general all-round shit-stirrer. You can follow her on twitter @janecaro

Recent items
- The Liberation Of Ageing
- Feminism & Religion: Oil & Water?
Geordie Guy

Geordie Guy is an online rights and freedoms campaigner from Sydney. According to Stephen Conroy he has run a campaign to deliberately mislead the Australian public, according to his wife he makes a lovely quiche. Follow him on Twitter @GeordieGuy

Recent items
- Anatomy of a Game Ban: Mortal Kombat
- Facebook to Offer Gambling...
Larry Stillman

Larry Stillman is on the Executive of the Australian Jewish Democratic Society and was on the committee of Liberty Victoria for a number of years. He is a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University. All the opinions here are his own viewpoint and do not reflect that of AJDS or Monash.

Recent items
- Limmud Oz
Scott Ludlam

Scott Ludlam is an Australian Greens Senator from WA. He is the Greens’ spokesperson on Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

Follow him on Twitter @SenatorLudlam

Recent items
- On Agreement
Marian Dalton

Writer, poet, blogger, editor, Ally, wonk. Action heroine of the internet. Social media whore. Marian is the author of the blog ‘The Conscience Vote: Politics for the Human’.

Follow her on Twitter @crazyjane13

Recent items
- Canberra Correspondents Or Gossip Columnists?
Dom Knight

Dominic Knight is a novelist and one of the founders of The Chaser. He tweets as @domknight

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- That One Time At Band Comp
- Weddings
- Art Basel
Bennett Ring

Bennett Ring is the geek that other geeks turn to for tech advice. He is a freelance writer and producer of content about games, tech and other assorted nonsense. Follow him on twitter @bennettring

Recent items
- Gaming is for Grown Ups

1. Sex workers: facts and myths: (Weekly Email); The stereotype of sex workers, that they are all drug addicted, abused, powerless women, pimped out by dangerous men to clients (probably married men) who want weird and kinky sex, is, as most stereotypes ...; Created on 22 April 2013
2. The Carbon Millstone: (Weekly Email); If you believe the polls, Tony Abbott will be Prime Minister in less than six months. Should he fulfil his “pledge in blood” to repeal the Carbon Price legislation, he will discover the unpopular truth: ...; Created on 02 April 2013
3. Stupidity or brain damage?: (Weekly Email); It’s been a pretty miserable couple of weeks in sport. That is all. I love the stupid. Always have. It’s the stupid that makes everything more fun, except when it’s the kind of stupid that brings you ...; Created on 02 April 2013
4. Diary of a Backbencher: The Spill: (Weekly Email); What really happened in Canberra on the day of the spill that wasn’t? The Tribune’s exclusive extract from a Government Backbencher’s diary exposes the truth of that fateful day. 21st March, 2013 ...; Created on 25 March 2013
5. Links we liked this week - 25th March 2013: (Weekly Email); Pacific Standard: Thinking of Science Strengthens Moral Fiber by Tom Jacobs - For the atheists and science geeks among you. New York Times: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the Sequel by Rebecca ...; Created on 25 March 2013
6. PDF for Subscribers - March 25: (Weekly Email); PDF version is available for subscribers Click here for PDF We have not been able to find a program that will export a sensible ePub, so rather than fighting that losing battle, we're going to leave ...; Created on 25 March 2013
7. The red planet: (Weekly Email); The Senate is a vastly different beast to the House, with different rules, different elections and very different players. What happens to legislation sent there shouldn’t come as a big surprise, but too ...; Created on 18 March 2013
8. The senate by numbers: (Weekly Email); The half-Senate election in September - what, when, who and how. There are 76 members of the Australian Senate: 12 from each of the six states, plus two from each of the Territories (NT and the ACT). ...; Created on 18 March 2013
9. PDF for Subscribers - 18 March 2013: (Weekly Email); PDF version is available for subscribers Click here for PDF We have not been able to find a program that will export a sensible ePub, so rather than fighting that losing battle, we're going to leave ...; Created on 18 March 2013
10. Links we liked this week - 18 March 2013: (Weekly Email); Shine, from Yahoo: Dad’s Love Letter to Gay Teenage Son Goes Viral A letter written from a dad to his gay son Nate is going viral on the Internet because of its simple, hopeful message of love. ABC The ...; Created on 18 March 2013
11. Diary of a government backbencher: (Weekly Email); Parliament is an exciting place if you’re on the front benches. But no-one ever considers the plight of the one-term local member, warming a seat up the back. Ben Pobjie provided us with exclusive extract ...; Created on 11 March 2013
12. PDF for Subscribers - 11 March 2013: (Weekly Email); PDF version is available for subscribers Click here for PDF We have not been able to find a program that will export a sensible ePub, so rather than fighting that losing battle, we're going to leave ...; Created on 11 March 2013
13. The sport of pornography: (Weekly Email); The moral panic about sex, teenagers, porn and the internet appears to be never ending. And incredibly frustrating, because the issues are complex and insoluble. Banning, or even regulating, pornography ...; Created on 03 March 2013
14. They gave us the best years of their lives: (Weekly Email); New studies suggest that it’s not just the human ballistic missiles of Grid Iron whose lives are being cut short by brain injuries. One of Australian Rules’ greatest hard-nuts is now paying the price. ...; Created on 03 March 2013
15. Links we liked this week - 4th March 2013: (Weekly Email); NY Times: Trauma Sets Female Veterans Adrift Back Home Returning servicewomen are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population in the US, an often-invisible group bouncing between friends’ sofas ...; Created on 03 March 2013
16. PDF version for subscribers - 4th March 2013: (Weekly Email); PDF version is available for subscribers Click here for PDF We have not been able to find a program that will export a sensible ePub, so rather than fighting that losing battle, we're going to leave ...; Created on 02 March 2013
17. Boys will be boors: (Weekly Email); It’s hardly surprising that the trite “boys will be boys” excuses are coming out in the wake of the Australian Swimming team’s poor performance in London. More surprising is that, for all the money and ...; Created on 24 February 2013
18. The Arcade: (Weekly Email); Every Christmas you’ll stand in the street and hear (maybe from your own lips) “where are all the kids?” In my day we were all screaming round on our new bikes, now they’re just zombified in front of the ...; Created on 18 February 2013
19. The Five Rings Become One Finger: (Weekly Email); There are huge shake-ups on the sporting horizon, but don’t worry, I have a solution and this time it doesn’t involve robots. Much. Please put down that thing and wipe it clean, there are important, ...; Created on 18 February 2013
20. Taking a leaf out of history: (Weekly Email); The standard tip usually given to anyone unwittingly caught up in the news was to simply let the story blow over. But with news stories remaining online it’s now almost impossible for them to get on with ...; Created on 10 February 2013

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