Donations put Labor in the hot seat
Political donations from developers put Canada Bay Labor councillors and the State MP in the hot seat. Story by Ashlee Betteridge.
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Ashlee Betteridge
Print, online, radio and photo journalist
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Ashlee is an Australian journalist currently living in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is skilled in print, radio, online and multimedia journalism, as well as photography. She is currently working as a copy editor on the web desk of the Jakarta Globe, a new English-language daily broadsheet newspaper. She is also available for freelance assignments.
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Is the world's fourth most populous nation. Almost 90 percent of the population identify as Muslim. It has more than 17,500 islands — but only around 6,000 are inhabited. It's home to diverse cultures and a growing tourism industry. Indonesia has thousands of stories waiting to be told.
Archive: Village Voice (AU)
Child care still a waiting game despite new centres
Child care waiting lists are the problem that will not go away in Canada Bay. Story and photograph by Ashlee Betteridge. Published in Village Voice Drummoyne, June 2008.
Retail revival: fact or fantasy?
Commercial real estate agents said Double Bay and Paddington retail was making a comeback. But local traders weren’t so sure. Published in Village Voice Eastern Harbourside, June 2008. Front page story and photograph by Ashlee Betteridge.
Unlikely love story speaks out against violence
Joanne Fedler’s latest novel writing venture began by jotting down a single sentence.
“There are not many useful things you can say to a woman whose sister has just been stabbed to death with a
pair of scissors.”
Story by Ashlee Betteridge. Published in Village Voice Eastern Beaches, July 2008.
The dilemma of arms dealing
Balmain’s Joe Barrett drew on his working life as inspiration for his first novel. Story and photo by Ashlee Betteridge. Published in Village Voice Balmain, September 2007.
Foreshore land grab angers council
A Department of Lands plan to sell crown land to a developer angered Leichhardt Council. Story by Ashlee Betteridge. Published in Village Voice Balmain, December 2007.
Work delays turning Norton into struggle street
Delays to roadworks on Leichhardt’s Norton Street had businesses crying poor, with some even closing their doors. Story and photo Ashlee Betteridge. Published in Village Voice Balmain, August 2007.
M4 East rears its ugly head again
The Village Voice broke this story about secret State Government plans to build a controversial motorway in Sydney’s inner west after obtaining internal government documents. The plan was being kept secret until after the state election. Published Village Voice Balmain, March 2007. Story by Ashlee Betteridge.
Transport features front page photos and intros
The Village Voice ran a series of transport features across its titles in 2008. Here are two front page leads I wrote for the features and photographs that I took.
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- Arts and entertainment (3)
- Blogging (1)
- Crikey (3)
- Election coverage (4)
- Features (1)
- Food writing (4)
- Front page photographs (4)
- Front page stories (6)
- Humor (3)
- Jakarta Globe (20)
- News (11)
- People (2)
- Photography (3)
- Radio (5)
- Technology (2)
- The Punch (1)
- Travel writing (9)
- Village Voice (AU) (20)
LATESTWORK
- Aceh's Tsunami Museum a Hollow Attempt — Jakarta Globe
- Piece of Mind: Dearest Indonesia, Stop Trying to Kill Me — Jakarta Globe
- Cooking Class Offers Taste of Balinese Fare — Jakarta Globe
- Piece of Mind: Travelers' Visa Woes on the Road — Jakarta Globe
- Piece of Mind: Studying Bahasa Indonesia, One Word at a Time — Jakarta Globe
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