Last Months Guest Speaker

Last meeting we had the privilege of having retired Walkley award winning journalist speak about his past highlights of his varied career.

Earlier in his reporting life he was posted to  New York and was called urgently in Aug77 to Dallas to report on the funeral of Elvis Presley.

He displayed American newspaper copy of himself & wife at the burial in Gracelands. 

Back in 1982 he was sent to Darwin to cover the trial of Lindy Chamberlain who was accused of murdering her daughter Azaria, she was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour.  This harsh sentence was subsequently overturned in 1988 by the Northern Territory court of criminal appeal.  In 1992 Lindy was awarded $1.3million in compensation. In his much varied working life, David was Premier Nick Greiners press secretary and later appointed public relations officer for Carnival Australia cruise lines.

An affirmation and gift was presented by yours truly.

Next meeting on the 8th July we will hear from Ms Jane Cox who will speak about her career with NSW Corrective Services.

Aug12 Nick Gleeson

Author, Adventurer.

"Living with Blindness".

Sept9 Deborah Martin

Computer Pals

"Artificial Inteligence".

Cheers,

Ian Green.