May 10th, 2021 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: News,
ABC’s Annah Fromberg and The Mercury’s Amber Wilson were jointly named Journalist of the Year at the MEAA’s Tasmanian Media Awards on the weekend.
Hobart-based Fromberg was also awarded for Public Service Journalism for her investigation into a controversial program for troubled kids.
The Keith Welsh Award For Outstanding Contribution To Journalism went to veteran camera operators David Brill and Tony King.
David Brill spent decades travelling the world, covering most of the major international conflicts of the past 50 years – the fall of Saigon, the fall of the Berlin Wall and on assignment in Afghanistan, the Balkans and South America. David worked as a video journalist for SBS’
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Tasmania has had bids to join the A-League before and the last round of expansion had the Robert Stamoulis and Robert Belteky group.
They were still said to be interested late as last year, but out of the blue has emerged a competing bid from a new consortium of anonymous backers.
Stamoulis and Belteky are well heeled, so it makes you wonder, how big could the new consortium be? Share
The state government seem to have thrown their support behind the new group, with premier Peter Gutwein also making the point to the media that an A-League side “won’t be as expensive as an AFL team”.