Published in The Weekend Australian, February 24-25, 2001 This tough resilient continent is finally earning due respect from its erstwhile conquers, argues Asa Wahlquist.
Lake Eyre floods. The Australian Magazine, May 20- 21, 2000
World Science Journalism Conference, Melbourne, April 18, 2007 Water Wars: The challenges and opportunities for a science/environment journalist reporting on water issues. Åsa Wahlquist I first became interested in reporting on water in December 1991. A one thousand kilometre long, … Continue reading
1. Regional Australia SummitParliament House, October 1999 Keynote address, Asa Wahlquist Life in Australia is changing. None of us can avoid it, whether we live in the inner city, remote Australia, in the suburbs or a regional town.
Organised by the Australia Centre for Independent Journalism, seminar Armidale 9th October 2000 By Åsa Wahlquist. The topic Reporting of rural Australia: fearless or fair? assumes there is reporting of country Australia to judge.
Presented to Saving the Murray, problems and prospectsOrganised by the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Flinders University, Adelaide February 16, 2001 Åsa Wahlquist, Rural Writer The Australian The Murray is a river that for too long has divided us.
Bureau of Rural Sciences Seminar 13 June, 2003 Media and public perceptions of drought Åsa Wahlquist On Wednesday this week the Melbourne Age ran a story headed “Australia’s seven year drought is largely over”. As Blair Trewin from the National … Continue reading
Zac here again. I was playing with my stuffed echidna when Åsa suggested I write about him. I love my echidna. I love tearing around the house when I get home looking for him, and then taking a great leap … Continue reading
Hi, Zac here again. It is raining and we are staying home. Åsa is worried we are not getting an evening walk, I think she thinks the RSPCA will ring her up and get cross with her for only giving … Continue reading
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I learnt to spin while living on my parents’ farm, Botobolar Vineyard, in Mudgee in central NSW in 1974. We had merino ewes and a border Leicester ram, and I spun the wool from our cross-bred sheep. These days my … Continue reading
