I'm just old enough to remember hearing on the radio: "Blue Hills by Gwen Meredith". The writer of Australia's best-known radio soap opera has died at age 98, and I join many others in acknowledging her.

(This item also appears on the ie blog.)
As reported in The Courier-Mail today, there's been a reshuffle at Brisbane's Nova 106.9, with Brendon "Bossy" Boss moving into the nighttime Nova 9 shift and Justine McKell being bumped back to late nights. Station general manager Sean Ryan told me last night that nobody had lost their job as a result of the changes, which are not yet reflected on the Nova website. Also apparently up in the air is the fate of Simon Kennedy, who has been co-hosting with McKell since Jabba's move to Sydney a few months ago. Kennedy is the vocal talent behind "work experience announcer" Bevan, so I guess he isn't exactly out of a job.

Hmmmm. Here's a good idea for a scam. Tell pet owners you can turn their animals into stars, then take their money without delivering on the promise. Ooops, seems like it's already been done.