Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • Journalism,  Political journalism

    The Safe Schools Rally, Perth, Australia

    March 23, 2016 / No Comments

    The Stand Up for Safe Schools rally was held on Monday 21 March in the Perth CBD. “Do you want me to cover it for you?” I asked a few outlets. “No, you can go but I don’t think we are planning anything on it.” Now for those who are not plugged into Australian politics here is the brief: We have a program called Safe Schools which teaches kids and staff not to bully LGBTQIA identifying students which then decreases the amount of mental health issues and youth suicide in the community. The Federal government is now discussing cutting this program’s funding and scaling it back and making changes to…

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  • Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013
    Australian Women Writers Challenge,  Book Reviews,  Events,  IPEd Con 2013,  Journalism,  Political journalism,  Projects,  Science journalism,  Updates

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013 / No Comments

    Recovering mostly. The conference is over. But the organisation part of it isn’t. There are accounts to be finalised and even now, still a lot of emails to answer. So let me digress to answer the most often asked question via email now: Conference proceedings will be posted on the website and you will all be emailed to be told when they get uploaded.  But what else have I been up to? Well, I have had a particularly weird and busy time of it and a lot of it has involved writing. So without further ado, here is the list: I have reviewed:  Amanda Curtin’s Elemental which will end up in…

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  • Journalism,  Science journalism

    National desalination research centre launched in Rockingham

    August 11, 2010 / 1 Comment

    National desalination research centre launched in Rockingham: Marisa Wikramanayake's article for Science Network WA on the launch of the National Centre for Excellence in Desalination (NCED)'s testing facility at Murdoch University's Rockingham campus and the announcement of their first twelve projects chosen via a funding round in June 2010 that raised $11.6 million AUD for desalination research. Click through to find the link to read the article at Science Network WA.

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