Paid parking begins at stations tomorrow. I don’t entirely disagree with the concept. Walk to the station you lazy pricks. The $2 coins will be rolling in.
Speaking of rivers of gold, there’s a new afternoon paper literally mooted for Perth. It’s hard to know who Sean “Mooner” Mooney was reading in The West when his backside literally burst asunder under the weight of the dross. Was it Paul “knobhead” Nurry, Zoltan “corpse-like” Kovacs or Griffin “Pam Casellas”Longley? Mooner’s neuvo Daily News will be unfortunately modelled on Melbourne’s mX (aka mostly Xite), which is like a shitty version of Xpress magazine with the point of difference being that someone will actually hand the rag to you – at first a smiling skimpy, then by gradually less attractive minions as the days go by. Nice that Mooner has been getting printing quotes. I hear the Fairfax presses may have some spare capacity.
The Worst of Perth 
Heath dead ? How long has this been going on ?
p.s. Inb4 Platform Pizza.
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It’l die a death, being old school print media, cept more quickly than the Worst Astrayian. Meantime in the real world, Rolf’s three legged defense, a stupid variant of Chewbacca, has failed.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/rolf-harris-found-guilty-on-all-12-counts-of-indecent-assault-20140701-zsrig.html
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and more charges to come possibly.
why is the concept of not sexually assaulting people so difficult to grasp for so many?
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I can’t agree more with you. Just had bad and creepy experience with a house mate. Explained this to new potential house mate, he proceeded to be even creepier than last house mate and this was all in the interview. Now have safe un creepy female studying to be a doctor house mate. No offense to the boys out there, love a rude joke as much as the next person. Just finding a lot of creepy, sex maniac misogynists out there at the moment. Rolf Harris has unleashed a beast.
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“… who has worked as a freelance journalist in the past …”? I always thought you described yourself as a freelance journalist when you were unemployed but still having problems dealing with it.
If they get the deadlines right Zoltan should be able to bang out a column on the decline of the semi colon between his morning and afternoon naps. I’m excited.
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resting.
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mX is a thoroughgoing blight: filled with the worst kind of tabloid dross, celebrity gossip, astrology, sports “news,” etc. What’s worse, by 7pm there’s several hundred of the fuckers littering each train carriage and station. I’m sure mX doesn’t foot the clean-up bill. Ironically enough, it’s occurred to me in past times to provide a worthy mX substitute before someone inevitably had the idea to impose an mX-type paper on Perth commuters; you know, some gently agitpropping rag with poetry and some actual news. Bettet get in quick, I guess.
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resting.
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Huh?
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comment snafu.
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Guaranteed 200 haikus every edition.
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Just a couple of good ones, such as:
Transperth railway guards
Mace another loiterer
Protecting to serve
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The poetry slam on the Midland train will be more slam than poetry.The ballet of the biff.
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Yeah , more Keats will be a treat for commuters
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Thanks Bill. You know, no matter how bad the doggerel, it’s surely more entertaining than the latest Angelina Jolie’s triple masectomy adoption abortion indiscretion scandall. Or perhaps I’ve lost simply lost all sense of perspective.
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I’ve said Shirky said it before, and I’ll say Shirky said it again. “Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism.”
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mX = mind extraction, I’m sure.
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Please include a ‘Whats Twiggy Bin Up To’ column by Burrell. Yous all need to know what our revered hole digger’s been doin huh?
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And……. Paid parking, meh. Couldn’t care less for my own sake. I can’t even afford the train in the first place so it’s just another turn in the screw to me. Single mum, with an “unrecognised” disability. Trying to study and not physically able to work. Major back and ankle injury. All of this on $480 per fortnight. Put on Newstart when son turned 8 because apparently he can look after himself while I go out to work full time. Yep, it’s all just more misery to me. It stops mattering after a while. I say fuck yous too. I’ll just keep studying and doing what I can. Bring it on!
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Didn’t mean fuck yous TWOP people…….. I meant the powers that be. Please excuse rant. Have an appointment tomorrow to justify my existence. Feeling snarky.
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“Didn’t mean fuck yous TWOP people”. No fuck them too. Totes.
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Where, and whenever, the opportunity arises.
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Distribution of flyers and leaflets
The PTA does not allow the distribution of flyers or leaflets by third parties on PTA property.
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They do, if there’s some dollars.
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Is that what journalism has come to? Dollars? What about the ethics?
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Is the world ready for an Outrage afternoon throwaway delight?
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Western Suburbs News
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Well maybe…….
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No way, you guys make me laugh and laugh.
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Don’t wish to alienate anyone, there’s only so much Master Class in Oil Painting with Ken Harris a person can watch at 2pm. I’d be bored stiff without TWOP. Wonder if he’s related to Rolf?
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Good with a “brush”, is he??
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I’d pass on the finger painting sessions though.
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Especially when the painters are in.
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I’m actually devastated that I missed this post – by almost a year! I’ve just come across it and thought I’d throw my two-cents in…
IN REPLY TO THE ARTICLE
First of all, I’m known as Moondogg rather than ‘Mooner’ ;)
The intention to imitate the mX model in it’s approach to was meant more from a distribution perspective in that we’ll be targeting the public transport system, rather than producing content in the same vein.
Please have a look at some of the content we’re suggesting on our Facebook feed. We’re really not looking to become another NewsCorp trash mag! We truly want to encourage a sensible, serious and reformed news agenda.
That being said, mX has just been discontinued and so I hope it goes without saying that we won’t be emulate that business model entirely!
Not only have I got quotes on printing, but also a subscription to AAP newswire to bolster our news offering on places we can’t afford to have journalists.
Ultimately the central focus for Platform News is reader engagement. This will drive content, our ambition to inform and influence the advertising we include – you know, like a newspaper is suppose to do!
IN REPLY TO THE COMMENTS
Sir Bill International: our focus purely isn’t the print edition. I’ve read widely on the challenges facing print media around the world and the only direction possible is to broadcast online effectively too. The issue we’re facing is that advertising revenues through that medium are considerably less, so we’re also planning to develop a strong video offering (with ads before they start) to attract more lethargic followers who aren’t interested in the long-form journalism we will also produce. (Worst Astrayian, brilliant! Can we perhaps pinch that to use as a hash tag?)
Russell Woolfe’s Lovechild: certainly not unemployed and proud never have been! Just never employed as a journalist… This is a side project, a hobby if you like, driven by a genuine belief that an improvement in public discourse is essential in Perth. After finishing a journalism degree I couldn’t get a start anywhere, so this was also borne partly from that frustration. And yes I’m still dealing with it ;)
NF#1: I think I covered your concerns on our content above, and this will also include creative writing, photography and, as a cornerstone, actual investigative, quality news.
Snuff: you’re correct, we need journalism. We have more mediums to “print” it on now certainly, only one of them will be the print newspaper itself (online, video, podcast and a Platform News smartphone app).
Rong1: I’ve contacted the Public Transport Authority and they have confirmed your suspicions – no material can be given out on their property. We’re hoping to circumvent this by NOT going onto their property (i.e. just outside it) and then also utilising existing the supply chains of Jifi Vans and delis (TBC) to target the non-CBD workforce as well.
The Lazy Aussie: journalism about ethics – our point entirely.
Anonymous: The Western Suburbs Weekly, thanks to Rupert Murdoch’s NewsCorp empire!
I think I might’ve rambled on a bit here, hopefully not too much that I bored you but enough for you to know we’re serious. Work on this hasn’t stopped and, while I’m a long way off, the last eighteen months has seen some really positive steps.
Please check out the website http://www.platformnews.com.au for more about us if you’re interested, and get in touch if you’ve got any questions on platformnews@outlook.com.
Also you might want to check out this from February this year: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mvVkmXrj38k
Thanks,
Sean
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Investigative newspaper journalism for the public transport audience is certainly an overlooked niche. Given that Teh Sun has cut Page 3 girls, I’d be looking at train riding topless women myself. – Joondalup Jubblies, Cans of Carlisle that sort of thing.
Hope this helps.
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Where were they when the fake doodle/urine story broke?
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I’m completely open source compliant, Platforms, as well as being aware of all Internet conventions.
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