Writing by Peter Barrett | Public figure
Writing by Peter Barrett
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24.01.2022 Melbourne is the capital of the most progressive state in Australia, we have a diverse mix of cultures and languages, our food and drink scene is unparalleled and (aussie rules) footy is a religion. But for me, it’s our awesome music scene that really defines the cut our collective jib. You can see it in our listening habits. [ 360 more words ] http://peterbarrett.com.au//14/a-love-letter-to-live-music/
22.01.2022 The second of two chef interviews I did last year for Good Food at the Estrella Damm Gastronomy Congress ran this week in print and online. It's with Monique Fiso, the talented 30-something Samoan-Maori chef from Wellington who I first came across in Netflix series Final Table (definitely worth a look, great family viewing). I've never been to Wellington but this story makes me feel like I would have a great time - in fact, it sounds a lot like Melbourne except maybe a bit more relaxed? [ 1,138 more word ] http://peterbarrett.com.au//where-to-eat-and-drink-in-wel/
21.01.2022 I talked to some interesting people for this Saturday Age story on bushfires and rainforests. So confronting to learn how significantly Victoria’s ecosystems will change due to global warming and bushfires. https://www.smh.com.au//the-burning-question-what-will-be-
20.01.2022 My interview with Melbourne lawyer-turned-author Elliot Perlman featured on the Domain Review cover this week. COVID-19 restrictions have delayed the print edition, so here's a link to the story (also pasted below), as well as pics showing the print layout, including great pics by Julian Kingma. Perlman has been picked up by Paramount Television Studios in the US, who want him to adapt his latest novel, Maybe The Horse Will Talk, for tv. [ 1,117 more word ] http://peterbarrett.com.au//domain-review-cover-story-ell/
19.01.2022 Heavy weather: How can we end division over climate protests? http://peterbarrett.com.au//heavy-weather-how-can-we-end-/
17.01.2022 My beautiful wife and home education wiz Em has started this game, with challenges varying everyday and a weekly trophy winner. Photo: Pete Barrett I had an article published in the Age and the SMH today on our approach to home education. The main message is, go easy on yourself and your kids. These are very tricky times. First published in The Age, 6 April 2020. [ 471 more words ] http://peterbarrett.com.au/2020/04/07/the-kids-are-alright/
16.01.2022 The latest in a series of articles I'm writing for RACV RoyalAuto is about how the pandemic may change the way we design our homes. It was fascinating to learn that the powder room (that weird little bathroom some homes have near their entrance) is a design hangover from the Spanish flu, when people started placing basins of water for people to wash their hands when entering a house. [ 1,660 more word ] http://peterbarrett.com.au//how-will-covid-change-our-hom/
14.01.2022 COVID-19: How safe is public transport? http://peterbarrett.com.au//covid-19-how-safe-is-public-t/
11.01.2022 Bonang Road, Orbost, after bushfire moved through the area. Photo: Greg Briggs. I'm proud to have contributed to Domain's "Road to recovery" special edition out today and tomorrow. The travel guide is designed to promote tourism in towns and communities that have been so terribly affected by the recent bushfires and covers eastern and south-eastern Australia from Bilpin in NSW to Mansfield in Victoria. [ 1,756 more word ] http://peterbarrett.com.au/2020//21/east-gippsland-calling/
11.01.2022 Royal Auto cover - Who will save the Great Ocean Road? http://peterbarrett.com.au//royal-auto-cover-who-will-sav/
09.01.2022 I wrote a book! http://peterbarrett.com.au/2019/10/28/i-wrote-a-book/
08.01.2022 Dave Parker's guide to the best eating and drinking in Argentina http://peterbarrett.com.au//dave-parkers-guide-to-the-bes/
03.01.2022 "If Rome is a living museum, then Venice is a dream," says Rinaldo "Ronnie" Di Stasio. The Thornbury-born son of Italian migrants is a hospitality legend in Melbourne, best known for the groundbreaking restaurant Rosati in the 1980s and for presiding for the past 31 years over the St Kilda temple of hedonism known as Cafe Di Stasio. In early 2019 he and his partner in life and work, Mallory Wall, opened Citta, a sleek, contemporary art-inspired Italian restaurant overlooking Melbourne's Treasury Gardens. [ 1,160 more word ] http://peterbarrett.com.au//di-stasios-guide-to-eating-an/
03.01.2022 I enjoyed researching and writing this feature for the April-May edition of RoyalAuto magazine (and with great pics by Eamon Gallagher). Having worked in and around Melbourne since the late '90s I've noticed the CBD get increasingly squishy in recent years. It looks like the City of Melbourne is seriously committed to making things friendlier for bipeds. But will state and federal governments give them the financial support they need? [ 1,630 more word ] http://peterbarrett.com.au//11/melbournes-pedestrian-crush/
03.01.2022 Australian journalist Jill Baker, author of A Dog Called Harry, and Harry the pup. Photo: Julian Kingma. Here's my review of former newspaper editor Jill Baker's book on serving grief and cancer with the help of one very special furry friend. This story was first published in Domain on 3 March 2020. It’s not an unusual scene: ring doorbell, set off furious barking from within, followed by enthusiastic threshold snuffling. [ 642 more words ] http://peterbarrett.com.au//jill-bakers-debut-book-on-can/
03.01.2022 Hugh and Nan Nicholson in a fire-stricken area of Terania Creek in November. (Photo by Terri Nicholson) The extent and ferociousness of recent bushfires in Australia has been devastating. It's taken lives, destroyed homes and decimated our wildlife and forests. My story about Terania Creek in NSW recently appeared in The Age and looks at how the 'new normal' in global warming bushfire seasons may threaten rainforest and wet forests in Victoria. [ 1,464 more word ] http://peterbarrett.com.au//the-burning-question-what-wil/
02.01.2022 I talked to a range of smart people recently for this RACV RoyalAuto story about how Melbourne might be able to live with COVID-19 without a vaccine. It was published on 1 September 2020 and, since then, metropolitan Melbourne's stage 4 restrictions, which came into place on 2 August, have been extended for two weeks under a new four-step government [ 1,543 more word ] http://peterbarrett.com.au//beyond-lockdown-big-ideas-for/
