Alison Turner, News Corp Journalist Profile

Articles

People living on streets, in cars, tents, on friends’ couches define homelessness: Opinion

Jan 16, 2025 | redding.com | Alison Turner

About Your PrivacyClicking on the "Reject All" Button retains the default setting of only strictly necessary cookies. We and our 155 partners store and access personal data, like browsing data or unique identifiers, on your device. Selecting Accept All enables tracking technologies to support the purposes shown under we and our partners process data to provide. Selecting Reject All or withdrawing your consent will disable them.
How Do You Define Homelessness? | Essay

Jan 16, 2025 | zocalopublicsquare.org | Alison Turner

A few years ago, I worked at a public library in Denver, Colorado, and signed up to help count people experiencing homelessness. This counting is an annual effort called Point in Time (PiT) and is a collaboration across libraries, shelters, and volunteers with clipboards on the streets to track the scope of homelessness in a community and demonstrate funding needs.
Captivating Books Set in Colorado

Sep 1, 2024 | denverlifemagazine.com | Sahale Greenwood |Alison Turner |Cynthia Swanson |Shelley Reed

Dive into the heart of Colorado with these captivating books set in our beloved state. This collection of short stories set in Clayton, Colorado, delves into the profound impact of forest fires on small towns. Through the eyes of a bus driver, local children, a fire mitigation worker, and other subtly colorful characters, we witness the intricate dependencies within a small-town community.
Instant noodles are now banned on some flights, here's why

Aug 1, 2024 | delicious.com.au | Alison Turner

Korean Air has announced that it will no longer be serving Shin Ramyun instant noodles to economy-class passengers. From August 15, the popular inflight snack will be taken off the cattle-class menu due to the increased risk of turbulence, which they claim could make burn injuries more likely. However, business and first-class passengers will still be offered the noodles. Is this a case of classism? Before you grab your pitchfork and start hunting rich folk, there is a valid reason.
Presenter Spotlight Friend Kighoma

Jul 27, 2024 | 947thepulse.com | Alison Turner

by Alison Turner The 94.7 The Pulse team welcomes our valued addition, Friend Kighoma, and her groundbreaking language program titled, ‘Let’s Talk About It’. Friend is finding solace in the art of expression and utilising the platform for good;‘Let’s Talk About It’ runs each Wednesday evening between 7 and 8 pm, providing space for women to discuss issues that are often ignored.
9 Olympic events and what to eat while watching them

Jul 25, 2024 | delicious.com.au | Alison Turner

Yep, it’s that time again, when a nation of armchair athletes rallies behind a team of actual ones as they run, swim, cycle and throw things in the hopes of winning Olympic gold. And we can’t get enough of it. People whose previous sporting history consisted solely of jigging school on athletics carnival day suddenly become uncommonly well-versed in the rules of fencing. Grown men are glued to the table tennis. Not a single person laughs when the racewalking is on.
12 iconic TV food jingles every '80s and '90s kid remembers

Jul 23, 2024 | delicious.com.au | Alison Turner

Pizza Hut – 481 1111Hi kids. This is your old Auntie Al speaking. A looong time ago, there was no internet, and people would have to use something called a telephone book to look up a phone number if they wanted to make a call. So, getting an entire country to memorise your phone number by singing along to the music you made for it was actually pretty freaking genius. Cadbury Roses – Thank you very muchThank you very much for getting this stuck in my head again.
What your favourite Arnott's biscuit says about your personality

Jul 16, 2024 | delicious.com.au | Alison Turner

When that biscuit tin gets passed around, what’s the treat you reach for first? Do you politely take the boring Morning Coffee sitting at the top, so as not to appear greedy? Or do you really rifle around in there, in hopes of finding a rogue chocolate one that everyone else has missed? However you take the biscuit, your actions are leaving a cookie-crumb trail of secrets about your hidden psyche. And we’re here to decipher them. Tim Tams Straight to the good stuff, huh?
What your favourite chip flavour says about you (sorry, Chicken fans)

Jul 11, 2024 | delicious.com.au | Alison Turner

Plain Here you are, in this big, wide chip aisle of a world, with all the flavours under the sun at your very fingertips. And yet, you’ve chosen to stick with the original. What is it that you fear, little one? Change is anathema to you, and rules are made to be followed. You’ve likely never jaywalked, always floss, and no doubt won the perfect attendance award at high school. Oh, and you never order sparkling water for the table. Only tap.
Maggie Beer is on a mission to transform the aged-care sector one plate at a time

Jul 10, 2024 | delicious.com.au | Alison Turner

Celebrity cook, entrepreneur, restaurateur, author, national treasure. Maggie Beer could be called a lot of things, but ‘idle’ is certainly not one of them. Her latest project is perhaps the most challenging yet – Beer has made it her mission to dramatically improve the food experiences for older Australians living in aged-care facilities. Her vision? To “make every mouthful count”.