Casey Neill

Melbourne

Journalist and Editorial Coordinator at Star News Group (Australia)

Mail News Group editor

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Articles

Dine on world-class art

1 week ago | sunburymacedonranges.starweekly.com.au | Casey Neill

By Casey Neill A Jane Austen descendent is just one course in a feast of music, film, words and ideas being served in Woodend on the King’s Birthday long weekend. The Woodend Winter Arts Festival (WWAF) will return for its 20th year from Friday 6 to Monday 9 June, with more than 40 events for audiences to devour.
Curry, jaffle edge out veg rivals

1 week ago | sunburymacedonranges.starweekly.com.au | Casey Neill

By Casey Neill A Sri Lankan tasting plate was the star of this year’s Edgy Veg Awards. Throughout April, Ranges residents supported local venues by tasting and scoring vegetable-based dishes at 46 pubs, cafes, and restaurants across 12 villages in the region. “Gone are the days where you would go out and get a plant-based dish and it would just be a potato on a plate,” Edgy Veg Awards co-ordinator Claire Rowland said.
Hold your child's hand

1 month ago | stonningtonboroondarakids.com.au | Casey Neill |Jim Jin

By Casey Neill At what age would you stop holding your child’s hand when crossing the street or walking through a car park? Bereaved mother and road safety advocate Michelle McLaughlin says many parents are unaware that studies recommend hand-holding up to age 10. “Holding your child’s hand is as important as putting a seatbelt on them in the car,” she said.
Nanny's return a homecoming for author

1 month ago | stonningtonboroondarakids.com.au | Casey Neill |Jim Jin

By Casey Neill Writing a new Nanny Piggins story was like returning to a second home for author RA Spratt. “Their universe is in my brain,” the mother of two teenage daughters said of the characters. “They were just waiting for me to come back to them. “It’s a strange magic in my head. They’re like real people.”Penguin Random House Australia published Nanny Piggins and the Origin Story late last year – about 10 years after the last book in the series was released.
Rachel's saving Grace | Stonnington Boroondara Kids

1 month ago | stonningtonboroondarakids.com.au | Casey Neill |Jim Jin

By Casey Neill Rachel Boyle knows the value of genetic testing all too well. The Woori Yallock mum’s heartbreaking loss of two babies could have been avoided had she and husband Blake discovered the perfect storm lurking in their DNA sooner. “I just want people to not have to go through what I’ve gone through,” she said. “If you spend $800 or $1000 on extensive genetic testing, it’s worth not losing a child’s life. “If nothing comes up you’ve got peace of mind.
The buzz on Penny's new book

1 month ago | stonningtonboroondarakids.com.au | Casey Neill |Jim Jin

By Casey Neill A Kooyong mum’s new book started as a primary school writing project. Penny O’Loughlin launched Bud and Buzz at Readings Hawthorn in February. “Its origins are just around the corner,” she told the packed store. “When I was in Year 2 at St Joseph’s I wrote a story called The Rose and it was published in the parish bulletin. “That story has evolved into Bud and Buzz.
'Shouldn't I be happy?'

1 month ago | stonningtonboroondarakids.com.au | Casey Neill |Jim Jin

By Casey Neill Isabelle Silbery knew she should have been excited when she learned she was pregnant with her daughter. Instead, her stomach dropped. Izzy, best known for her eight-year stint on Gogglebox alongside mum Kerry and grandmother Emmie, had welcomed a son with her first husband 10 years earlier. “I was working full-time in a pretty demanding job,” she said. “The pregnancy wasn’t great and the birth wasn’t either. It was quite quick and traumatic.
Tips for optimizing sow diets during nursing

1 month ago | nationalhogfarmer.com | Casey Neill

Weaning piglets are particularly subject to a host of stresses that follow them from the sow to mingling with other litters and varying ages of pig flows. Much has been said and written about the importance of feeding newly weaned pigs the right nursery diet, and that is absolutely correct. But piglets are not born able to consume solid foods, which means the colostrum and milk they receive from their mother in the first weeks of life is paramount.
Casey Neill | Carthage Veterinary Service

1 month ago | nationalhogfarmer.com | Casey Neill

Casey Neill is a nutritionist for Carthage Veterinary Service. He graduated with a master’s degree in swine nutrition from Kansas State University in 2005 and has traveled to 18 countries working with nutrition since.
Preparing bodies for birth

Feb 13, 2025 | brimbanknorthwest.starweekly.com.au | Casey Neill

By Casey Neill Melbourne mum and physio Alex Lopes is arming women with ‘taboo’ knowledge around pregnancy and birth. “It’s not talked about enough,” she said. “Modern science can’t protect us from potential trauma during childbirth; things can go wrong.”Alex knows this first-hand. The director at Altona North’s Pelvic Health Melbourne worked as a sports physiotherapist before a traumatic birth ‘ripped (her) in two’, causing bladder, bowel, and prolapse issues.