Deborah Jones

Feb 20, 2024 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Deborah Jones

By Deborah Jones February 21, 2024 — 11.20am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. ROBERT ALBERT: 1934 - 2024Businessman and philanthropist Robert Otto Albert, who died in Sydney on February 7 aged 89, was a fourth-generation member of the fabled music publishing house that bears the Albert name.

Feb 20, 2024 | smh.com.au | Deborah Jones

Nevertheless, successes over Alberts' near-140-year history, including a last-minute, life-saving investment in Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom, enabled Robert to become a philanthropist whose generosity, humility and humanity were exemplary. This is where he devoted most of his energies in later years. It's worth noting that Robert's championing of Strictly Ballroom after Ted's death was made essentially in tribute to Ted's vision.

Dec 21, 2023 | limelight-arts.com.au | Yvonne Frindle |Paul Ballam-Cross |Deborah Jones |Steve Dow

There’s a confidence and assurance at play in the programming by Australian arts organisations for 2024. A desire to keep things fresh through adventurous choices, a spirit of cooperation between companies, a focus on empathy and shared experiences, and a continuing commitment to the presentation of premieres, including work by women and First Nations artists: these are some of the themes that emerge as Yvonne Frindle, Paul Ballam-Cross, Deborah Jones, Steve Dow and Jansson J.

Dec 17, 2023 | delta-optimist.com | Deborah Jones

To the delight of volunteer Cougar Creek Streamkeepers - and herons, it has been a busy spawning season in North Delta’s most productive salmon stream. Since mid-October, more than 300 wild coho have returned from the ocean to the creek where they began life. Returns will continue at a slower pace until late December. A spawning female uses her tail to dig shallow depressions in the creek bottom, depositing thousands of eggs in each.

Nov 19, 2023 | limelight-arts.com.au | Elissa Blake |Lisa MacKinney |Deborah Jones |Clinton White

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